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ZSTD vs Brotli vs GZip Comparison

9 min read
Kashish Kumawat
CEO @ SpeedVitals

Gzip vs Brotli vs Zstd

Brotli and GZip are two of the most popular compression algorithms for the web, and their browser support is exceptionally good. But we have a new player in town: ZSTD or Zstandard, which is developed by Facebook.

ZStandard adoption has increased significantly since 2024 when Cloudflare added support for the same. Now it is also available on Cloudflare's free plan and can be enabled using this compression rule. But is Zstandard worth using over Brotli and GZip? Let us find it out today!