Caching, Compression and Delivery
What is Brotli compression and why is it better than Gzip?
Answer
Brotli is a compression algorithm developed by Google, specifically optimized for web content. Compared to Gzip, Brotli achieves 15 to 25 percent better compression for text-based resources like HTML, CSS and JavaScript (Google, 2023). This means smaller transfer sizes and faster load times. Modern browsers fully support Brotli. We configure servers to use Brotli as the preferred algorithm and provide Gzip as a fallback for older clients.