Fastly: verified facts and rating

Checked 2026-11-03

fastly.com

4

CDN providers 4 of 5

59/100

Score breakdown

Price40
Network and performance33
Security100
Developer control100
Reliability and trust35

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Fastly against the market

The dot is the company, the line is the median of all companies in this ranking.

Price per GB, North America and Europe, lowest tier$0.01$0.12$0.12 · median $0.0625

Fastly strengths and weaknesses

Pros

  • Has a permanent free plan or free monthly traffic
  • DDoS protection
  • Web application firewall
  • Free TLS certificates

Cons

  • High price per GB

All facts

FactValueSourceChecked
Price per GB, North America and Europe, lowest tier$0.12
Bandwidth (per month) Africa Asia Australia Europe India Mexico North America Saudi Arabia South America South Korea 0 - 100 GB Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 100 GB - 10 TB $0.28 $0.19 $0.19 $0.12 $0.28 $0.16 $0.12
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Free plan or free monthly trafficYes
Bandwidth 100 GB free Billed per GB per Region per month
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Points of presence (provider's count)Not verified—
HTTP/3Yes
Fastly’s edge cloud platform supports HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, QUIC, TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2, and TLS 1.3.
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IPv6Not verified—
Image optimisationYes
Image Optimizer Turn image-heavy into conversion-ready
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DDoS protectionYes
We have built security into the fabric of our platform, including DDoS, next-gen WAF and TLS offerings
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Web application firewall (WAF)Yes
We have built security into the fabric of our platform, including DDoS, next-gen WAF and TLS offerings
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Free TLS certificatesYes
Managed TLS Non-Profit CA / Bring Your Own Certificates 5 domains free
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Edge computeYes
Compute Code in familiar languages and tools. Deploy globally in seconds.
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Real-time logsYes
Fastly's real-time log streaming offers instant visibility into traffic, performance, threats, and troubleshooting.
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Instant cache purgeYes
lightning-fast purging with Instant Purge™
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Uptime SLANot verified—
SOC 2 or ISO 27001Yes
ISO/IEC 27001:2022: Fastly is certified to the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard for its Information Security Management System (ISMS).
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Public status pageNot verified—
Founded2011
from Fastly’s founding in March 2011
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Company headquartersNot verified—
CompanyNot verified—

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