Fastly offers everything you need from a modern CDN, from effortless scale and built-in security to programmable control and full visibility.
Fastly vs. Cloudflare
Resilient by Design
Fastly is quantifiably better - websites migrating from Cloudflare to Fastly see their LCP scores improve by 24% and TTFB improve by 33%. With Fastly, get instant performance and real-time visibility.
Trusted by the world's leading enterprises
Why select Fastly over Cloudflare?
Efficient Performance
Powerful, concentrated POPs cache more at the edge, translating into faster web and app performance. Companies migrating from Cloudflare to Fastly see a 24% improvement in website load times.
Performance with Reliability
Network resilience is performance. There should be no tradeoffs. We’re constantly fortifying our network, control plane, and data plane to maintain increased durability and minimize the effects of any outage.
Superior Support
Setting the customer experience standard, Fastly maintains a 98% Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) score, a 98% resolution with first contact, and <10 minute enterprise support response time.
AppSec Focused
Striking the perfect balance between enterprise-grade security and end-user experience, the Next-Gen WAF, Bot Management, DDoS Protection, API Security, and Client-Side Protection provide a multi-layered defense packed with insights to keep ahead of app, mobile, and API threats.
It Works When Released
Our products have been thoroughly field tested before final deployment and don’t remain in beta for years. There’s a fine line between iterating and having a stable product. Customers can be rest assured that our products just work.
Impeccable Ethics
You’re in good company when choosing Fastly. We never support bad actors that promote or engage with dubious websites, pirated content, or counterfeited goods.
"But when the relationship with its legacy CDN provider, Cloudflare, became strained; Green Man Gaming reached a crossroads. With continuous back-and-forth discussions around pricing structure and transparency, it decided to source a new partner for CDN and WAF services."
Lee Packham
CTO
How Fastly compares with Cloudflare
How Fastly compares with Cloudflare
| Fastly | Cloudflare | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| POP efficiency | ||
| Programmable, API-first | ||
| Single network | ||
| Multi-CDN support | ||
| Performance | ||
| Change propagation time | ||
| Cache purge | ||
| Static content (cacheable) | ||
| Dynamic content (non-cacheable) | ||
| Video streaming | ||
| Image optimization | ||
| Application Security | ||
| Next-Gen WAF | ||
| API security | ||
| Bot management & account takeover | ||
| DDoS mitigation | ||
| Client-side protection and compliance | ||
| Detection accuracy | ||
| Visibility | ||
| Log streaming & integrations | ||
| Live event monitoring | ||
| Management & Administration | ||
| Flexible deployment | ||
| Pre-defined, managed rules | ||
| Customization and configuration | ||
| DevSecOps toolchain (CI/CD) | ||
| Managed security (24x7x365) SOC |
“We now have a system that's really fast and really performant," Stuhli said. "Our varnishes utilize much less bandwidth because we now don't have to do the work we had to do with Cloudflare."
Josip Stuhli
CTO