Comparison

AWS Shield vs Fastly DDoS Protection

No leader: the top candidate Fastly DDoS Protection has only 0.18 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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AWS Shield38

Fastly DDoS Protection92

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AWS Shield	Fastly DDoS Protection
Vioscale score	38 / 100low · 42%updating	92 / 100low · 18%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$0.04
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	8	-
Security
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

AWS Shield38 / 100low · 42%updating

Fastly DDoS Protection92 / 100low · 18%updating

Pricing

Free tier

AWS Shield✓

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

Model

AWS Shieldfreemium

Fastly DDoS Protectionfreemium

Price level

AWS Shieldlow

Fastly DDoS Protectionlow

Starting price

AWS Shield–

Fastly DDoS Protection$0.04

Transparent

AWS Shield✗

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

Integrations

Count

AWS Shield8

Fastly DDoS Protection–

Security

Fedramp

AWS Shield✓

Fastly DDoS Protection–

Gdpr

AWS Shield✓

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

Hipaa

AWS Shield✓

Fastly DDoS Protection–

Pci

AWS Shield✓

Fastly DDoS Protection–

Market

Availability

AWS ShieldAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Fastly DDoS ProtectionAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ddos protection. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for DDOS Protection
Capability	AWS Shield	Fastly DDoS Protection
Capabilities
Deployment model	-	-
Always on mitigation	-	-
On demand bgp diversion	-	-
Layer 3 4 volumetric protection	-	-
Layer 7 application protection	-	-
DNS amplification protection	-	-
Unmetered attack bandwidth	-	-
Sub second mitigation SLA	-	-
Bundled WAF	-	-
SIEM log export API	-	-
SOC2 type ii	-	-
PCI DSS compliant	-	-
Pricing model	-	-

Capabilities

Deployment model

AWS Shield-

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Always on mitigation

AWS Shield-

Fastly DDoS Protection-

On demand bgp diversion

AWS Shield-

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Layer 3 4 volumetric protection

AWS Shield-

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Layer 7 application protection

AWS Shield-

Fastly DDoS Protection-

DNS amplification protection

AWS Shield-

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Unmetered attack bandwidth

AWS Shield-

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Sub second mitigation SLA

AWS Shield-

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Bundled WAF

AWS Shield-

Fastly DDoS Protection-

SIEM log export API

AWS Shield-

Fastly DDoS Protection-

SOC2 type ii

AWS Shield-

Fastly DDoS Protection-

PCI DSS compliant

AWS Shield-

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Pricing model

AWS Shield-

Fastly DDoS Protection-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

AWS Shield

A managed DDoS protection service that provides automatic, real-time defense against distributed denial-of-service attacks. Offers a free standard tier for basic infrastructure protection and a premium tier with advanced threat detection, application-layer defense, and expert incident response.

Independently observed

Fastly DDoS Protection

A protection service that automatically detects and mitigates distributed attacks on applications and APIs at any scale, deployable with a DNS change or API integration and requiring no hardware installation.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

AWS Shield

HybridFree tier

Free tier included with AWS account; Advanced tier available (pricing not specified in documentation)

AWS Shield StandardFree
- Protection against common network and transport layer DDoS attacks
- Deterministic packet filtering
- Priority-based traffic shaping
- Works with CloudFront and Route 53
AWS Shield Advanced-
- Automatic mitigation of sophisticated DDoS events
- Customized detection based on traffic patterns
- Application-layer attack detection (HTTP floods, DNS query floods)
- Real-time notifications via CloudWatch
- 24/7 Shield Response Team support
- +2 more

as of 2026-08-18verify ↗

Fastly DDoS Protection

from $0.04/requestsUsage-basedFree tier

Free tier (500k requests/mo) plus usage-based billing from $0.042–$0.10 per 10k requests

Free TierFree
Pay-as-you-go$0.10 per 10,000 requests; volume discount: $0.042 per 10,000 requests
Legacy Package - StarterContact sales
Legacy Package - GrowthContact sales

as of 2026-08-18verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	AWS Shield	Fastly DDoS Protection
WebPlatforms	-	✓
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

AWS Shield–

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

CLI

AWS Shield–

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

AWS Shield✓

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

Self-hosted

AWS Shield✗

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

Hybrid

AWS Shield✗

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

AWS Shield

8 total

AWS WAF
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon Route 53
Elastic IP
Elastic Load Balancing
AWS Global Accelerator
Amazon CloudWatch
AWS Firewall Manager

Independently observed

Fastly DDoS Protection

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.