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Comparison

CacheFly vs Fastly

No leader: the top candidate CacheFly has only 0.33 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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CacheFly54
Fastly48
Score
vioscaleAI score
CacheFly54 / 100low · 33%
Fastly48 / 100medium · 52%
Pricing
Free tier
CacheFly✓
Fastly✓
Model
CacheFlyfreemium
Fastlyfreemium
Price level
CacheFlyhigh
Fastlylow
Starting price
CacheFly$300
Fastly$20
Transparent
CacheFly✓
Fastly✗
Security
Disclosure policy
CacheFly–
Fastly✓
Gdpr
CacheFly✓
Fastly✓
Hipaa
CacheFly–
Fastly✓
Pci
CacheFly–
Fastly✓
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
CacheFly100
Fastly–
Status page
CacheFly–
Fastly✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
CacheFly–
Fastly5 items

What each one is

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

CacheFly

A managed CDN service for time-critical content delivery like live streaming and game releases. Offers free and subscription tiers with global infrastructure, support from CDN engineers, and enterprise-grade security options.

Independently observed

Fastly

Fastly is an edge cloud platform that integrates content delivery with security and edge computing services, allowing businesses to manage application delivery and protection with real-time control. It is built for developers who require high performance, robust security, and the ability to execute custom code at the edge.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

CacheFly

from $300/moHybridFree tier

Free tier with $0/month base + overages. Paid plans $300-$3,750/month plus usage-based overage charges.

  • DeveloperFree
    • Core (19 PoPs)
    • 1 Domain
    • Universal SSL
    • Email support
  • Business$300-$1,000/month (10-100 TB), then $0.03-$0.01/GB overage
    • Global Network (65+ PoPs)
    • 50 domains
    • Unlimited users
    • 24/7 email & phone support
  • Enterprise$2,000-$3,750/month (100-250 TB), then $0.02-$0.015/GB overage
    • Global Network + Edge Acceleration Proxies (80 PoPs)
    • 500 domains
    • 24/7 enterprise priority support via email, phone, and dedicated Slack channel
  • High VolumeContact sales
    • Everything in Enterprise
    • Petabyte-scale pricing
    • Private CDN nodes
    • Security suite (DDoS, Bot Mitigation)
    • Optimized Global Routing
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Fastly

Usage-basedFree tier

Free tier available. Usage-based pricing with volume discounts and custom Enterprise pricing.

  • FreeFree
  • Growth-
  • EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
CacheFly✓
Fastly✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
CacheFly✓
Fastly✓
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