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Comparison

Cloudflare CDN vs Fastly

On the evidence we track, Fastly leads this comparison with a composite score of 67/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Cloudflare CDN full profile →Fastly full profile →
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Cloudflare CDN52
★Fastly67
Score
Vioscale score
Cloudflare CDN52 / 100medium · 62%updating
Fastly67 / 100medium · 51%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Cloudflare CDN✓
Fastly✓
Model
Cloudflare CDNfreemium
Fastlyfreemium
Price level
Cloudflare CDNmid
Fastlylow
Transparent
Cloudflare CDN✓
Fastly✓
Integrations
Count
Cloudflare CDN2
Fastly–
Security
Disclosure policy
Cloudflare CDN–
Fastly✓
Gdpr
Cloudflare CDN✓
Fastly✓
Hipaa
Cloudflare CDN–
Fastly✓
Pci
Cloudflare CDN✓
Fastly✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Cloudflare CDN100
Fastly–
Status page
Cloudflare CDN–
Fastly✓
Market
Availability

What each one is

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

Cloudflare CDN

A content delivery network that stores content in over 335 data centers globally and serves it from locations nearest to users, reducing origin server load and bandwidth costs. Works as a reverse proxy requiring only a DNS change for deployment, with integrated security and performance features.

Independently observed

Fastly

Leader

A programmable cloud platform that enables developers to create fast, secure, and scalable applications by running code at the edge network level. It provides content delivery, security services, and compute capabilities with usage-based pricing and volume discounts.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Cloudflare CDN

from $20/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Subscription from $20/month (annual) to $250/month (Business tier).

  • FreeFree
    • Fast, Easy-to-use DNS
    • Unmetered DDoS Protection
    • CDN
    • Universal SSL Certificate
    • Free Managed Ruleset
    • +3 more
  • Pro$20/month billed annually, or $25/month billed monthly
    • All Free features
    • Lossless Image Optimization
    • Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)
    • 100% Uptime SLA
    • 1x Uptime Service Credits
    • +1 more
  • Business$200/month billed annually, or $250/month billed monthly
    • All Pro features
    • PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance
    • 10x (Standard) or 25x (Premium) Uptime Service Credits
  • ContractContact sales
    • Custom feature set
as of verify ↗

Fastly

Leader
from $0.01/moUsage-basedFree tier

Free tier with generous allocations, then pay-as-you-go usage with volume discounts. Enterprise custom pricing available.

  • Free TierFree
    • Content delivery
    • DDoS protection
    • TLS management
    • Image optimization
    • Compute
    • +4 more
  • Pay-as-You-GoUsage-based with volume discounts; bandwidth from $0.08–$0.28/GB depending on region and volume
    • All free tier features
    • Volume-discounted pricing tiers
    • Standard support
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom pricing
    • Dedicated technical support
    • 24/7 emergency response
    • Phone support
    • Private Slack channel
    • +4 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Cloudflare CDN✓
Fastly✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cloudflare CDN✓
Fastly✓

Integrations

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

Cloudflare CDN

2 total
  • Docker Hub
  • Shopify
Independently observed

Fastly

Leader

Not documented yet.

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