Comparison

Fastly Compute vs Knative

On the evidence we track, Fastly Compute leads this comparison with a composite score of 62/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Fastly Compute62
Knative55
Score
Vioscale score
Fastly Compute62 / 100medium · 54%
Knative55 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
Fastly Compute
Knative
Model
Fastly Computecommercial
Price level
Fastly Computelow
Knativefree
Transparent
Fastly Compute
Knative
Integrations
Count
Fastly Compute
Knative5
Reliability
Status page
Fastly Compute
Knative
Adoption
Dependent repos
Fastly Compute65
Knative446
Github stars
Fastly Compute226
Knative6,086
Package downloads weekly
Fastly Compute510,239
Knative
Activity
Commits last 30d
Fastly Compute39
Knative11
Release
Cadence days
Fastly Compute4
Knative6
History
Fastly Compute20 items
Knative20 items
License
Spdx
Fastly ComputeApache-2.0
KnativeApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Fastly ComputeJavaScript
KnativeGo
Market
Availability
Fastly ComputeAvailable worldwide
Knative

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for serverless & edge platforms. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Execution substrate
Fastly ComputeWASM
KnativeContainer
Language / runtime breadth
Fastly ComputeJavaScript, with WebAssembly runtime support
KnativeAny language via containerized HTTP/gRPC services
Reach
Runs at global edge PoPs
Fastly Compute
Knative-
Scale
Scale to zero
Fastly Compute-
Knative
Performance
Cold-start profile
Fastly ComputeLow
KnativeHigh (VM / container)
Limits
Max execution duration
Fastly Compute-
Knative-
Integration
Event source breadth
Fastly Compute-
KnativeHTTP, CloudEvents, Kubernetes event sources
HTTP endpoint trigger
Fastly Compute
Knative
Cron / scheduled invocations
Fastly Compute-
Knative-
State
Durable state / workflow primitive
Fastly Compute-
Knative-
Flexibility
Bring-your-own runtime / container
Fastly Compute-
Knative
Deployment
Hosting
Fastly ComputeCloud only
KnativeSelf-hosted only
Ops
Built-in logs / metrics / tracing
Fastly Compute-
Knative
Extensibility
CLI + IaC / framework support
Fastly Compute
Knative

What each one is

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

Fastly Compute

Leader

Execute code at the edge using WebAssembly with instant startup times. Includes storage, messaging, and built-in security features for modern application development.

Independently observed

Knative

Open-source platform for deploying and auto-scaling containerized serverless applications on Kubernetes with integrated event routing and HTTP/gRPC serving.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Fastly Compute

Leader
Usage-basedFree tier

Free tier. Usage-based pricing from $0.50 per 1 million compute requests

  • ComputeFree
    • 10M compute requests/month free
    • 100M vCPU milliseconds/month free
    • Global edge deployment
    • WebAssembly runtime
    • Volume discounts
as of verify ↗

Knative

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
CLI
Fastly Compute
Knative
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Fastly Compute
Knative
Self-hosted
Fastly Compute
Knative
On-premise
Fastly Compute
Knative

Integrations

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

Fastly Compute

Leader

Not documented yet.

Knative

5 total
  • AWS S3
  • AWS SQS
  • AWS DynamoDB Streams
  • Apache Camel
  • Istio
Independently observed

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