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Comparison

Fastly Compute vs Val Town

No clear leader: Fastly Compute (54.1) and Val Town (52.9) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. 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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Fastly Compute54
Val Town53
Score
vioscaleAI score
Fastly Compute54 / 100medium · 51%
Val Town53 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
Fastly Compute✓
Val Town✓
Model
Fastly Computecommercial
Val Townfreemium
Price level
Fastly Computelow
Val Townmid
Transparent
Fastly Compute✓
Val Town✓
Integrations
Count
Fastly Compute5
Val Town3
Security
Disclosure policy
Fastly Compute–
Val Town✓
Gdpr
Fastly Compute✓
Val Town–
Soc2
Fastly Compute–
Val Town✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Fastly Compute✓
Val Town✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Fastly Compute65
Val Town–
Github stars
Fastly Compute226
Val Town–
Package downloads weekly
Fastly Compute462,574
Val Town–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Fastly Compute23
Val Town–
Release
Cadence days
Fastly Compute6
Val Town–
History
Fastly Compute20 items
Val Town–
License
Spdx
Fastly ComputeApache-2.0
Val Town–
Language
Primary
Fastly ComputeJavaScript
Val Town–
Market
Availability
Fastly ComputeAvailable worldwide
Val Town–
Content
Faq
Fastly Compute6 items
Val Town6 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Execution substrate
Fastly ComputeWASM
Val Town-
Language / runtime breadth
Fastly ComputeJavaScript, with WebAssembly runtime support
Val TownTypeScript
Reach
Runs at global edge PoPs
Fastly Compute✓
Val Town-
Scale
Scale to zero
Fastly Compute-
Val Town-
Performance
Cold-start profile
Fastly ComputeLow
Val TownLow
Limits
Max execution duration
Fastly Compute-
Val Town-
Integration
Event source breadth
Fastly Compute-
Val Towncron, webhooks, email
HTTP endpoint trigger
Fastly Compute✓
Val Town✓
Cron / scheduled invocations
Fastly Compute-
Val Town✓
State
Durable state / workflow primitive
Fastly Compute-
Val Town✓
Flexibility
Bring-your-own runtime / container
Fastly Compute-
Val Town-
Deployment
Hosting
Fastly ComputeCloud only
Val TownCloud only
Ops
Built-in logs / metrics / tracing
Fastly Compute✓
Val Town-
Extensibility
CLI + IaC / framework support
Fastly Compute✓
Val Town-

What each one is

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

Fastly Compute

Fastly Compute is a JavaScript runtime and SDK for building applications that run on Fastly's edge network. It includes privacy enablement solutions like MASQUE Relay and OHTTP Relay for anonymizing user traffic and protecting personally identifiable information.

Independently observed

Val Town

Val Town enables rapid deployment of code and applications with built-in TypeScript support, scheduling, email handling, and persistent storage. Applications are deployed to the cloud and accessible via URLs within seconds.

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

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

Val Town

from $21/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Pro from $21/mo, Business from $167/mo. Yearly billing with 2 months free discount.

  • FreeFree
    • MCP integration
    • 15 min cron intervals
    • 1 min wall clock time/run
    • Unlimited public vals
    • 3 days log retention
    • +1 more
  • Pro$21/mo
    • $10 Townie (AI) credit/mo
    • 10 custom domains
    • 1 minute cron intervals
    • 10 min wall clock time/run
    • 2,000 private vals
    • +2 more
  • BusinessFrom $167/mo
    • Everything in Pro
    • $100 Townie (AI) credit/mo
    • Unlimited custom domains
    • 5,000,000 runs/day
    • Team accounts
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Business
    • Flexible Townie (AI) credit
    • No limits
    • Log export
    • SOC 2
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Fastly Compute✓
Val Town✓
CLI
Fastly Compute✓
Val Town✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Fastly Compute✓
Val Town✓

Integrations

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

Fastly Compute

5 total
  • GitHub Actions
  • Terraform
  • Datadog
  • Splunk
  • S3
Independently observed

Val Town

5 total
  • Slack
  • HubSpot
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • MCP
Independently observed
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Fastly Compute or Val Town: which one depends on you

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