Comparison

Fastly Compute vs Val Town

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

Val Town51

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Fastly ComputeLeader	Val Town
Vioscale score	62 / 100medium · 54%	51 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	mid
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	2
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40fastly%2Fjs-compute&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	65	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	226	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	510,239	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	39	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	4	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	JavaScript	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	-

Score

Vioscale score

Fastly Compute62 / 100medium · 54%

Val Town51 / 100medium · 71%

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 Compute–

Val Town2

Security

Disclosure policy

Fastly Compute–

Val Town✓

Gdpr

Fastly Compute✓

Val Town–

Soc2

Fastly Compute–

Val Town✓

Vulnerabilities

Fastly ComputeCount: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40fastly%2Fjs-compute&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Val Town–

Reliability

Status page

Fastly Compute✓

Val Town✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Fastly Compute65

Val Town–

Github stars

Fastly Compute226

Val Town–

Package downloads weekly

Fastly Compute510,239

Val Town–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Fastly Compute39

Val Town–

Release

Cadence days

Fastly Compute4

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–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Serverless & Edge Platforms
Capability	Fastly Compute	Val Town
Core
Execution substrate	WASM	-
Language / runtime breadth	JavaScript, with WebAssembly runtime support	TypeScript
Reach
Runs at global edge PoPs	✓	-
Scale
Scale to zero	-	-
Performance
Cold-start profile	Low	-
Limits
Max execution duration	-	-
Integration
Event source breadth	-	cron, webhooks, email
HTTP endpoint trigger	✓	✓
Cron / scheduled invocations	-	✓
State
Durable state / workflow primitive	-	-
Flexibility
Bring-your-own runtime / container	-	-
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud only	Cloud only
Ops
Built-in logs / metrics / tracing	-	-
Extensibility
CLI + IaC / framework support	✓	-

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 Town-

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

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

Val Town

Val Town is a cloud runtime that enables teams to quickly build and deploy code-based internal tools, integrations, and automations. It supports scheduled task execution, webhook handling, email delivery, and provides a TypeScript development environment with AI coding assistance.

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 2026-08-14verify ↗

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 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Fastly Compute	Val Town
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

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

Leader

Not documented yet.

Val Town

2 total

Slack
HubSpot

Independently observed

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