Comparison

Fastly DDoS Protection vs Google Cloud Armor

No leader: the top candidate Fastly DDoS Protection has only 0.18 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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Fastly DDoS Protection92

Google Cloud Armor39

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Fastly DDoS Protection	Google Cloud Armor
Vioscale score	92 / 100low · 18%updating	39 / 100low · 26%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$0.04	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	3
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

Fastly DDoS Protection92 / 100low · 18%updating

Google Cloud Armor39 / 100low · 26%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

Google Cloud Armor✓

Model

Fastly DDoS Protectionfreemium

Google Cloud Armorfreemium

Price level

Fastly DDoS Protectionlow

Google Cloud Armorlow

Starting price

Fastly DDoS Protection$0.04

Google Cloud Armor–

Transparent

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

Google Cloud Armor✗

Integrations

Count

Fastly DDoS Protection–

Google Cloud Armor3

Security

Gdpr

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

Google Cloud Armor–

Market

Availability

Fastly DDoS ProtectionAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Google Cloud ArmorAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ddos protection. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for DDOS Protection
Capability	Fastly DDoS Protection	Google Cloud Armor
Capabilities
Deployment model	-	-
Always on mitigation	-	-
On demand bgp diversion	-	-
Layer 3 4 volumetric protection	-	-
Layer 7 application protection	-	-
DNS amplification protection	-	-
Unmetered attack bandwidth	-	-
Sub second mitigation SLA	-	-
Bundled WAF	-	-
SIEM log export API	-	-
SOC2 type ii	-	-
PCI DSS compliant	-	-
Pricing model	-	-

Capabilities

Deployment model

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Google Cloud Armor-

Always on mitigation

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Google Cloud Armor-

On demand bgp diversion

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Google Cloud Armor-

Layer 3 4 volumetric protection

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Google Cloud Armor-

Layer 7 application protection

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Google Cloud Armor-

DNS amplification protection

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Google Cloud Armor-

Unmetered attack bandwidth

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Google Cloud Armor-

Sub second mitigation SLA

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Google Cloud Armor-

Bundled WAF

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Google Cloud Armor-

SIEM log export API

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Google Cloud Armor-

SOC2 type ii

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Google Cloud Armor-

PCI DSS compliant

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Google Cloud Armor-

Pricing model

Fastly DDoS Protection-

Google Cloud Armor-

What each one is

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

Fastly DDoS Protection

A protection service that automatically detects and mitigates distributed attacks on applications and APIs at any scale, deployable with a DNS change or API integration and requiring no hardware installation.

Independently observed

Google Cloud Armor

A cloud-based web application firewall and DDoS mitigation service that protects applications from Layer 3-4 attacks and common web vulnerabilities. It detects and blocks malicious traffic and automated bot requests, with built-in fraud prevention through reCAPTCHA integration.

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 DDoS Protection

from $0.04/requestsUsage-basedFree tier

Free tier (500k requests/mo) plus usage-based billing from $0.042–$0.10 per 10k requests

Free TierFree
Pay-as-you-go$0.10 per 10,000 requests; volume discount: $0.042 per 10,000 requests
Legacy Package - StarterContact sales
Legacy Package - GrowthContact sales

as of 2026-08-18verify ↗

Google Cloud Armor

SubscriptionFree tier

Two service tiers with monthly billing. Specific pricing not publicly listed; free credits available via Google Cloud.

Standard-
Enterprise-

as of 2026-08-18verify ↗

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 DDoS Protection	Google Cloud Armor
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

Google Cloud Armor✓

CLI

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

Google Cloud Armor✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

Google Cloud Armor✓

Self-hosted

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

Google Cloud Armor✗

Hybrid

Fastly DDoS Protection✓

Google Cloud Armor✓

Integrations

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

Fastly DDoS Protection

Not documented yet.

Google Cloud Armor

3 total

reCAPTCHA Enterprise
Google Kubernetes Engine
Cloud Monitoring

Independently observed

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