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Comparison

Fastly vs Google Cloud CDN

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.

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★Fastly67
Google Cloud CDN41
Score
Vioscale score
Fastly67 / 100medium · 51%
Google Cloud CDN41 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tier
Fastly✓
Google Cloud CDN✓
Model
Fastlyfreemium
Google Cloud CDNfreemium
Price level
Fastlylow
Google Cloud CDNlow
Transparent
Fastly✓
Google Cloud CDN✗
Integrations
Count
Fastly–
Google Cloud CDN7
Security
Disclosure policy
Fastly✓
Google Cloud CDN–
Gdpr
Fastly✓
Google Cloud CDN–
Hipaa
Fastly✓
Google Cloud CDN–
Pci
Fastly✓
Google Cloud CDN–
Reliability
Status page
Fastly✓
Google Cloud CDN–
Market
Availability

What each one is

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

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

Google Cloud CDN

Cloud CDN caches and serves web content, videos, and files through Google's edge network, reducing latency and improving performance for users worldwide by bringing content geographically closer to viewers.

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

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 ↗

Google Cloud CDN

Usage-basedFree tier

New customers receive $300 in free credits

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

Fastly

Leader

Not documented yet.

Google Cloud CDN

7 total
  • Cloud Armor
  • Cloud Run
  • Compute Engine
  • Cloud Storage
  • Google Kubernetes Engine
  • Cloud Logging
  • Cloud Monitoring
Independently observed

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