Fastly Compute

Also known as
fastly-compute

Available worldwide

What is Fastly Compute?

Fastly Compute is a serverless edge compute platform that enables developers to deploy applications globally at Fastly's edge network with instant deployment.

Independently observed

Fastly Compute pricing

We don't have Fastly Compute's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.

What Fastly Compute does

The capabilities that matter for serverless & edge platforms, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
Execution substrate
-
Language / runtime breadth
-
Reach
Runs at global edge PoPs
Scale
Scale to zero
-
Performance
Cold-start profile
-
Limits
Max execution duration
-
Integration
Event source breadth
HTTP endpoints, WebSockets, Real-time messaging
HTTP endpoint trigger
Cron / scheduled invocations
-
State
Durable state / workflow primitive
Flexibility
Bring-your-own runtime / container
-
Deployment
Hosting
Cloud only
Ops
Built-in logs / metrics / tracing
Extensibility
CLI + IaC / framework support
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • CLI
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Fastly Compute alternatives

Other serverless & edge platforms we track, ranked by the same independent score.

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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Fastly Compute, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 56 / 100
low · 37%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Package Downloads740.1511.2
Reliability500.178.8
Release Cadence980.065.7
Capabilities750.075.2
Github Activity440.104.6
Github Stars450.031.3
Price Level00.050.0-
Integrations00.090.0-
Security Posture50.130.0-
Pricing Transparency00.070.0
Stackoverflow Activity00.070.0-

Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d24mediumsource · 2026-07-31 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars227highsource · 2026-07-31 · 90%
Package downloads weekly477,458highsource · 2026-07-31 · 85%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"hosting":"cloud","triggers":"HTTP endpoints, WebSockets, Real-time messaging","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"durable_state":true,"edge_distributed":true,"observability_builtin":true}mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryJavaScripthighsource · 2026-07-31 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxApache-2.0highsource · 2026-07-31 · 99%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
Availability{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}highsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Modelcommercialmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Price levelunknownmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
TransparentNomediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days4mediumsource · 2026-07-31 · 70%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%