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Fastly

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Fastly provides a highly programmable edge cloud platform that accelerates and secures digital experiences for demanding applications.

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Edge cloud platform.

Fastly's edge cloud platform is built on modern CDN technology, allowing developers to extend their applications to the network edge, closer to users. This platform employs Varnish Cache, offering unparalleled configuration flexibility through VCL (Varnish Configuration Language) and WebAssembly for custom logic. It differentiates itself by allowing real-time configuration changes, advanced security features like WAF and DDoS protection, and robust analytics, ensuring low latency and high performance for dynamic content delivery and API acceleration.

Pros

  • Exceptional performance and low latency due to a highly distributed network and intelligent caching.
  • Unmatched programmability at the edge with VCL and WebAssembly, enabling complex custom logic.
  • Real-time configuration changes and immediate deployment, offering agility for development and operations.

Cons

  • Steeper learning curve for VCL and other advanced features compared to more traditional CDNs.
  • Pricing can become complex and potentially higher for high-volume or highly customized usage.
  • While expanding, its global POP footprint might still be smaller in some niche regions compared to older, larger CDNs.

Key features

  • Content Delivery Network (CDN)
  • Web Application Firewall (WAF) and DDoS Protection
  • Edge Compute (Compute@Edge)
  • Image Optimization
  • Load Balancing

Integrations

AWSGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)AzureDatadogSplunkTerraform

Target audience

Developers, enterprises, and media companies requiring high-performance, secure, and highly customizable content delivery and edge computing solutions.

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Active Users

Thousands of enterprises and developers

Founded

2011

Headquarters

San Francisco, California/USA

Pricing Tiers

Standard CDN

Consumption-based pricing for basic content delivery, including data transfer and requests.

Custom

Edge Cloud Platform

Includes CDN, Advanced WAF, Compute@Edge, and other security/compute products, typically volume-based.

Custom

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