Fastly

Programmable edge network favoured by developer and media teams

Overview

Fastly, Inc. is a publicly listed edge cloud company with its headquarters dateline in San Francisco. It reported 2025 revenue of US$624.0 million, up 15%, and 628 enterprise customers in the fourth quarter of 2025.[11] Its about page states network capacity of 622 Tbps and says Fastly deliberately runs fewer, larger PoPs than competitors.[10]

Fastly’s delivery product is known for configurable caching, fast purging and detailed real-time logging, and its Compute platform runs customer code at the edge. Security packages, Image Optimizer, object storage and observability are sold alongside delivery. Customers quoted on its site include Deliveroo, Giphy and Bell Media.[10]

Pricing changed for accounts created from 4 November 2025: a Free tier covers 100 GB of bandwidth and 1 million requests a month, and the usage-based Growth plan charges US$0.12 per GB from 100 GB to 10 TB in North America and Europe, with higher rates elsewhere. Committed Network Services packages start at US$1,500 a month.[9] Per-GB rates are higher than the budget specialists’, and the packages cap traffic from the Africa, India and South Korea regions at 10%.[9]

Fastly features

  • Free tier: 100 GB and 1M requests monthly
  • Compute edge platform
  • Real-time logging and observability
  • Security packages (Core, Core Plus, Total)
  • Image Optimizer and object storage

Fastly pricing

Free: 100 GB bandwidth and 1M requests/month. Growth (usage-based): North America and Europe US$0.12/GB for 100 GB to 10 TB, then US$0.08; Asia/Australia/South America US$0.19; Africa/India/South Korea US$0.28. Requests from US$0.01 per 10,000 after the first million. Network Services packages: Basic US$1,500/month (100M requests), Starter US$6,000/month (500M), higher tiers by quote.

Fastly strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Highly configurable caching and purge
  • Free tier for testing
  • Edge compute and security on one platform
  • Published per-region rates and packages

Limitations

  • Higher per-GB rates than budget CDNs
  • Packages limit traffic from Africa, India and South Korea to 10%
  • Accounts created before November 2025 may be on legacy pricing

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