Best CDN Services · head-to-head
Cloudflare vs Fastly
A sourced, side-by-side comparison for cdn services. Cloudflare has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it.
Cloudflare has the lower entry price — Cloudflare starts at $0/mo, Fastly at $1500/mo. Free tier: Cloudflare Yes, Fastly No. HIPAA: Cloudflare —, Fastly Yes.
As of 2026-06-13 · figures link to their source below
Side by side
Cloudflare
$0/mo entryFastly
$1500/mo entrySources — Cloudflare: cloudflare.com (verified 2026-06-13) · Fastly: fastly.com (verified 2026-06-13)
Key features
Cloudflare: Unmetered DDoS protection on all plans; 330+ PoPs globally; Universal SSL/TLS on all plans; Managed WAF ruleset (free tier included); Cloudflare Workers serverless edge compute; Lossless image optimization (Pro+); 100% uptime SLA (Business+); ISO 27001, ISO 27701, SOC 2 Type II, PCI DSS Level 1 certified; EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework certified; Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) DPA available
Fastly: Instant Purge: <150ms average global cache invalidation; 578 Tbps global edge capacity serving 5+ trillion daily requests; ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified; SOC 2 Type 2 (Security and Availability criteria); HIPAA-audited with HIPAA-compliant caching product; PCI DSS Level 1 Service Provider; GDPR-audited as data processor; Next-Gen WAF (~90% of customers in blocking mode); Programmable edge via Compute@Edge (WebAssembly); Up to 32% faster TTFB vs competing CDNs (Fastly claim)