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.
At a glance
- Price: Cloudflare $0/mo vs Fastly $1500/mo — Cloudflare is cheaper to start.
- Free tier: Cloudflare Yes; Fastly No.
- HIPAA: Cloudflare —; Fastly Yes.
Side by side
| Cloudflare | Fastly | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $0/mo (Free) | $1500/mo (Network Services - Basic) |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| HIPAA (BAA) | — | Yes |
| SOC 2 | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| Best for | Websites needing free CDN + DDoS protection with zero setup cost | Enterprise media and publishing needing sub-150ms global purge |
Sources — 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)