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 public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with 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 2026-09-02 · figures link to their source below
Side by side
Cloudflare
$0/mo entryFastly
$1500/mo entrySources — Cloudflare: cloudflare.com (verified 2026-09-02) · Fastly: fastly.com (verified 2026-09-02)
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)