Fastly
For teams that treat the CDN as a programmable performance layer, Fastly stands out with fine-grained caching control and a strong emphasis on observability at the edge. It’s a compelling Cloudflare alternative when the priority is tuning cache behavior precisely and making rapid changes without waiting on slower propagation.
Fastly’s real-time log streaming is a core advantage for platform and security teams who want edge events flowing straight into existing SIEM and monitoring pipelines. That makes it easier to correlate traffic, attacks, and performance issues alongside application logs, rather than relying primarily on in-dashboard analytics.
On the compute side, Compute@Edge offers a Wasm-centric model that appeals to teams standardizing on WebAssembly runtimes or looking for a different execution approach than Cloudflare Workers. Combined with developer-friendly tooling and an evaluation path designed to reduce billing surprises, Fastly often fits organizations that want to prototype quickly and then scale with confidence.
Best for
Best for SRE and platform teams who need precise CDN control and streaming logs into their observability stack.
Standout features
- ✓Real-time log streaming and export
- ✓Fine-grained caching configuration
- ✓Compute@Edge WebAssembly runtime
- ✓Fast cache purges
- ✓Edge security controls and DDoS protection
