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Cloudflare vs. Fastly

Side-by-side on cost, team fit, integrations, and industry coverage. Ranked on fit, never on commission.

BusinessAdvisor catalog assessment. Cost, team-size fit, integration counts, and industry coverage below are catalog inputs, not vendor quotes or independent testing.

Cloudflare

DNS, CDN, and web application firewall/DDoS protection at the edge, the default way a small team gets enterprise-grade site security and global caching without operating any hardware or edge servers themselves.

$60/mo
1–1000 emp.
5 integrations
Fastly

High-performance CDN and edge compute platform with near-instant cache purges and fine-grained VCL configuration, favored by teams with high-traffic or latency-sensitive apps that need more control than a general-purpose CDN.

$220/mo
5–1000 emp.
2 integrations

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Sources and scope

Pricing availability and product facts come from the linked vendor pages. Each source is dated so you can check current terms before deciding.

Team-fit ranges, integration counts, and curated-stack coverage are BusinessAdvisor.Guide catalog assessments. They are not vendor quotes, independent product testing, or a universal verdict. Read our methodology.

Catalog assessment comparison

SpecCloudflareFastly
Monthly cost$60/mo$220/mo
Team size fit1-1000 emp.5-1000 emp.
Category——
Integrations52
Industries covered00

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How they differ

Cloudflare is the lower-cost option at $60/mo versus $220/mo for Fastly — a $160/mo difference. Fastly appears in more curated industry stacks (0 vs. 0), meaning it fits a broader range of business types. Cloudflare offers more integrations (5 vs. 2), which matters if your stack depends on tight connectivity. Fastly targets a narrower employee range (5–1000) compared to Cloudflare (1–1000), making Fastly the more focused fit if your headcount is inside that band. Neither tool is universally "better." The right choice depends on whether your priority is lower monthly cost, broader industry fit, deeper integrations, or a headcount-specific match.

Verify before you choose

  • Confirm the exact plan and commercial terms: seats or technicians, usage limits, add-ons, taxes, contract length, renewal, and eligibility.
  • Test the workflows that must work on day one, with the people who will operate them.
  • Validate implementation constraints: integrations, data export, migration, onboarding scope, support, and exit requirements.
  • Record unknowns rather than assuming them away; catalog inputs are curation, not vendor quotes or independent testing.
  • Compare the confirmed details against your own requirements and operating context.

Use the linked vendor source for current terms. This checklist helps you test a shortlist; it is not a score, review, or universal recommendation.

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