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We performed a comparison between Azure Front Door and Fastly based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Azure Front Door vs. Fastly Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"The most valuable feature is that you can implement resources globally. It does not depend on location and ability or something like that. This is to connect clients around the world.""Has a great application firewall and we like the security.""I am impressed with the tool's integrations.""The price is one of the most important aspects of the product. It's quite affordable.""The solution is good.""I particularly appreciate its load-balancing capabilities as it allows us to manage multiple instances and support a global presence effectively.""You can assign as many web application firewall policies as you want to the same instance of Front Door.""The web application firewall is a great feature."

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"The product helps our organization to access sites located in different regions quickly.""Its initial setup process is straightforward.""Rate limiting is a good feature that protects from volumetric attacks.""Compute@Edge features are valuable to me.""Fastly uses configuration versioning, where you can deploy a new version in less than one minute.""Support is good; the product works as advertised. We have a Slack connection with them. So we can basically ask for help, live, engage, and ring when they respond. Very quickly."

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Cons
"My suggestion for improvement would be to enhance the Data Export feature to include specific tables, particularly the Azure Diagnostics table.""There is room for improvement and they're working on it.""We should be able to use Front Door defenders with multiple cloud vendors. Currently, they can be used only with the Azure cloud. Azure Front Door should also be able to do global load balancing and provide internal front door services. Microsoft should clearly define what Traffic Manager, Application Gateway, and Azure Front Door products do. These are similar products, and people get confused between these products.""The user interface needs improvement as it is difficult to create the mapping to link the problem with your private address sources.""It lacks sufficient functionality.""The product's features are limited compared to Cloudflare. The tool also doesn't work well in a hybrid environment. I would like to see a way to add personalized APIs in the system.""This is a relatively expensive solution.""There's a limitation on the amount of global rules we can add."

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"The product should provide improved bot detection and management.""Stronger analytics would be helpful, like showing configurations that haven't served a certain amount of traffic in a while. With many properties, things can get lost track of - duplicates or unused configurations not properly decommissioned.""The solution's pricing could be better.""Fastly's customer service area needs improvement.""It is missing a "staging" platform to deploy a test configuration with all of the real settings, which would allow us to properly test before putting it into production.""Support is not that great."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It is on a pay-as-you-go basis."
  • "The solution is a bit expensive."
  • "The product is expensive."
  • "The pricing of the solution is good."
  • "The transition to the premium tier has led to increased costs, making it more expensive than the classic tier."
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  • "In my opinion, Fastly is priced competitively."
  • "It is an expensive solution."
  • "The solution is cheaper than other products in the market."
  • "I've generally found Fastly to be very competitive in pricing, especially around Compute@Edge."
  • "Fastly is less expensive than one of its competitors."
  • "The pricing has been very competitive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:We found Azure Front Door to be easily scaled and very stable. The implementation is very fast and Microsoft provides excellent support. Azure Front Door can quickly detect abnormalities before the… more »
    Top Answer:The transition to the premium tier has led to increased costs, making it more expensive than the classic tier. However, we acknowledge that this pricing reflects additional features and capabilities.
    Top Answer:Support is good; the product works as advertised. We have a Slack connection with them. So we can basically ask for help, live, engage, and ring when they respond. Very quickly.
    Top Answer:Stronger analytics would be helpful like showing configurations that haven't served a certain amount of traffic in a while. With many properties, things can get lost track of - duplicates or unused… more »
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    Also Known As
    Azure Front-Door
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    Overview

    Azure Front Door is a global, scalable entry-point that uses the Microsoft global edge network to create fast, secure, and widely scalable web applications. With Front Door, you can transform your global consumer and enterprise applications into robust, high-performing personalized modern applications with contents that reach a global audience through Azure.

    To learn more about our solution, ask questions, and share feedback, join our Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Community.

    Fastly helps the world’s most popular digital businesses keep pace with their customer expectations by delivering fast, secure, and scalable online experiences. Businesses trust Fastly’s edge cloud platform to accelerate the pace of technical innovation, mitigate evolving threats, and scale on demand.
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    Twitter, Airbnb, Alaska Airlines, Pinterest, Vimeo, The Guardian, The New York Times, Ticketmaster, The Drupal Association, Opera, about.com, imgur, Etsy, Foursquare, GitHub, New Relic, shopify, Shazam, Firebase
    Top Industries
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    Manufacturing Company33%
    Computer Software Company33%
    Comms Service Provider22%
    Healthcare Company11%
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Retailer8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
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    Small Business46%
    Large Enterprise54%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Small Business71%
    Large Enterprise29%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise58%
    Buyer's Guide
    Azure Front Door vs. Fastly
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Azure Front Door vs. Fastly and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    770,458 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Azure Front Door is ranked 9th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 10 reviews while Fastly is ranked 17th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 6 reviews. Azure Front Door is rated 8.8, while Fastly is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Azure Front Door writes " An easy -to-setup stable solution that enables implementing resources globally and has a good technical support team". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fastly writes "An easily scalable and stable product that provides exceptional support". Azure Front Door is most compared with Amazon CloudFront, Cloudflare, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Akamai and AWS Global Accelerator, whereas Fastly is most compared with Cloudflare, Akamai, AWS WAF, Amazon CloudFront and Cloudflare DDoS. See our Azure Front Door vs. Fastly report.

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