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We performed a comparison between Cloudflare DDoS and Fastly based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Cloudflare DDoS vs. Fastly Report (Updated: March 2024).
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"Cloudflare is by far the most effective solution that I have come across.""It is a stable solution.""Cloudflare DDoS mitigates DDoS attacks.""Cloudflare is simple to use.""The simplicity of the solution is its valuable features as almost no effort was needed to learn the configurations. It is also one of the cheapest firewalls available in this category.""The blocking feature is very good.""Cloudflare DDoS is better than its competitors for its security, deployment, and scalability.""The best feature is rate limiting. If I'm expecting 500 visits per hour, Cloudflare will limit the requests if I suddenly get 50,000."

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"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.""Its initial setup process is straightforward.""Compute@Edge features are valuable to me.""Rate limiting is a good feature that protects from volumetric attacks.""The product helps our organization to access sites located in different regions quickly.""Fastly uses configuration versioning, where you can deploy a new version in less than one minute."

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Cons
"Cloudflare DDoS has poor technical support.""Lacks a VPN feature to provide a secure connection to the data center.""The response time for support must be reduced.""The software has automated alerts, but the automated alerts are not available in the mobile app.""The onboarding process can be improved a little bit.""Our customers no longer use Cloudflare because its service is subpar.""The free plan has limitations. For example, I can only set up three rules, and the application firewall is unavailable.""The initial onboarding was causing us some confusion."

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"Fastly's customer service area needs improvement.""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.""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.""The solution's pricing could be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The price tag is no longer $200,000, but rather $300,000 to $400,000. It's twice."
  • "The pricing of the solution is cheap. The licensing cost is also very low. I rate the cost and pricing a three out of ten."
  • "The solution is not that expensive."
  • "The solution's pricing lacks transparency."
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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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    Top Answer:Cloudflare DDoS mitigates DDoS attacks.
    Top Answer:The solution's pricing lacks transparency. You never know what you're paying for, and even their team sometimes cannot give you a correct answer on how they calculate something.
    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.
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    Cloudflare DDoS Protection
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    Overview

    Protect your Internet properties with a cloud-based, always-on DDoS protection, powered by the intelligence harnessed from Cloudflare’s always learning global network

    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.
    Sample Customers
    crunchbase, SoFi, ao.com, LogMeIn, DigitalOcean, okcupid, Montecito, Discord, Udacity
    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
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Healthcare Company13%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Educational Organization8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Retailer9%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise54%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business71%
    Large Enterprise29%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise57%
    Buyer's Guide
    Cloudflare DDoS vs. Fastly
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Cloudflare DDoS vs. Fastly and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Cloudflare DDoS is ranked 4th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 12 reviews while Fastly is ranked 10th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 6 reviews. Cloudflare DDoS is rated 8.6, while Fastly is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cloudflare DDoS writes "Perfect from my perspective; simple, user-friendly and easy to configure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fastly writes "An easy-to-use and flexible product that protects from volumetric threats". Cloudflare DDoS is most compared with AWS Shield, Prolexic, Arbor DDoS, StormWall Website Anti-DDoS Protection and Link11 DDoS, whereas Fastly is most compared with Cloudflare, AWS WAF, Akamai, Edgio Global CDN and AWS Global Accelerator. See our Cloudflare DDoS vs. Fastly report.

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