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1,362 views|1,153 comparisons
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Highwinds CDN

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Offers an edge and shield configuration, enhancing security and performance and integrates seamlessly with deployed...
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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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    What do you like most about Fastly?
    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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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fastly?
    Top Answer:The pricing has been very competitive.
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    What needs improvement with Fastly?
    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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    Ranking
    7th
    out of 34 in CDN
    Views
    1,362
    Comparisons
    1,153
    Reviews
    5
    Average Words per Review
    591
    Rating
    8.6
    21st
    out of 34 in CDN
    Views
    244
    Comparisons
    170
    Reviews
    0
    Average Words per Review
    0
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    Overview
    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.
    Highwinds Content Delivery Network Features include: HTTP Caching- Core delivery of all types of content. Secure Delivery (SSL)- Secure and protect your digital assets. Instant Purge- Remove content from cache in milliseconds. Script Engine- Programmable CDN with custom business logic. Advanced Analytics- Greater detail and more customization options. API- Easy-to-use, expansive, RESTful API. Command & Control- Real-time operations and instant configurations. Command & Control- Real-time operations and instant configurations.Mobile Content- Optimized CDN for mobile devices.
    Sample Customers
    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
    Valve Corporation, Hudl, LiveRail, CCP Games, Playwire, Dotstudioz
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Retailer8%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business71%
    Large Enterprise29%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise57%
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    Fastly is ranked 7th in CDN with 6 reviews while Highwinds CDN is ranked 21st in CDN. Fastly is rated 8.6, while Highwinds CDN is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Fastly writes "An easily scalable and stable product that provides exceptional support". On the other hand, Fastly is most compared with Cloudflare, Akamai, AWS WAF, Edgio Global CDN and Amazon CloudFront, whereas Highwinds CDN is most compared with Cloudflare and Akamai.

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