Fastly vs. Akamai Comparison

Why select Fastly over Akamai?

• Instant performance Fastly's software-defined network and powerful, concentrated POPs cache more at the edge, meaning faster web and app performance. Instant Purge serves real-time content to your visitors, while simultaneously reducing traffic to origin. Websites migrating from Akamai to Fastly enjoy a 17% improvement in Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) - one of Google’s Core Web Vitals.

• Application Security Striking the perfect balance between enterprise-grade security and end-user experience, Fastly’s Next-Gen WAF, API Security, Bot Management, DDoS Protection, and Client-Side Protection provide a multi-layered defense that’s highly performant with instant insights to keep ahead of app and API threats.

• Customization and configuration Built for DevSecOps, Fastly’s API-first architecture satisfies admins and developers alike - CDN and security services effortlessly integrate into existing CI/CD workflows, yielding faster innovation and deployment cycles.

• Real-time visibility Visibility is smarter security. With an unprecedented choice of 30+ logging endpoint integrations, teams can now access granular details at every stage of the request path: from origin to edge, from CDN to WAF. Incorporating Signals offers a powerful way to tag anomalous traffic behavior, helping quickly identify, understand, and respond to potential threats.

• Lower TCO Fastly’s intuitive Control Panel allows users to make their own changes, removing reliance on costly Professional Services. And as the only 3rd-party CDN on both the AWS Marketplace and Google Cloud Marketplace, selecting Fastly simplifies billing and procurement, meaning lower costs and less friction.

• Superior support Setting the customer experience standard, Fastly maintains a 98% Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) score and a market-leading 9.4 rating for ‘Quality of Support’ on G2—well ahead of Akamai’s 8.1. These results reflect Fastly’s unwavering commitment to excellence and customer-centric innovation.

"Quando Akamai ha scoperto che volevamo cambiare, ci ha offerto un prezzo inferiore del 10%. Ma non siamo stati al gioco. Volevamo una piattaforma migliore e Fastly ci sembrava superiore ad Akamai sotto tutti gli aspetti".

David Pedranz

Ingegnere della piattaforma

How Fastly compares with Akamai

"Quando pensiamo alle altre CDN, come Cloudflare e Akamai, appaiono come un insieme di funzionalità legate in modo approssimativo, mentre Fastly è molto stabile e scalabile: un'ottima base su cui lavorare".

Dott. Felix Gessert

CEO