Turn on, DDoS Gone

Fastly utilizes a massive global network to absorb volumetric attacks at the edge, well before they reach your origin. Unlike legacy appliance-based solutions, our DDoS protection is integrated directly into our edge cloud platform. This allows us to inspect traffic and enforce security policies across our entire network simultaneously, ensuring that even the largest application and network-layer attacks are mitigated without compromising performance or introducing latency.

No, Fastly leverages our Adaptive Threat Engine to automate DDoS mitigation. This system continuously analyzes traffic patterns to distinguish between flash crowds (legitimate traffic spikes) and malicious botnets. It dynamically creates and updates signatures in near real-time, allowing your engineering teams to block complex, rotating attacks without manual tuning or intervention.

Fastly is designed for near-instantaneous response. Because our detection and mitigation logic sits at the network edge, not in a centralized scrubbing center, we can detect anomalies and apply mitigation logic in seconds. This architecture allows you to prevent DDoS attacks from impacting your availability, blocking malicious traffic immediately upon detection to maintain uptime for your apps and APIs.

Our solution is architected to be false-positive resistant and latency-neutral. By processing security logic at the edge alongside delivery logic, we avoid latency common in legacy scrubbing centers. We protect from DDoS attempts by filtering malicious requests while accelerating legitimate user traffic, ensuring your application remains performant even while under active attack.

Fastly offers a "Zero Attack Fees" billing model. We believe you shouldn't be penalized for being a target. Our customers are billed based on legitimate traffic usage, not the massive spikes in bandwidth caused by volumetric attacks. This ensures that when we protect from DDoS incidents, your cloud spend remains predictable and consistent, preventing the financial damage often associated with unmitigated attacks.

Yes. Fastly is platform-agnostic and designed for versatility. Whether you are running on-premise, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment, you can deploy our DDoS protection with a simple DNS change or by integrating our edge cloud platform. It requires no hardware installation and provides immediate "flip-of-a-switch" defense for engineers and CTOs looking to secure their infrastructure rapidly.