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Good performance, powerful configuration capability, and helpful real-time graphics
We can deploy a new configuration very quickly. If our customers express a new need, we are able to give them a working solution in a few days, and... Read more →
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Pros
"New and innovative way to protect the client's data.""The DDoS protection is the most valuable aspect of the solution.""From what I've seen so far, there are no negatives to report as of yet""It's very user-friendly.""There are key things that are used for our enterprise customers, such as Lambda and DNS."

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"Fastly uses configuration versioning, where you can deploy a new version in less than one minute."

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Cons
"Although I think it's quite good, it doesn't provide me with all the features I would expect to have if I were using Imperva.""The solution could work at being less expensive. It costs a lot to use it.""Technical support is lacking.""There are some issues with the CDN services.""Latencies are always a problem."

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"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "We don't have any issues with the price."
  • "The price is reasonable."

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  • "In my opinion, Fastly is priced competitively."

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    Questions from the Community
    What needs improvement with Cloudflare?
    Top Answer:The reporting of this solution could be improved.
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    What is your primary use case for Cloudflare?
    Top Answer:Our customers use the web application firewall and Zero Trust predominantly.
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    What advice do you have for others considering Cloudflare?
    Top Answer:The overall performance of this solution is what make it one of the best solutions on the market. It is important to be able to convince customers that this solution woks well and customers will still… more »
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    3rd
    out of 39 in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
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    20,522
    Comparisons
    18,154
    Reviews
    6
    Average Words per Review
    438
    Rating
    8.2
    6th
    out of 39 in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
    Views
    2,795
    Comparisons
    2,369
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    759
    Rating
    9.0
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    Cloudflare
    Fastly
    Overview

    Cloudflare is the leading performance and security company helping to build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers more than 9 million Internet applications. More than 10 trillion Internet requests flow through Cloudflare’s network each month, accounting for nearly 10% of all Internet requests globally.

    Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare have all web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with each new site added. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks.

    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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    Sample Customers
    Trusted by over 9,000,000 Internet Applications and APIs, including Nasdaq, Zendesk, Crunchbase, Steve Madden, OkCupid, Cisco, Quizlet, Discord and more.
    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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    Energy/Utilities Company14%
    Marketing Services Firm14%
    Engineering Company14%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Comms Service Provider23%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Government5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company28%
    Comms Service Provider19%
    Media Company6%
    Retailer6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business68%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise16%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise61%
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    Cloudflare is ranked 3rd in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 6 reviews while Fastly is ranked 6th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 1 review. Cloudflare is rated 8.0, while Fastly is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Cloudflare writes "Robust, secure and innovative; technical support needs to be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fastly writes "Good performance, powerful configuration capability, and helpful real-time graphics". Cloudflare is most compared with Imperva DDoS, Azure Front Door, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Palo Alto Networks WildFire and Arbor DDoS, whereas Fastly is most compared with AWS WAF, Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, Cloudflare DDoS, Imperva DDoS and Amazon CloudFront.

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