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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CacheFly CDN

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ACacheFly offers a content delivery network.

    $0

    per month

    Fastly Edge Cloud Platform

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AFastly, headquartered in San Francisco, offers the Fastly Edge Cloud Computing, Content Delivery Network (CDN) (formerly Fastly Deliver@Edge). Priced by bandwidth in gigabytes and number of file requests, Fastly supports image optimization, video and streaming, load balancing, and cloud security via web application firewall (WAF) and DDoS protection. Additionally, Fastly is available as a managed CDN.

    $0

    per 10,000 requests

    Pricing
    CacheFly CDNFastly Edge Cloud Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    per month
    Business
    From $295.00
    per month
    Enterprise
    From $2,495.00
    per month
    Requests
    $0
    per 10,000 requests
    Next 10TB
    $0.08
    per GB/per reigon
    First 10TB
    $0.12
    per GB/per reigon
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CacheFly CDNFastly Edge Cloud Platform
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFree Plan $0/mo, 5TB, 1 Domain, Core Network - 19 PoPs North America and Europe, 24/7 Email Support Business Plans from $295/mo, 12TB, 50 Domains, Global Network – 64 PoPs, 24/7 Email & Phone Support Enterprise Plans from $2,495/mo, 64TB, 500 Domains, Global Network + Edge Acceleration Proxies – 109 PoPs, 24/7 Email, Phone, & Slack Support
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    User Ratings
    CacheFly CDNFastly Edge Cloud Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CacheFly CDNFastly Edge Cloud Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CacheFly
    CacheFly CDN will open new doors for you to make your place in the online business world. This tool will help you a lot in increasing your productivity on a larger scale worldwide. This is the most appropriately designed tool that will help you meet all the needs of your business. If I talk about my organization I would say it is very useful too for productivity in our organization.
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    Fastly
    The service is really well-suited for pretty much any site that is primarily display-driven (that is, mostly GET requests). The network is able to handle massive volumes of traffic and their POPs have spread out pretty much anywhere that it's easy to get them (so basically everywhere but China and Russia). My team witnessed several large-scale attack attempts on some high-profile websites (attacks in the 10s of millions of requests per second) that were mitigated before ever coming back to the actual application; in one case we didn't realize the attack had happened until we looked at the logs the next day. Because it's a cache store option, the default configuration does not cache POST responses, and it can be difficult to set up things like authenticated paywalls as a result.
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    Pros
    CacheFly
    • Support has always been a positive experience
    • When doing initial cdn shopping it was nice to talk to a person to understand how pricing and structure worked compared to others where you just had to use a calculator.
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    Fastly
    • Very performant and fast -- major companies have drastically reduced page load times with Fastly's edge technology.
    • Support for many types of media, including video.
    • Image add-on makes serving and manipulating images very simple.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    CacheFly
    • This is quite expensive tool.
    • Since this is a technical tool, there is a steep learning curve.
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    Fastly
    • WAF is hard to configure.
    • No comprehensive rate limiting without a pricey upgrade.
    • Account access controls are extremely limited.
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    Usability
    CacheFly
    No answers on this topic
    Fastly
    Fastly Edge Cloud Platform is a powerful tool with robust capabilities, but it requires deep technical knowledge to integrate effectively into existing applications. While its performance and features are excellent, the lack of a user-friendly interface and the need for advanced configuration can make it challenging for teams without experienced developers.
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    Alternatives Considered
    CacheFly
    Pricing was always competitive, but when it appeared someone else could do better Cachefly always matched
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    Fastly
    It’s the fastest and most configurable.
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    Return on Investment
    CacheFly
    • It is not expensive.
    • Through its APIs, I am in a position of building the custom analytics in real-time.
    • This tool helps us to enhance the productivity.
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    Fastly
    • Fastly dramatically reduces load times for clients all over the world thanks to their global system of POPs.
    • Fastly is a cost-effective choice when a highly-performant CDN is required and makes it simple to support data that is quickly invalidated.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    CacheFly CDN Screenshots

    Screenshot of Configure your CDN using presets  or fully customise - it's your choice.Screenshot of Monitor Performance in portal or connect API to your own reporting systemScreenshot of CacheFly makes account administration made easy.Screenshot of Your CDN Service DetailsScreenshot of CacheFly Configuration Options