Fastly

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About Fastly

Fastly moves your content closer to users with a global edge network that caches and serves data from 60+ points of presence, slashing load times and handling traffic spikes.

What it does

Fastly is a content delivery network (CDN) and edge computing platform. It caches static and dynamic content at the network edge, uses VCL (Varnish Configuration Language) for custom logic, and includes built-in DDoS mitigation and a web application firewall (WAF).

Best for

High-traffic websites needing sub-second load times
Developers who want to run custom code at the edge (Compute@Edge)
E-commerce sites requiring instant cache purging for inventory updates

Strengths

Instant cache purge: update content globally in under 150ms
Edge computing with WebAssembly (Compute@Edge) for low-latency logic
Real-time analytics and logging for traffic visibility

Key features

Global CDN — 60+ edge nodes across 6 continents for fast content delivery
Instant purge — Clear cached content globally in milliseconds
Compute@Edge — Run custom code at the edge using WebAssembly
DDoS protection — Built-in mitigation against volumetric and application-layer attacks
Web Application Firewall (WAF) — Protect against OWASP Top 10 threats
Real-time analytics — Monitor traffic, cache hit ratios, and origin performance

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