Fastly is a powerful, programmable edge cloud platform designed to help businesses instantly build, secure, and deliver fast, secure, and scalable sites and applications. It distinguishes itself from older Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) by offering a highly programmable network that gives users greater control, better insights, and smarter solutions, reliably serving over 1.8 trillion daily requests.
The platform is underpinned by a unique global network architecture that utilizes fewer, but significantly more powerful, Points of Presence (POPs) to boost caching and serving speed, a method which has been shown to result in up to 32% faster Time to First Byte (TTFB) compared to other CDNs. A signature feature is Instant Purge™, which achieves a cache invalidation time of approximately 150ms, guaranteeing real-time content updates for dynamic applications.
Fastly offers a range of integrated capabilities: its CDN handles high-load scenarios like e-commerce and streaming media with predictable pricing, while its robust Security stack includes the Next-Gen WAF (Web Application and API Protection) for defending against threats like DDoS and bots. The Compute environment allows developers to run serverless code and applications at the network edge, closer to users, for superior performance. Additionally, Observability tools provide real-time insights and programmatic control, seamlessly integrating the platform into existing CI/CD workflows for constant monitoring.
