Fastly CDN Overview

Fastly-cdn enhances customer experience by speeding up dynamic content delivery. Event-driven and unpredictable content is efficiently cached by Fastly's cloud CDN.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Advertisement, Workflow Management, Forecasting, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Fastly CDN.

Business Priorities

Enhance Customer Relationships and Acquire Customers are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Fastly CDN.

Fastly CDN Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

Fastly CDN works with different mediums / channels such as Website.

Peer review evidence (same sources as the product rating summary)

"...These cookies track your online activity on fastly.com to help Fastly deliver targeted advertising to you while you are browsing other websites...." Content Delivery Network for Faster Page Load
"...Make changes on the fly, instantly roll back code, and safely experiment at the edge with our API-first platform fully integrated into your continuous deployment workflow. ..." Content Delivery Network for Faster Page Load
"...Instant Purge and batch purging with surrogate keys let you cache and invalidate highly dynamic content with a mean purge time of 150 milliseconds*. Serve headlines, inventory, or weather forecasts that are always up to date...." Content Delivery Network for Faster Page Load

Fastly CDN, belong to a category of solutions that help Content Management Systems. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Fastly CDN Customer wins, Customer success stories, Case studies

 

Fastly powers Layercake edge shift for live streaming

Fastly's edge cloud platform has been deployed by Layercake, a digital engineering firm, to enhance live streaming capabilities. This deployment shifts processing from central infrastructure to the n...etwork edge, improving scalability and performance during traffic spikes. Layercake's Streamcake platform benefits from Fastly's technology, enabling efficient handling of live video demand surges and reducing operational costs. Fastly's Object Store demonstrated superior performance in vendor tests, supporting Layercake's innovative edge solutions.

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Layercake Scales Live Streaming at the Edge with Fastly - Content + Technology

Layercake enhances its live streaming capabilities by leveraging Fastly's edge computing technology. This collaboration allows Layercake to deliver high-quality, low-latency streaming experiences to ...its users, showcasing Fastly's robust infrastructure and performance benefits.

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Watch Duty - Non Profit Organization Management - Small

USA

Watch Duty used Fastly to manage up to 100,000 requests per second during the LA wildfires. The platform achieved an 85% cache hit rate and kept downtime to just one hour, even as monthly users soare...d to 10 million. Fastly's CDN and Next-Gen WAF helped Watch Duty block malicious actors and reduce backend load. The solution enabled Watch Duty to deliver real-time disaster information reliably during critical emergencies.

 

Storytel - Entertainment - Medium

Stockholm, Sweden

Fastly CDN helped Storytel scale its audiobook and ebook streaming service to over 2 million global subscribers. Storytel faced bandwidth and performance issues as it expanded beyond the Nordics, esp...ecially in new markets like India. After a 6-month evaluation, Fastly delivered high cache hit ratios, reduced egress charges, and released significant data center capacity. Storytel now provides a seamless, high-quality listening experience worldwide, supported by Fastly's responsive customer support and flexible edge programming.

 

GIPHY - Internet - Medium

New York, USA

GIPHY uses Fastly to serve tens of billions of GIFs and stickers daily. Fastly's edge cloud platform helps GIPHY handle huge traffic spikes and deliver content reliably. GIPHY saw big cost savings an...d better performance after moving to Fastly Object Storage. Fastly's Next-Gen WAF keeps GIPHY safe from attacks. Fastly's observability tools give GIPHY instant insights for fast troubleshooting.

 

JetBlue - Hospitality - Large

New York, USA

Fastly Next-Gen WAF and Bot Management helped JetBlue cut unwanted bot traffic by 95%. The airline migrated 35 sites in just 3 days before a major holiday season. Fastly's tools reduced false positiv...es and manual work, improving security accuracy and response times. JetBlue saw better website performance, lower server loads, and cost savings. The solution preserved bandwidth during high-traffic fare sales, keeping customers and leadership satisfied.

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Fastly Inc News

Partnership

Fastly Joins the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) to Guide Edge AI Interoperability

Fastly has joined the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) to enhance edge AI interoperability. The company aims to optimize protocols for high-frequency, low-latency operations, focusing on MCP and secure agent sub-task execution. This membership aligns with Fastly's commitment to supporting open-source projects and advancing AI-driven operations.

Executive

Fastly Appoints Bruce Bennie as Area Vice President for Australia and ...

Fastly has appointed Bruce Bennie as Area Vice President, Sales for Australia and New Zealand. Bennie, with over 30 years of experience in IT sales and business management, will focus on driving growth and innovation in the region. His expertise will support Fastly's expansion and strengthen customer and partner relationships.

Financial

Fastly (FSLY) Climbs 17.7%, Investors Upbeat on Earnings

Fastly's stock rose by 17.7% as investors anticipated its first-quarter earnings, which projected significant revenue growth and a shift to profitability. Additionally, Fastly partnered with Laliga to combat illegal sports streaming using AI technology.

Financial

Fastly Q1 revenue rises 20% to record $173M

Fastly reported a 20% increase in Q1 2026 revenue, reaching $173 million. The company also saw a 47% rise in security revenue and improved gross margins. Fastly's remaining performance obligations grew by 63%, and it raised its 2026 guidance. The company highlighted its innovation roadmap and new business wins as key drivers of growth.

Fastly Inc Profile

Company Name

Fastly Inc

Company Website

https://www.fastly.com/

HQ Location

475 Brannan St. #300, San Francisco, CA 94107

Employees

251-500

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Financials

IPO