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.

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Business Priorities

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

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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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Znipe - Entertainment - Small

Stockholm, Sweden

Fastly helped Znipe improve esports streaming for fans worldwide. Znipe used Fastly's CDN and edge solutions to fix playback issues and boost performance. Startup times in Brazil improved by 41% and ...in the US by 28%. Stalls per hour dropped by 32% in Brazil and 15% in the US. Znipe now delivers smoother, more reliable live esports streams with Fastly.

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Yottaa - Information Technology And Services - Small

Waltham, USA

Yottaa used Fastly's edge cloud platform to boost e-commerce website speed and security. After switching from its own infrastructure, Yottaa saw a 40% improvement in time to first byte and a 20% fast...er page load speed for clients. Mobile conversion rates improved by 15%. Fastly's Next-Gen WAF helped block threats and reduced manual security work. Yottaa now offers clients more control and flexibility, focusing on innovation and real-time web performance.

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Yelp - Internet - Large

San Francisco, USA

Fastly helps Yelp deliver fast, secure, and reliable experiences to millions of users worldwide. Yelp uses Fastly's edge cloud platform to cache dynamic content, speed up page loads, and protect user... data. The platform enables real-time configuration changes and supports agile workflows for Yelp's engineering team. Fastly's security features help Yelp defend against DDoS attacks and manage TLS termination at the network edge. Yelp benefits from improved performance, proactive issue resolution, and strong technical support.

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Winning Group - Retail - Medium

Sydney, Australia

Fastly's Next-Gen WAF helped Winning Group, a growing Australian retailer, secure their web applications and APIs. Before Fastly, the team struggled with manual security processes and lacked real-tim...e visibility into web traffic. Fastly automated threat detection, improved incident response, and reduced developer workload. The solution gave Winning Group new insights into traffic spikes and bot activity, leading to better app performance and a smoother customer experience. CTO Dax Lee praised Fastly's support and hands-off deployment.

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Custom Reports

2.93/5 ★

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Analytics

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CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Custom Reports

2.93/5 ★

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Analytics

2.93/5 ★

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Fastly CDN Integrations

Fastly CDN integrates with a wide range of software applications through its robust data import and export capabilities.

Data Import

3.50/5 ★

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Pinterest

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Datadog

4.36 5
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New Relic

4.55 5
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MediaMath platform

4.01 5
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Fastly Inc News

Awards

Fastly recognized as a Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers' Choice for Edge Distribution Platforms

Fastly has been recognized as a Customers' Choice in the 2026 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer report for Edge Distribution Platforms. Fastly received a 95% willingness-to-recommend score and an overall rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 92 reviews. This recognition reflects the positive experiences of customers who have implemented and used Fastly's platform.

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Awards

Fastly Named a 2026 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for Edge Distribution Platforms

Fastly has been recognized as a 2026 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Edge Distribution Platforms, achieving a high rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 92 reviews. This accolade highlights Fastly's platform performance, reliability, and customer support, reinforcing its position as a leader in edge cloud platforms.

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Product

The Fastly C++ SDK is Now Generally Available

Fastly has launched its C++ SDK for edge computing, now generally available. This SDK enables developers to run C++ code on Fastly Compute with WebAssembly, offering ultra-low latency and security benefits. Key use cases include optimizing legacy code, enhancing gaming logic, and leveraging the C++ ecosystem for agentic systems.

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Fastly and Skyfire Partner to Enable Trusted Agentic Commerce with ...

Fastly and Skyfire have partnered to integrate Skyfire's identity and payment infrastructure into Fastly's edge cloud platform. This integration enables real-time verification and transaction capabilities for AI agents, transforming agent traffic into accountable e-commerce opportunities. The solution enhances security and scalability, allowing enterprises to manage AI agent interactions efficiently without re-architecting existing systems.

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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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