Fastly vs Cloudflare
Default scenario: At 20,000 GB egress / month, 500M requests / month, estimated bills are $240/yr for Cloudflare and $34,656/yr for Fastly. That’s a $34,416 difference before accounting for different features or operating costs.
The services may differ in features, performance, support and the work you need to do yourself. Read the notes and test what matters to your setup.
Your selected usage
20,000 GB egress / month, 500M requests / month
- Fastly: $34,656/yr estimated
- Cloudflare: $240/yr estimated
Estimated costs at different usage levels
| Usage | Fastly | Cloudflare |
|---|---|---|
| 1 TB1,000 GB egress / month, 50M requests / month | $1,896/yr$108 egress + $50 requests | $240/yr$0 egress + $0 requests |
| 20 TB20,000 GB egress / month, 500M requests / month | $34,656/yr$2,388 egress + $500 requests | $240/yr$0 egress + $0 requests |
| 500 TB500,000 GB egress / month, 10B requests / month | $839,856/yr$59,988 egress + $10,000 requests | $240/yr$0 egress + $0 requests |
North America/Europe first-tier rates. Other regions and committed-use discounts differ. Try your own numbers against all cdn providers.
Side by side
| Fastly | Cloudflare | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Programmable edge cloud and CDN with pay-as-you-go usage pricing and enterprise packages. | Global anycast CDN and security platform sold as flat per-domain plans without per-GB bandwidth fees on self-serve tiers. |
| Headquarters | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Parent jurisdiction | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇺🇸 United States |
| EU self-serve plan | No / not documented | No / not documented |
| GDPR DPA | Yes | Yes |
| Provider type | Edge platform | Edge platform |
| Billing | payg | subscription |
| Free tier | First 100 GB bandwidth and 1M requests per month free. | Free plan includes CDN caching with no bandwidth charge, for non-business-critical sites. |
| Open source | No | No |
| Source last checked | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Pricing evidence | Published rates | Published rates |
Which should you choose?
Cloudflare has the lower estimated bill at every usage level we tested, from 2,000 GB egress / month, 50M requests / month to 2,000,000 GB egress / month, 50B requests / month.
Choose Fastly if…
Our data shows no advantage on price, residency, jurisdiction or licensing. Compare features in the notes below.
Choose Cloudflare if…
- it has the lower estimated bill at 1 TB, 20 TB and 500 TB usage
Based on estimated list-price bills and the facts above. Features, performance and support aren’t scored.
Fastly pricing
Calculated from the listed vendor rates; exclusions still apply.
| Bandwidth / GB | 10k requests |
|---|---|
| $0.12 | $0.01 |
Usage pricing: North America and Europe $0.12/GB for 100 GB-10 TB, then $0.08/GB for the next 10 TB (other regions cost more). Requests $0.01 per 10k for 1M-100M, $0.0095 for the next 100M; the first 1M are free. Network-services packages: Basic $1,500/mo (100M requests, 20 TLS domains), Starter $6,000/mo (500M requests), Advantage and Ultimate through sales. Vendr (vendr.com/marketplace/fastly, Oct 2026) reports a median of $47,226/yr across 151 purchases.
Fastly plan limits, full rates and cheaper alternatives · official pricing page
Cloudflare pricing
Calculated from the listed vendor rates; exclusions still apply. Per-domain website proxy pricing; not a general-purpose unlimited media CDN. Check content terms and multiply by the domains that need Pro.
| Base fee / month |
|---|
| $20 |
Plans are per domain. Modelled on Pro at $20/mo billed annually ($25 billed monthly). Business is $200/mo annually ($250 monthly). Self-serve plans have no per-GB bandwidth charge. Enterprise traffic is contract-based and priced individually. EU residency only via the Data Localization Suite (Enterprise add-on: Regional Services, Customer Metadata Boundary). The DPA covers self-serve and enterprise customers.
Cloudflare plan limits, full rates and cheaper alternatives · official pricing page
Frequently asked questions
Is Fastly cheaper than Cloudflare?
Cloudflare has the lower estimated bill at every usage level we tested, from 2,000 GB egress / month, 50M requests / month to 2,000,000 GB egress / month, 50B requests / month. At 20,000 GB egress / month, 500M requests / month, the estimates are $34,656/yr for Fastly and $240/yr for Cloudflare. Estimates use list prices and leave out features, support and operating costs.
Do Fastly and Cloudflare offer EU data residency?
Neither documents EU data residency on a self-serve plan.
Do Fastly and Cloudflare have a free tier or trial?
Fastly: First 100 GB bandwidth and 1M requests per month free. Cloudflare: Free plan includes CDN caching with no bandwidth charge, for non-business-critical sites.
Where are Fastly and Cloudflare based?
Fastly is headquartered in the United States. Cloudflare is headquartered in the United States.