Cloudflare SASE &amp; SSE Platform vs Fastly comparison

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We performed a comparison between Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform and Fastly based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform vs. Fastly Report (Updated: September 2024).

Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform vs. Fastly

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Categories and Ranking

Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform

Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection

5th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Email Security (13th), Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (8th), Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (9th), Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) (6th), Access Management (5th), Bot Management (3rd), ZTNA as a Service (5th), ZTNA (1st), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (8th), Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) (1st)

Fastly

Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection

10th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

CDN (6th), Web Application Firewall (WAF) (17th)

Featured Reviews

Stefan Rusu

Senior DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

Nov 1, 2023

Helps to secure applications from public but needs improvement in documentation

We use the product to access applications that are restricted to employees only. Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform removes the risk of exposing the applications to the public. Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform needs to improve its documentation. It took time to do the implementation. I have been…

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reviewer2335209

Information Technology Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Jan 22, 2024

Offers an edge and shield configuration, enhancing security and performance and integrates seamlessly with deployed pipelines, allowing for configuration as code

Fastly's instant purging feature improved our content monitoring processes. One of the differences between CloudFront and Fastly is the time to purge. So, Fastly's time to purge is very quick. And we've automated it with some front-end API calls. We've even integrated it with Slack so that we can push that clearing of content to a Telstra approach. So the content developer or the person who has the issue with the stale content can actually be empowered to clear their own cache without having to go through someone with the appropriate permissions. So, the fact that we can expose that with API calls is pretty good. Moreover, I can see service history and service metrics. So, it's mostly metrics and historical data. For example, how many times do specific properties have the highest rate of, say, 500 errors or something? Moreover, Fastly helps our company manage a traffic spike during some high-traffic attempts if we have any. Fastly's request collapsing is their secret sauce, and you get that with Varnish. That's really their massive value proposition, and that they in high traffic spike, even if we have our caching configuration low, it still protects our origin from a big traffic stop because we only get, like, one request coming in. Because that's what they do. They collapse the request such that we might get a thousand people asking for the same piece of data that's not in the cache, but they don't come at us with a thousand requests, the origin. They send one request to the origin and then wait for it to come back, and then they populate the sibling characters with that answer. So it's a sort of table state functionality that they provide that is really key to their value proposition.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform removes the risk of exposing the applications to the public."

"The simplicity of the solution is its valuable features as almost no effort was needed to learn the configurations. It is also one of the cheapest firewalls available in this category."

"Cloudflare Access is part of the Zero Trust philosophy."

"The solution has different options that can be used to differentiate DDoS attacks."

"Cloudflare is by far the most effective solution that I have come across."

"The blocking feature is very good."

"Cloudflare, in my opinion, was easy to implement."

"Enables me to work from two locations."

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"The product helps our organization to access sites located in different regions quickly."

"The product's initial setup phase is straightforward."

"Compute@Edge features are valuable to me."

"Fastly uses configuration versioning, where you can deploy a new version in less than one minute."

"Rate limiting is a good feature that protects from volumetric attacks."

"Support is good; the product works as advertised. We have a Slack connection with them. So we can basically ask for help, live, engage, and ring when they respond. Very quickly."

"Its initial setup process is straightforward."

Cons

"The initial onboarding was causing us some confusion."

"Our subscription plan for the solution has a limitation of bot signatures."

"Operating and tuning the product is difficult."

"For the topic of improvement, providing some training material is one of my suggestions."

"The pricing is an area that can be improved. Pricing, as far as I recall, was the source of our problems."

"When there are any dynamic changes in complex applications, the tool takes a lot of time, making its analytics-related area a major matter of concern where improvements are needed."

"They don't have a person to provide support for customers using the solution under their free plan."

"The onboarding process can be improved a little bit."

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"What I don't like about Fastly is that they charge a heavy price."

"Fastly's customer service area needs improvement."

"Support is not that great."

"The product should provide improved bot detection and management."

"The solution's pricing could be better."

"Stronger analytics would be helpful, like showing configurations that haven't served a certain amount of traffic in a while. With many properties, things can get lost track of - duplicates or unused configurations not properly decommissioned."

"It is missing a "staging" platform to deploy a test configuration with all of the real settings, which would allow us to properly test before putting it into production."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing of the solution is cheap. The licensing cost is also very low. I rate the cost and pricing a three out of ten."

"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten."

"The solution is not that expensive."

"The solution's pricing lacks transparency."

"The prices are slightly expensive."

"The price tag is no longer $200,000, but rather $300,000 to $400,000. It's twice."

"Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform's pricing is good."

"My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There are no hidden charges apart from the licensing costs of the solution."

"Fastly is less expensive than one of its competitors."

"The solution is cheaper than other products in the market."

"The pricing has been very competitive."

"I've generally found Fastly to be very competitive in pricing, especially around Compute@Edge."

"It is an expensive solution."

"You need to pay a premium price for the tool."

"In my opinion, Fastly is priced competitively."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Company Size

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Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cloudflare Access?

The tool also offers good scalability, and the dashboard, along with real-time analytics, is very good.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cloudflare Access?

The price of Cloudflare Access is the same as compared to Akamai, but I get better performance from Cloudflare. My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the so...

What needs improvement with Cloudflare Access?

Cloudflare Access has strong integration with Microsoft, among other platforms. However, when it comes to Kaspersky, we have clients who typically encounter challenges. The usual setup involves con...

What do you like most about Fastly?

Support is good; the product works as advertised. We have a Slack connection with them. So we can basically ask for help, live, engage, and ring when they respond. Very quickly.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fastly?

The pricing has been very competitive.

What needs improvement with Fastly?

Stronger analytics would be helpful like showing configurations that haven't served a certain amount of traffic in a while. With many properties, things can get lost track of - duplicates or unused...

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Cloudflare Area 1 Email Security, Cloudflare Bot Management, Cloudflare Gateway, Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform, Cloudflare DDoS

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Overview

Cloudflare SASE & SSE is a comprehensive platform that integrates Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Security Service Edge (SSE) functionalities. As a SASE solution, it replaces traditional network security with a cloud-based model that combines networking and security services at the network edge, using a "Zero Trust" approach for continuous verification of access. The SSE component focuses on securing access to cloud applications, offering Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) functionalities for access control and security policy enforcement, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to safeguard sensitive information. Leveraging Cloudflare's extensive global network with over 320 locations, Cloudflare One delivers security and network services close to users, enhancing performance, reducing latency, and providing a consistent user experience. Key features include Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), CASB, Secure Web Gateway (SWG), and Cloud DLP to ensure secure and efficient application access and data protection.

Fastly helps the world’s most popular digital businesses keep pace with their customer expectations by delivering fast, secure, and scalable online experiences. Businesses trust Fastly’s edge cloud platform to accelerate the pace of technical innovation, mitigate evolving threats, and scale on demand.

Sample Customers

23andMe

Twitter, Airbnb, Alaska Airlines, Pinterest, Vimeo, The Guardian, The New York Times, Ticketmaster, The Drupal Association, Opera, about.com, imgur, Etsy, Foursquare, GitHub, New Relic, shopify, Shazam, Firebase

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