Fastly vs Lumen Content Delivery Network comparison

Fastly and Lumen Technologies are both solutions in the CDN category. Fastly is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.5, while Lumen Technologies is ranked #19. Fastly holds a 3.5% mindshare in CDN, compared to Lumen Technologies’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Fastly users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Lumen Technologies users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Fastly and Lumen Content Delivery Network based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Fastly

Ranking in CDN

6th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Web Application Firewall (WAF) (18th), Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection (11th)

Lumen Content Delivery Network

Ranking in CDN

19th

Average Rating

0.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the CDN category, the mindshare of Fastly is 3.5%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Lumen Content Delivery Network is 0.3%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Nick Wilsdon

CEO at Torque

Jun 29, 2023

An easily scalable and stable product that provides exceptional support

I use the product mostly for its Compute@Edge capabilities. Fastly is a content delivery network with various functions inside CDN. It has a functionality around security. It also has a content delivery functionality, which is a more standard function within CDN. If you are accessing a website…

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"It is an expensive solution."

"In my opinion, Fastly is priced competitively."

"The pricing has been very competitive."

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

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Manufacturing Company

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Company Size

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Questions from the Community

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.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fastly?

You need to pay a premium price for the tool.

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What needs improvement with Fastly?

What I don't like about Fastly is that they charge a heavy price. The pricing is different per region. If you have a customer who is international and has deployments in different regions, it is ve...

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Comparisons

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Compared 6% of the time

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Also Known As

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CenturyLink CDN, Level 3 CDN, CenturyLink DDoS Mitigation

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Fastly

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Overview

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.

Our content delivery platform empowers you to succeed by leveraging the CenturyLink network’s scalability, global footprint and proven customer service. CenturyLink is trusted by many of the biggest names in media to deliver their content to global customers every day.

Sample Customers

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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