BlazingCDN vs Fastly Comparison
Compare BlazingCDN vs Fastly features, pricing, and more.
Last updated: November 2026
BlazingCDN
5.9/10
BlazingCDN is a low-cost CDN from an EU-based company. It delivers static files, software downloads, video on demand and HLS streams for software, gaming and OTT businesses.
Fastly
6.7/10
Fastly is an edge cloud platform that combines a programmable CDN, WebAssembly serverless compute, edge storage, and web security for engineering-led businesses.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 5.9/10 | 6.7/10 |
| Analytics | 5/10 | 7/10 |
| Cost | 9/10 | 4/10 |
| Customization | 4/10 | 9/10 |
| Ease of Use | 6/10 | 4/10 |
| Integration | 5/10 | 8/10 |
| Reliability | 5/10 | 7/10 |
| Scalability | 6/10 | 8/10 |
| Security | 5/10 | 8/10 |
| Support | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Cheapest paid plan | $25/mo FLEX (pay-as-you-go) | $500/mo Compute Starter |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | $25/mo FLEX (pay-as-you-go) | Free Usage-based (free allowance) |
| Features | ||
| Serverless Functions | ||
| API and CLI | ||
| Content Delivery Network | ||
| Free SSL Certificates | ||
| Multiple Regions | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| DDoS Protection | Not listed | |
| Dedicated Servers | Not listed | |
| Managed Kubernetes | Not listed | |
| Managed WordPress | Not listed | |
| Shared Hosting | Not listed | |
| VPS Hosting | Not listed | |
BlazingCDN vs Fastly cost by team size
Fastly costs less at every team size we checked.
| Team size | BlazingCDN | Fastly |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | $25/moFLEX (pay-as-you-go) | FreeUsage-based (free allowance) |
| 5 users | $25/moFLEX (pay-as-you-go) | FreeUsage-based (free allowance) |
| 10 users | $25/moFLEX (pay-as-you-go) | FreeUsage-based (free allowance) |
| 25 users | $25/moFLEX (pay-as-you-go) | FreeUsage-based (free allowance) |
| 50 users | $25/moFLEX (pay-as-you-go) | FreeUsage-based (free allowance) |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose BlazingCDN
- Higher Cost score (9/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Ease of Use score (6/10 vs 4/10)
Why choose Fastly
- Has a free plan (BlazingCDN does not)
- Lower estimated cost for 10 users: Free vs $25/mo
- Higher Customization score (9/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Integration score (8/10 vs 5/10)
- Better fit for enterprise (8/10 vs 5/10)
Pros & Cons
BlazingCDN
Pros
- Bandwidth starts at $5 per TB and falls to $2.50 per TB at petabyte volume, with requests not billed.
- No contract and no setup fee, with a $25 monthly minimum and payment by card, PayPal, bank transfer or invoice.
- Strong video content protection, including signed URLs, security tokens, per-copy fingerprinting and IP binding.
- Developer tooling includes a REST API, Prometheus metrics and an official MCP server with 52 tools.
- Support is available 24/7, and the vendor promises an engineer reply within 3 business hours.
- EU-headquartered with GDPR-compliant processing and EU invoicing.
Cons
- The vendor says it has no edge functions, HTTP/3, WebSockets or video transcoding.
- Third-party listings show no WAF, load balancing or multi-CDN switching.
- There is no free plan, and the 14-day testing period is billed at $5 per TB.
- No uptime SLA or PoP count is published.
- Almost no independent reviews exist; G2 shows none.
Fastly
Pros
- Instant Purge clears cached content worldwide in about 150 ms, which suits news and e-commerce sites that change content often.
- VCL and WebAssembly-based Compute give engineers fine control over edge logic per request.
- Real-time log streaming to more than 30 endpoints, including Datadog, Splunk, and BigQuery, is included.
- The Next-Gen WAF, from the Signal Sciences acquisition, is known for low false-positive rates (a vendor claim reported by Technologymatch).
- Self-serve sign-up includes free monthly allowances for delivery, compute, storage, and TLS.
Cons
- Reviewers describe VCL as hard to learn and say the dashboard is complex for beginners.
- Region-based bandwidth rates make monthly bills hard to predict, especially for smaller companies.
- About 76 POPs, far fewer than Cloudflare or Akamai, with no presence in mainland China, Russia, or the CIS region.
- Some PeerSpot reviewers report slow support responses.
- Bot management and the full security suites are sold by sales quote only.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Fastly scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 6.7/10 against 5.9/10 for BlazingCDN. The largest gap is in Cost: 9/10 for BlazingCDN and 4/10 for Fastly.
Fastly costs less for 10 users: free on its Usage-based (free allowance) plan, against about $25/mo on its FLEX (pay-as-you-go) plan for BlazingCDN, billed monthly.
Fastly has a free plan; BlazingCDN does not list one.
Fastly is the better fit for enterprise: we rate it 8/10 for them, against 5/10 for BlazingCDN.
Fastly has Serverless Functions, which BlazingCDN lacks.
