Fastly CDN vs KeyCDN

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Higher score Fastly CDN #12 in CDN Software 6.2/10 Free plan · paid from $1,500/mo Free plan✓ 2 of 4 features Visit Fastly

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KeyCDN #14 in CDN Software 6.1/10 From $0.04 · 14-day trial ✓ 2 of 4 features Visit KeyCDN

• Fastly CDN fits best

  Teams needing programmable premium delivery

• KeyCDN fits best

  Affordable CDN with practical automation

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Side by side

Feature	Fastly CDN 6.2/10 Visit ↗	KeyCDN 6.1/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	6.2	6.1
Ranking	#12 in CDN Software	#14 in CDN Software
Best for	Teams needing programmable premium delivery	Affordable CDN with practical automation
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$1,500/mo	Not published
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Features Fastly CDN 2/4 · KeyCDN 2/4
Web application firewall	Not published	Not published
DDoS protection	Not published	Not published
Image optimization	✓	✓
Origin shield	✓	✓
Specs
Edge locations	Not published	60 locations
Edge compute	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	Supports static, dynamic, and event-driven content caching Combines purging, shielding, logs, media, images, and edge compute Offers a free plan with 100 GB bandwidth and 1 million requests	$4 monthly minimum with a 14-day trial Pull, Push, image, video, and origin shield features REST API, logs, cache purge, and useful integrations
Cons	The cheapest listed paid package is $1,500 per month Higher-volume Advantage and Ultimate plans use custom pricing Its broad feature set is aimed primarily at technical teams	Usage-based billing requires monitoring bandwidth consumption No free plan is available Additional Zones cost $1 per month after the first three
Our verdict	Fastly CDN is a content delivery network for websites, applications, APIs, and media services. It supports caching for static, dynamic, and event-driven content, along with programmable delivery rules and instant cache purging.… Read the review →	KeyCDN is a usage-based content delivery network for websites, applications, and digital assets. It distributes cached content through active points of presence and supports both origin-pulled Pull Zones and storage-backed Push Zones. The… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Fastly CDN — where it wins

  • Supports static, dynamic, and event-driven content caching
  • Combines purging, shielding, logs, media, images, and edge compute
  • Offers a free plan with 100 GB bandwidth and 1 million requests

  Where it doesn't

  • The cheapest listed paid package is $1,500 per month
  • Higher-volume Advantage and Ultimate plans use custom pricing
  • Its broad feature set is aimed primarily at technical teams

• KeyCDN — where it wins

  • $4 monthly minimum with a 14-day trial
  • Pull, Push, image, video, and origin shield features
  • REST API, logs, cache purge, and useful integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Usage-based billing requires monitoring bandwidth consumption
  • No free plan is available
  • Additional Zones cost $1 per month after the first three

• Fastly CDN6.2/10 · Free plan · paid from $1,500/mo

  A feature-rich CDN for engineering teams that need programmable edge delivery.

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• KeyCDN6.1/10 · From $0.04 · 14-day trial

  An affordable usage-based CDN with automation, media delivery, and API controls.

  Visit KeyCDNFull verdict →