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Fastly DDoS Protection comparisons

Freemium#3 of 36 in DDoS Protection Software

Fastly DDoS Protection is compared head-to-head with Cloudflare DDoS Protection, Akamai Prolexic and AWS Shield and more: 7 head-to-heads in DDoS Protection Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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Fastly DDoS Protection head-to-head

Fastly DDoS Protection vs each of them

#ToolFree planPaid fromAttack layersMitigation modeDeployment modelScore
3Fastly DDoS ProtectionYes$0.01/unit/moBothAlways-onCloud9.1
1Cloudflare DDoS ProtectionYes$20/moBothAlways-onCloud9.4
2Akamai ProlexicNetworkHybridHybrid9.2
4AWS ShieldYesBothAlways-onCloud9.0
5Imperva DDoS ProtectionNoBothHybridCloud8.9
6Radware Cloud DDoS ProtectionNoBothHybridHybrid8.8
7A10 Thunder TPSNoBothHybridHybrid8.7
8Check Point DDoS ProtectorBothHybridHybrid8.6

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