Features that Fastly has that CF does not (or are better on Fastly)
- Compute@Edge is a far better product than CF Workers. I think CF is catching up, but right now Fastly is ahead.
- Video. Fastly's streaming video offering is so much better than CF.
- Large file support (ex: +200gb game downloads), unless it was added recently CF is more limited on file size that can be cached effectively.
- Morals. Fastly has morals, CF is severely lacking. I don't know if this one could be "acquired" though.
What? Cloudflare workers has far better javascript support than Compute@Edge, and you don't need to email them to sign up like you do with Fastly. You can try it yourself after creating an account.
They also just announced a couple of crazily useful features that Fastly does not have [1] [2]. In fact, you can bet that most new things Cloudflare releases are complete innovations. They are changing the landscape with nearly every new offering.
On top of that, Cloudflare workers are faster [3]. Not sure how many people need 200+GB downloads, maybe that's a niche Fastly does cover, though given their history of dubious claims I'd want to see that working before trusting their declarations.
Then, they are open sourcing the workers codebase [4], which is absolutely huge, along with forming a working group for standardizing this type of interface [5]. It's everything you could dream of because they're leading the way before you know you need it.
Seriously no idea what you are talking about with morals. Like, in regards to which websites they allow to be on their system? I'm really tired of this argument. We can't just close off core internet services to people with whom we disagree. That only increases tension in society. If anything, that speaks to Cloudflare's higher moral fiber.
They had 200M of revenue last q after what like 13 years in business ? Maybe I’m spoiled but doesn’t seem exactly the behemoth that hn frequently makes it out to be compared to big three
