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    Fastly Edge Cloud Platform

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AFastly, headquartered in San Francisco, offers the Fastly Edge Cloud Computing, Content Delivery Network (CDN) (formerly Fastly Deliver@Edge). Priced by bandwidth in gigabytes and number of file requests, Fastly supports image optimization, video and streaming, load balancing, and cloud security via web application firewall (WAF) and DDoS protection. Additionally, Fastly is available as a managed CDN.

    $0

    per 10,000 requests

    GoDaddy

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AGoDaddy Web Hosting provides users with storage, email addresses, and unlimited bandwith.

    $9.99

    per month

    Pricing
    Fastly Edge Cloud PlatformGoDaddy
    Editions & Modules
    Requests
    $0
    per 10,000 requests
    Next 10TB
    $0.08
    per GB/per reigon
    First 10TB
    $0.12
    per GB/per reigon
    Basic
    as low as $6.99
    per month with an annual term
    Basic
    as low as $10.49
    per month with an annual term
    Premium
    as low as $13.49
    per month with an annual term
    Commerce
    as low as $14.99
    per month with an annual term
    Offerings
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    Fastly Edge Cloud PlatformGoDaddy
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Discounts available for annual subscription.
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    76%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    75%
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    Happy with the feature set
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    76%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    87%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Enterprises
    Azure CDN
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Fastly Edge Cloud PlatformGoDaddy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.1
    (57 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Fastly Edge Cloud PlatformGoDaddy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Fastly
    The service is really well-suited for pretty much any site that is primarily display-driven (that is, mostly GET requests). The network is able to handle massive volumes of traffic and their POPs have spread out pretty much anywhere that it's easy to get them (so basically everywhere but China and Russia). My team witnessed several large-scale attack attempts on some high-profile websites (attacks in the 10s of millions of requests per second) that were mitigated before ever coming back to the actual application; in one case we didn't realize the attack had happened until we looked at the logs the next day. Because it's a cache store option, the default configuration does not cache POST responses, and it can be difficult to set up things like authenticated paywalls as a result.
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    GoDaddy
    Good for transferring over an existing site. Truth be told, I haven't used it for building a brand new site-- I know that this is a fairly common thing but I just never needed it. For what I've used it for, it has worked well. For a small business with anyone with a little bit of technical skill, it's surprisingly good.
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    Pros
    Fastly
    • Very performant and fast -- major companies have drastically reduced page load times with Fastly's edge technology.
    • Support for many types of media, including video.
    • Image add-on makes serving and manipulating images very simple.
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    GoDaddy
    • Registering a domain - I've found their site to be the easiest to navigate
    • Website builder - their website builder is user friendly
    • Email hosting - easy to set up and use, wether in an email app or online email.
    • Wordpress hosting - I have multiple wordpress sites I use under one account
    • Their customer service is always very helpful and easy to contact.
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    Cons
    Fastly
    • WAF is hard to configure.
    • No comprehensive rate limiting without a pricey upgrade.
    • Account access controls are extremely limited.
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    GoDaddy
    • Support agents are woefully undertrained, even in knowledge of their own products.
    • Support agents will always try to upsell you, even when you're dealing with an urgent, high-impact issue.
    • There's no guarantee of uptime, and there will often be gaps in service as part of normal procedures.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Fastly
    No answers on this topic
    GoDaddy
    We can't really choose anyone else and the cost/effort of moving all of the hosted data would be extremely large, and we just have to stick to them, and hope they improve service
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    Usability
    Fastly
    Fastly Edge Cloud Platform is a powerful tool with robust capabilities, but it requires deep technical knowledge to integrate effectively into existing applications. While its performance and features are excellent, the lack of a user-friendly interface and the need for advanced configuration can make it challenging for teams without experienced developers.
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    GoDaddy
    Some integration could be much cleaner and smoother. Seems it used to be easier. Plus, they took away the catch all email feature.
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    Support Rating
    Fastly
    No answers on this topic
    GoDaddy
    I think a lot of companies can learn from GoDaddy's support team. I have found:
    • Chat or phone support is almost always available.
    • Their agents are friendly and helpful.
    • Their agents seem to care and be knowledgeable about a wide range of issues.
    • I rarely have to escalate my problem to get the support that I need.
    • If they can't help me, then they can tell me why something is happening and direct me to resources that can fix my problem.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Fastly
    It’s the fastest and most configurable.
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    GoDaddy
    We use Wix currently for our online store. It is nice and easy to use, but they don't offer the email domains as well (the last time we checked). They have pretty decent customization of the web page, but still limited. We're going to try it with GoDaddy, since we have other services from them already. It just doesn't make sense to pay two different companies for something we can do with one.
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    Return on Investment
    Fastly
    • Fastly dramatically reduces load times for clients all over the world thanks to their global system of POPs.
    • Fastly is a cost-effective choice when a highly-performant CDN is required and makes it simple to support data that is quickly invalidated.
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    GoDaddy
    • GoDaddy reduces our ROI by costing me in non-billable hours. I don't charge clients for sitting on the phone with tech support to power cycle the server or fix the php.ini file, so my $/hr takes a hit.
    • Their nickel&dime strategy requires I have an additional conversation with clients about their max recurring fees. Small as they are, I need approval for upping their bill. GoDaddy is only the cheap option if you don't value security, stability, or performance.
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