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Cloudflare vs Fastly: which is more reliable? (2026)
Fastly is more reliable than Cloudflare, scoring 72.0 vs 64.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Cloudflare reported 15 incidents and Fastly reported 11, with effective uptime of 99.52% and 99.60% respectively. Fastly resolves incidents faster on average (1h 45m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Cloudflare | Fastly |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 64.9 | 72.0 |
| Rank (CDN & DNS providers) | #7 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.52% | 99.60% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 15 | 11 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 28m | 1h 45m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Cloudflare and Fastly differ
- Cloudflare reported 36% more incidents than Fastly over the last 90 days (15 vs 11).
- Fastly had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Cloudflare.
- Fastly fixes problems faster: 1h 45m on average, against 2h 28m for Cloudflare.
- Cloudflare's longest outage on record lasted 2h 56m (Oct 23, 2026); Fastly's lasted 2h 37m (Oct 26, 2026).
90-day uptime
Cloudflare
Fastly
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Cloudflare incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 31, 2026 · resolved in 16m
Cache purge delays in Qingdao Shandong, China
Affected: CDN Cache Purge
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 33m
Increased errors and latency for CNI 2.0 traffic in LAX
Affected: Cloud Network Interconnect (CNI), Los Angeles, United States - (LAX)
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 1h 10m
Network Performance Issues in Queretaro, MX
Affected: Queretaro, Mexico - (QRO)
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 17h 39m
Network Performance Issues in Ashburn, IAD
Affected: Ashburn, United States - (IAD)
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 1h 4m
Cache Purging Delays Affecting Requests Routed Through EEUR
Affected: CDN Cache Purge, Stockholm, Sweden - (ARN)
- Partial outageOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 2h 44m
ERR_TIMED_OUT and ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE being observed by Cloudflare Customers
Recent Fastly incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 31, 2026 · ongoing
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 40m
- Partial outageOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 28m
- Partial outageOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 1h 37m
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 2h 37m
Other CDN & DNS providers to consider
- DNSimple · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Amazon CloudFront · #2 · 100% uptime
- Amazon Route 53 · #3 · 100% uptime
- Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS · #4 · 99.85% uptime