NetDNA vs Fastly

Fastly is Varnish configuration at the edge. NetDNA exposes EdgeRules instead of VCL. If you need full VCL, Fastly wins; if you need zones, a control panel and platform resale, NetDNA wins.

NetDNA advantages for this comparison

• Dedicated pull, push, VOD and live zones rather than a single proxy.
• EdgeCaching for Platforms and CDNManager if you resell CDN.
• EdgeSSL, EdgeRules, EdgeSecurity and EdgeReporting as named products.
• REST API with OAuth, PHP/Ruby/Python/Perl SDKs and CMS plugins.
• Published 2013 bandwidth table starting at $800/month.

When Fastly is the better default

Stay on Fastly if your team already operates that stack, your contract is locked, or you need a feature NetDNA did not ship in 2013 (for example Cloudflare Workers or CloudFront Functions). NetDNA is the better fit when you want a CDN, not a full edge compute platform.

Next: read the full comparison hub, EdgeCaching, or request a quote.

Configuration model

Fastly is Varnish Configuration Language at the edge. NetDNA exposes named products (EdgeRules, EdgeSSL, EdgeSecurity) and a zone CRUD API. If your team already writes VCL, Fastly is the better programming environment. If your team sells CDN inside a control panel, NetDNA already models accounts, users and zones.