Azure Front Door vs Fastly
A comparison of Azure Front Door and Fastly built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
- Pick Azure Front Door if
- Teams on Azure that want CDN, global load balancing and WAF as one combined entry point rather than separate products.
- Pick Fastly if
- High-traffic sites where volume-discount tiers actually kick in, or teams that want CDN and edge compute (Fastly Compute) on the same platform.
4 sourced criteria separate them:
- Free tier
- Azure Front Door: No
- Fastly: Yes
- Entry paid plan
- Azure Front Door: Standard tier: $35/month base fee. Premium tier: $330/month base fee.
- Fastly: Basic Network Services: $1,500/month, including 100M requests.
- Pricing model
- Azure Front Door: Multi-dimensional: an hourly base fee, outbound data transfer to clients, outbound transfer to origins, and per-request fees.
- Fastly: Usage-based with built-in volume-discount tiers — the per-GB and per-request rate falls as monthly usage rises.
- Egress over allowance
- Azure Front Door: North America (Zone 1): $0.083/GB for the first 10 TB/month, with tiered reductions at higher volumes.
- Fastly: North America/Europe: free for 0-100 GB, then $0.12/GB for 100 GB-10 TB, $0.08/GB for the next 10 TB.
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
Azure Front Door 0
Fastly 0
At a glance.
| Criterion | Azure Front Door | Fastly |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Entry paid plan | Standard tier: $35/month base fee. Premium tier: $330/month base fee. | Basic Network Services: $1,500/month, including 100M requests. |
| Pricing model | Multi-dimensional: an hourly base fee, outbound data transfer to clients, outbound transfer to origins, and per-request fees. | Usage-based with built-in volume-discount tiers — the per-GB and per-request rate falls as monthly usage rises. |
| Egress over allowance | North America (Zone 1): $0.083/GB for the first 10 TB/month, with tiered reductions at higher volumes. | North America/Europe: free for 0-100 GB, then $0.12/GB for 100 GB-10 TB, $0.08/GB for the next 10 TB. |
Where they differ.
Free tier
- Azure Front Door
- No
- Fastly
- Yes
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Azure Front Door Pricing ↗
“No free tier is offered for Azure Front Door.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
- Fastly Pricing ↗
“100 GB free bandwidth. 1 Million free requests. 5 domains free for TLS. 100,000 free image requests. 10 Million Compute requests free.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
Entry paid plan
- Azure Front Door
- Standard tier: $35/month base fee. Premium tier: $330/month base fee.
- Fastly
- Basic Network Services: $1,500/month, including 100M requests.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Azure Front Door Pricing ↗
“Azure Front Door Standard [base fee] $35 [monthly]. Azure Front Door Premium [at] $330 per month.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
- Fastly Pricing ↗
“$1,500 per month. 100M Requests.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
Pricing model
- Azure Front Door
- Multi-dimensional: an hourly base fee, outbound data transfer to clients, outbound transfer to origins, and per-request fees.
- Fastly
- Usage-based with built-in volume-discount tiers — the per-GB and per-request rate falls as monthly usage rises.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Azure Front Door Pricing ↗
“The service charges based on multiple dimensions including hourly base fees, outbound data transfer to clients, outbound transfer to origins, and per-request fees.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
- Fastly Pricing ↗
“Spend less as you use more with our built-in pricing tiers.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
Egress over allowance
- Azure Front Door
- North America (Zone 1): $0.083/GB for the first 10 TB/month, with tiered reductions at higher volumes.
- Fastly
- North America/Europe: free for 0-100 GB, then $0.12/GB for 100 GB-10 TB, $0.08/GB for the next 10 TB.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Azure Front Door Pricing ↗
“For North America (Zone 1), the first 10 TB/month is $0.083 per GB with tiered reductions for higher volumes.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
- Fastly Pricing ↗
“0 - 100 GB: free. 100 GB - 10 TB: $0.12 per GB. Next 10 TB: $0.08 per GB.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
Which should you choose?
Choose Azure Front Door if…
Teams on Azure that want CDN, global load balancing and WAF as one combined entry point rather than separate products.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Choose Fastly if…
High-traffic sites where volume-discount tiers actually kick in, or teams that want CDN and edge compute (Fastly Compute) on the same platform.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Consider something else if…
- Azure Front Door: Budget-sensitive at small scale — no free tier and a $35/month base fee before any traffic is a higher floor than most pay-as-you-go CDNs in this category.
- Fastly: Traffic is modest — the $1,500/month entry plan for dedicated network services is priced for scale a smaller site won't reach, where a pay-as-you-go CDN has no equivalent floor.
Documented by only one.
These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.
Questions this comparison answers.
Entry paid plan: Azure Front Door or Fastly?
Azure Front Door: Standard tier: $35/month base fee. Premium tier: $330/month base fee.
Fastly: Basic Network Services: $1,500/month, including 100M requests.
Free tier: Azure Front Door or Fastly?
Azure Front Door: No
Fastly: Yes
Egress over allowance: Azure Front Door or Fastly?
Azure Front Door: North America (Zone 1): $0.083/GB for the first 10 TB/month, with tiered reductions at higher volumes.
Fastly: North America/Europe: free for 0-100 GB, then $0.12/GB for 100 GB-10 TB, $0.08/GB for the next 10 TB.
Should I choose Azure Front Door or Fastly?
Pick Azure Front Door if Teams on Azure that want CDN, global load balancing and WAF as one combined entry point rather than separate products.
Pick Fastly if High-traffic sites where volume-discount tiers actually kick in, or teams that want CDN and edge compute (Fastly Compute) on the same platform.