Fastly Pricing & Free Plan Limits
Complete pricing breakdown for Fastly including all plans, hidden costs, and limitations.
Pricing score: 40/100
Is Fastly free?
Yes — the Enterprise plan costs nothing. Paid plans start at $50.00/month (Pay-As-You-Go).
Free plan limits
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- Storage: N/A
- Annual contracts, minimum commitments
Watch out: Custom pricing based on usage and commitments, additional products (WAF, Compute) priced separately
Plans & Pricing
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Pricing Issues Reported by Users
$50 monthly minimum makes it expensive for small sites
Fastly requires a $50/month minimum spend, making it prohibitively expensive for small websites, hobby projects, or startups with low traffic. Competitors like Cloudflare offer generous free tiers. This minimum means Fastly is only cost-effective for sites with significant traffic.
Costs can get quickly out of control as you grow
Reddit users consistently warn that 'Fastly is a phenomenal platform but the costs can get quickly out of control as you grow.' Without careful monitoring and cache discipline, bills escalate rapidly. Usage-based pricing creates unpredictable costs during traffic spikes.
Charged after account closure requests
Trustpilot complaints report customers 'being charged for service months after disconnecting and requesting account closure.' Account management issues can lead to unexpected charges even after users believe they've cancelled.
Complex regional pricing structure
Fastly's pricing varies significantly by region: $0.08/GB for North America/Europe after first 10TB, but $0.14/GB for Asia/South America and $0.24/GB for South Korea, India, Africa. This complexity makes cost prediction difficult for global traffic patterns.