Fastly Reveals New Network Services Pricing: Basic Package at $1,500/month and Starter Package at $6,000/month
What happened
Between the Apr 6, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024 captures of Fastly's pricing page, Pulse recorded 7 changes: Number of Backends metric removed from Network Services package comparison table (was 50/100/200/400 across tiers); Health Checks metric removed from Network Services package comparison table (was 1 per 5 min to 4 per min across tiers); Network Services Basic package pricing revealed at $1,500/month (previously 'Request pricing'); Number of Services metric removed from Network Services package comparison table (was 10/20/30/50 across Basic/Starter/Advantage/Ultimate); Network Services Starter package pricing revealed at $6,000/month (previously 'Request pricing'); Purges Frequency metric removed from Network Services package comparison table (was 12,000/18,000/48,000 purges per hour); Fastly restructured pricing page with prominent Free, Usage, Custom, and Packages tiers displayed at top of page (previously was 'Simple, predictable pricing' with package tables only). Pulse files it as a pricing change (threshold removed, price revealed, package change) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Basic at $1,500, Starter at $6,000 and Usage-Based at $0.12 per GB bandwidth + $500 per mutual TLS domain.
Fastly's previous recorded change was "Fastly Increases TLS Domain Capacity in Ultimate Plan by 88% While Removing 30-Day Trial Offer" (Q1 2024). Fastly has been tracked since 2023-12-09.
In the same window Cloudflare and Aws also changed their Cybersecurity & Identity Management pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · LimitRemoved
BeforeNumber of Backends metric
AfterNo Number of Backends metric
- — · LimitRemovedHealth Checks metricNo Health Checks metric
- Basic · Price visibilityRevealedPrice hiddenPrice listed
- Basic, Starter, Advantage · LimitRemoved
BeforeNumber of Services metric
AfterNo Number of Services metric
- Starter · Price visibilityRevealedPrice hiddenPrice listed
- — · LimitRemoved
BeforePurges Frequency metric
AfterNo Purges Frequency metric
- Packages · PackagingPackage change
Fastly restructured pricing page with prominent Free, Usage, Custom, and Packages tiers displayed at top of page (previously was 'Simple, predictable pricing' with package tables only)
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Limit | Number of Backends metric | No Number of Backends metric | Removed |
| — | Limit | Health Checks metric | No Health Checks metric | Removed |
| Basic | Price visibility | Price hidden | Price listed | Revealed |
| Basic, Starter, Advantage | Limit | Number of Services metric | No Number of Services metric | Removed |
| Starter | Price visibility | Price hidden | Price listed | Revealed |
| — | Limit | Purges Frequency metric | No Purges Frequency metric | Removed |
| Packages | Packaging | Fastly restructured pricing page with prominent Free, Usage, Custom, and Packages tiers displayed at top of page (previously was 'Simple, predictable pricing' with package tables only) | Package change | |
Values as written on Fastly's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Fastly's pricing page (fastly.com) from Apr 6, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where the Number of Backends metric no longer appears.
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Fastly, the last 90 days
Full history- Q1 2025packagingFastly Removes WebSockets 30-Day Free Trial from Pricing Page
- Q4 2024packagingFastly Introduces DDoS Protection Add-On with Tiered Pricing, Enhancing Security Offerings for Customers
- Q3 2024packagingFastly Increases Monthly Credit to $100 and Clarifies Free Tier Usage Cap Across All Products
- Q2 2024packagingFastly Reveals New Network Services Pricing: Basic Package at $1,500/month and Starter Package at $6,000/month · this change
- Q1 2024packagingFastly Increases TLS Domain Capacity in Ultimate Plan by 88% While Removing 30-Day Trial Offer
Across Cybersecurity & Identity Management in the same window
All Cybersecurity & Identity Management changes- CloudflareJan 11Cloudflare Zero Trust Services Introduces Comprehensive Pricing Restructure with Enhanced Feature Comparison and Free Network Flow Monitoring
- AwsJan 11Aws Kendra Expands Free Tier to Include GenAI Enterprise Edition, Offering 750 Hours for First 30 Days
- CloudflareJan 11Cloudflare Zero Trust Services Introduces Log Explorer Add-On with Usage-Based Pricing: Free for First 10 GB, $1/GB After
- CloudflareJan 11Cloudflare Network Services Sees 23% Increase in Daily Threats Blocked, Rising from 190 Billion to 234 Billion
- CloudflareJan 11Cloudflare Network Services Boosts Network Capacity by 21% to 388 Tbps Amid Global City Presence Reduction
Questions about this change
Did Fastly raise prices in July 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 6, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: threshold removed, price revealed, package change.
What changed on Fastly's pricing page between Apr 6, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024?
Limit: Number of Backends metric → No Number of Backends metric, removed; limit: Health Checks metric → No Health Checks metric, removed; Basic price visibility: Price hidden → Price listed, revealed; Basic, Starter, Advantage limit: Number of Services metric → No Number of Services metric, removed; Starter price visibility: Price hidden → Price listed, revealed; limit: Purges Frequency metric → No Purges Frequency metric, removed; Fastly restructured pricing page with prominent Free, Usage, Custom, and Packages tiers displayed at top of page (previously was 'Simple, predictable pricing' with package tables only). Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 6, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Fastly change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Fastly in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Fastly Increases TLS Domain Capacity in Ultimate Plan by 88% While Removing 30-Day Trial Offer" in Q1 2024; Fastly has been tracked since 2023-12-09.