Fastly Increases Monthly Credit to $100 and Clarifies Free Tier Usage Cap Across All Products
What happened
Between the Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Fastly's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Free tier description updated from '$50/mo worth of CDN traffic' to 'Up to $50 monthly usage, capped, of any product including CDN' - clarifying the cap applies to all products, not just CDN; Usage tier monthly credit increased from $50 to $100 of any product including CDN, with usage charged above the credit; Usage tier TLS certificate description changed from 'Unrestricted TLS certificates, 5 certificates included' to '5 TLS domains included, add as many as you need' - clarified as domain-based. Pulse files it as a packaging change (freemium change, limit increase, feature change) with an upward 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 Reveals New Network Services Pricing: Basic Package at $1,500/month and Starter Package at $6,000/month" (Q2 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.
- Free Tier · Free tierReworded
Before$50/mo worth of CDN traffic
AfterUp to $50 monthly usage, capped, of any product including CDN
- Usage · Limit+100%$50$100
- Usage · FeatureReworded
BeforeUnrestricted TLS certificates, 5 certificates included
After5 TLS domains included, add as many as you need
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | Free tier | $50/mo worth of CDN traffic | Up to $50 monthly usage, capped, of any product including CDN | Reworded |
| Usage | Limit | $50 | $100 | +100% |
| Usage | Feature | Unrestricted TLS certificates, 5 certificates included | 5 TLS domains included, add as many as you need | Reworded |
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 Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where "$50/mo worth of CDN traffic" becomes "Up to $50 monthly usage, capped, of any product including CDN".
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Fastly, the last 90 days
Full history- Q3 2025packagingFastly Introduces Tiered Pricing for Image Optimizer Add-On, Starting Free for Up to 100k Requests
- 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 · this change
- Q2 2024packagingFastly Reveals New Network Services Pricing: Basic Package at $1,500/month and Starter Package at $6,000/month
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 October 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: freemium change, limit increase, feature change.
What changed on Fastly's pricing page between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?
Free Tier free tier: $50/mo worth of CDN traffic → Up to $50 monthly usage, capped, of any product including CDN, reworded; Usage limit: $50 → $100 (+100%); Usage feature: Unrestricted TLS certificates, 5 certificates included → 5 TLS domains included, add as many as you need, reworded. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 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 Reveals New Network Services Pricing: Basic Package at $1,500/month and Starter Package at $6,000/month" in Q2 2024; Fastly has been tracked since 2023-12-09.