Fastly Removes WebSockets 30-Day Free Trial from Pricing Page
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025 captures of Fastly's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: WebSockets 30-day Free Trial section removed from pricing page. Pulse files it as a packaging change (trial change) with a neutral 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 Introduces DDoS Protection Add-On with Tiered Pricing, Enhancing Security Offerings for Customers" (Q4 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.
- — · TrialRemoved
BeforeWebSockets 30-day Free Trial section
AfterNot listed
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Trial | WebSockets 30-day Free Trial section | Not listed | Removed |
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 Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where the WebSockets 30-day Free Trial section no longer appears.
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Fastly, the last 90 days
Full history- Jul 27, 2026packagingFastly relabels mTLS quota units to "domains" across Network Services tiers
- Jul 27, 2026packagingFastly: Mutual TLS limit relabeled from 'mTLS' to 'domains' (quantities unchanged)
- 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 · this change
- Q4 2024packagingFastly Introduces DDoS Protection Add-On with Tiered Pricing, Enhancing Security Offerings for Customers
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 April 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: trial change.
What changed on Fastly's pricing page between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025?
Trial: WebSockets 30-day Free Trial section → Not listed, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; 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 Introduces DDoS Protection Add-On with Tiered Pricing, Enhancing Security Offerings for Customers" in Q4 2024; Fastly has been tracked since 2023-12-09.