Fastly Named a 2026 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for Edge Distribution Platforms

Fastly, Inc. , a leader in global edge cloud platforms, announced it has been recognized as a 2026 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for Edge Distribution Platforms. This distinction is based entirely on verified peer reviews, where Fastly received overall high ratings across the board for its platform performance and reliability, dedication to customer experience, and ongoing customer support.

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Fastly received the highest overall rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars (based on 92 reviews) with a 95% Willingness to Recommend score as of April 30, 2026.

This latest acknowledgement builds on Fastly’s recognition last year as a Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for Cloud Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) for seven consecutive years. Fastly believes this consistent, customer-centric recognition underscores the trust customers place in Fastly and the value its platform delivers.

According to Fastly, this public customer feedback reinforces its track record of innovation and execution, delivering compelling, real-time experiences with flexible observability and comprehensive security. As enterprises accelerate their AI initiatives, the Fastly platform enables them to optimize and scale AI workloads with speed and confidence.

“This recognition is incredibly meaningful because it comes directly from the technology and business leaders we partner with every day to ensure we continue to deliver an innovative and resilient platform,” said Kim Ogletree, Chief Customer Officer at Fastly. “At Fastly, innovation translates directly into real outcomes for our customers. They trust us to support them through their most critical moments, allowing them to move fast, stay secure, and remain ready for what’s next. This distinction reaffirms that our edge platform equips enterprises to accelerate innovation securely and at scale.”

Select Gartner® Peer Insights™ reviews that Fastly believes contributed to its recognition include:

“Fastly team and technical solution has been great to work with. They are collaborative, offer great support, and have a product that performs very well.” – Chief Engineering Officer, Software

“Fastly is a fantastic CDN provider, and in my experience one of the most powerful and flexible platforms available. Its real-time configuration, strong performance, and developer tools make it stand out from other providers. Personally, it is my favorite edge provider, and in my opinion the best CDN on the market today. Their platform is reliable, flexible and built with developers in mind.” – Chief Technology Officer, Software

“My experience with Fastly has been five stars! This starts with their sales, services, and support teams, all of whom are extremely knowledgeable and always willing to train, support and collaborate with their customers. The platform itself is designed to handle everything from simple implementations to highly complex architectures in a fast, secure, and reliable way.” – Director of Technical Operations, Retail

“Overall, Fastly has provided us with very good performance and has improved our end-user experience. Their technical support also has proven valuable to our engineering team as well as our security team.” – VP, IT, Transportation

“My team often mentions Fastly is the best vendor to work with. Their support has always gone above and beyond, and the developer focus in how they built the platform and APIs, and outstanding performance has made working with Fastly a dream.” – Engineering Manager, Retail

“Our overall experience has been excellent. The platform consistently delivers strong, reliable, and secure performance we need to operate confidently at scale. Support has also been a highlight, for all the services they provide, whether it is the CDN, WAF, Bot Protection, or day-to-day operations. Overall we are very satisfied and feel the solution effectively meets both our technical and operational needs.” – Manager, IT Security and Risk Management, Media

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