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Cloudflare vs Fastly SLA
Promised uptime per service, credits, support and what the status pages showed, side by side.
Change vendors (up to four; 2 picked)
VendorHighest SLAWith an SLAFastest support
Promise vs reality
ServiceDowntime vs allowed
Cloudflare Business plan (CDN / application services)Cloudflare100% / 100%
Cloudflare Enterprise (CDN / application services)Cloudflare100% / 100%
Cloudflare WorkersCloudflare99.99% / 100%
Cloudflare QueuesCloudflare99.9% / 100%
Cloudflare R2Cloudflare99.9% / 100%
Fastly Network Services (CDN / edge delivery)Fastly100% / n/a
Fastly Next-Gen WAF (Hosted Dashboard and Cloud WAF Hosted Services)Fastly99.9% / n/a
Promised in the SLAObserved on the vendor's status pagePartial historyShortfall
Best SLA by category
| Category | Cloudflare | Fastly |
|---|---|---|
| Edge and CDN | 100%Cloudflare Business plan (CDN / application services) | 100%Fastly Network Services (CDN / edge delivery) |
| Messaging | 99.9%Cloudflare Queues | Not on file |
| Storage | 99.9%Cloudflare R2 | Not on file |
| Compute | 99.99%Cloudflare Workers | Not on file |
Support: fastest first response
Vendor and planFastestTargets
Cloudflare Enterprise Premium success1 hP1 Urgent: < 1 hour · P2 High: < 2 hours · P3 Normal: < 24 hours · P4 Low: < 24 hours
Cloudflare Enterprise Standard success2 hP1 Urgent: < 2 hours · P2 High: < 4 hours · P3 Normal: < 48 hours · P4 Low: < 48 hours
Cloudflare Enterprise with Technical Account Management (TAM) Service30 minP1: within 30 minutes
Cloudflare Business / Pro (self-serve)n/aNo published response targets.
Cloudflare Free / Pay-as-you-gon/aNo published response targets.
Fastly Enterprise Support15 minSeverity 1: within 15 minutes (24/7/365) · Severity 2: within 2 hours · Other: by the next business day
Fastly Gold Support2 hSeverity 1: within 2 hours · Severity 2: within same day · Other: by the next business day
Fastly Standard Supportn/aAll: By the next business day
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Sources: each vendor's own SLA page (re-read monthly) and status page feed (read every Friday). A summary, not the contract: the contract you sign governs. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.