Which is cheaper, Fastly or ngrok?

ngrok is 150.0x cheaper than Fastly. Fastly starts at $0/mo, ngrok starts at $0/mo.

Does Fastly have a free tier?

Yes, Fastly offers a free tier with bandwidthGB: 100, cdnRequests: 1000000, computeRequests: 10000000.

Fastly has moderate switching cost. ngrok has moderate switching cost. Both have similar switching complexity.

Edge

Fastly

Edge cloud platform providing CDN, compute, security, and observability services

Switching Cost: moderate

ngrok

← More affordable

Unified ingress platform for tunnels, API gateway, and traffic policy with global edge network

Switching Cost: moderate

Price sensitivity favors ngrok, which costs about 150.0x less than Fastly.

Price-conscious teams should choose ngrok — the cost advantage is hard to ignore, especially for growing workloads.

Price-conscious teams should choose ngrok — the cost advantage is hard to ignore, especially for growing workloads.

Price Difference

150.0x

ngrok is cheaper by $1490/mo