Which is cheaper, Fastly or Wasmer?

Wasmer is 150.0x cheaper than Fastly. Fastly starts at $0/mo, Wasmer 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. Wasmer has moderate switching cost. Both have similar switching complexity.

Edge

Fastly

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

Switching Cost: moderate

Wasmer

← More affordable

WebAssembly runtime and edge deployment platform with serverless apps, databases, and custom domains

Switching Cost: moderate

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

Their pricing models diverge: Fastly uses flat-rate, while Wasmer operates on a hybrid basis.

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

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

Price Difference

150.0x

Wasmer is cheaper by $1490/mo

Pricing Model

Different

Tools charge using different pricing philosophies