Fastly Load Balancer
Intelligent, cloud-based load balancing for modern digital experiences.
Overview
Fastly's Load Balancer is a software-defined solution that operates on their global edge cloud platform. It allows for sophisticated traffic-routing decisions to be made closer to the user, reducing latency. It supports various balancing algorithms, health checks, and can be configured to manage traffic across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
✨ Key Features
- Cloud-based global load balancing
- Configurable routing logic at the edge
- Real-time health checks
- Failover and disaster recovery
- Integration with Fastly's CDN and security services
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Programmability and control at the edge via Varnish Configuration Language (VCL) or Compute@Edge
- Real-time visibility and analytics
- Focus on performance for dynamic, cacheable content
Unique Value: Provides developers with granular control to build highly performant and resilient global applications by making traffic decisions at the edge.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Directing traffic to the healthiest origin server based on real-time health checks
- Shifting traffic between cloud providers or data centers for maintenance or failover
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Simple applications that do not require the performance benefits of edge-based load balancing
🏆 Alternatives
Offers greater programmability and real-time control compared to many other CDN and cloud-based load balancers.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 14-day free trial
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