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Content delivery networks · September 2026 Edition

Bunny.net vs Fastly

One of twelve models named Bunny.net first on the direct prompt; zero named Fastly. Both were named by all twelve models and Bunny.net carries 43 labels and Fastly 49, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Bunny.net

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Fastly

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share15%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%18%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels4349A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Bunny.net reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Cloudflare was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. Cloudflare vs Bunny.net · Cloudflare vs Fastly

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the content delivery networks page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Bunny.netFirst choices, of twelve modelsFastly
Direct101 against Fastly
Paraphrase101 against Bunny.net · 1 against Fastly
Comparative10
Budget-constrained402 against Fastly
Scale-constrained11
Negative201 against Bunny.net · 5 against Fastly
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Bunny.net and Fastly stood in it.

Bunny.net first, Fastly an alternative

1 of 12 modelsFastly was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Kimi K2Bunny.net, Cloudflare alternatives: CDN77, Fastly

Neither was the first choice, one was named

10 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Cloudflare alternatives: Akamai, Amazon CloudFront, Fastly
GPT-5.4 miniCloudflare alternatives: Akamai, Amazon CloudFront, Fastly
Gemini 3.5 FlashCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, CDN77, Fastly
Perplexity SonarCloudflare alternatives: Akamai, Amazon CloudFront, CDN77, Fastly
Grok 4.1 FastCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, CDN77, Fastly
Mistral SmallCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, CDN77
DeepSeek V4 FlashCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, Fastly
Qwen 3.7 FlashCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, CDN77
GLM 4.7 FlashXCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, CDN77
MiniMax M2.5Cloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, CDN77, Fastly

Neither was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Bunny.net leads by two points.
Bunny.net4%#2 of 6
Fastly2%#3 of 6
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Bunny.net leads by thirteen points.
Bunny.net15%#2 of 8
Fastly2%#3 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Bunny.net0%#7 of 7
Fastly0%#5 of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Bunny.net

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“Ultra-Budget CDNs (e.g., Bunny.net or KeyCDN): ... they typically lack the heavy-duty enterprise security features” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“note reliability concerns despite great pricing... so it's a "cautious" pick, not necessarily "avoid."” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Bunny.net: Offers a pay-as-you-go pricing model with a low per-GB rate, making it suitable for startups and budget-conscious teams.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Bunny.net and Cloudflare are generally the top recommendations for balancing cost with performance.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, I'd suggest starting with Bunny.net or Cloudflare” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Fastly

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“All major CDNs studied (including Cloudflare, Microsoft Azure, Amazon, and Fastly) have been found to have back-end TLS connections vulnerable” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Fewer PoPs (≈76 globally) and higher per‑GB pricing than Cloudflare. Simpler B2B setups often don't need this level of control.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“While Fastly is highly regarded for its performance and developer experience, it has suffered from catastrophic global outages.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“The Modern Specialists (Fastly, Cloudflare Enterprise): Built for ease of use, developer experience, and lower risk of human error.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“The Best for Complex/Dynamic Engineering: Fastly. Known for unparalleled flexibility, instant cache purging” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.