# Fastly DDoS Protection: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 6 judge labels across 1 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/fastly-ddos-protection/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DDoS protection | 0% | 14 | 17% | 6 |

## What the models said for it

- "Mostly web traffic, want a simple edge service: Cloudflare or Fastly." (GPT-6 Luna, DDoS)
- "Best for Developer-Heavy Tech SaaS Companies" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, DDoS)
- "Best for Developer-First B2B Companies" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, DDoS)

## And against it

- "Cloudflare, Fastly, and Akamai are all noted as needing careful configuration to avoid blocking legitimate traffic" (Perplexity Sonar, DDoS)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- DDoS protection: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 9 → 14 of 58.

## In its own words

What Fastly DDoS Protection's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: See how you can keep any application and API available and performant with Fastly DDoS Protection (https://www.fastly.com/request-a-demo/ddos)
- For: platform engineers, security teams, or anyone else (https://www.fastly.com/products/ddos-protection)
- Price stated: Zero Attack Fees (https://www.fastly.com/products/ddos-protection)
- Starting price: 0 (https://www.fastly.com/products/ddos-protection)
- Customers named: Yelp

## What it publishes

Every page fastly.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 12334 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 649 pages, 30 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 57 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 13 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-16
- conference or event: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-02-14
- report or ebook: 927 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-31
- comparison: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-21
- template or tool: 14 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-12-15
- glossary or explainer: 2 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-16
- news or press: 9 pages, 7 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Fastlys 2025 sustainability report running decarbonization marathon https://www.fastly.com/blog/fastlys-2025-sustainability-report-running-decarbonization-marathon/
- Recent: 2026-09-28 news or press: Press releases https://www.fastly.com/press/press-releases
- Recent: 2026-09-28 news or press: Comcast and fastlys new content deliver model powers highest quality experience https://www.fastly.com/press/press-releases/comcast-and-fastlys-new-content-deliver-model-powers-highest-quality-experience
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Control ai bot scraping with fastly bot management https://www.fastly.com/blog/control-ai-bot-scraping-with-fastly-bot-management
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Datasheet https://www.fastly.com/resources/datasheet
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: Building metered streams with mpp and fastly compute https://www.fastly.com/blog/building-metered-streams-with-mpp-and-fastly-compute

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.