# Fastly alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 160 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Fastly holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/fastly/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Cloudflare: 75
- Bunny.net: 14
- Akamai: 9
- BlazingCDN: 5
- KeyCDN: 5
- Amazon CloudFront: 4

## Content delivery networks

**Small business**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Fastly (Fastly is #5 of 7 at 0%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 47 of those 66
- Bunny.net: first choice in 7 of those 66
- CDN77: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Cloudflare Application Services: first choice in 1 of those 66
- KeyCDN: first choice in 1 of those 66
- jsDelivr: first choice in 1 of those 66

**Mid-market**: 52 of 84 answers did not name Fastly (Fastly is #5 of 8 at 4%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 21 of those 52
- Bunny.net: first choice in 7 of those 52
- KeyCDN: first choice in 4 of those 52
- Amazon CloudFront: first choice in 2 of those 52
- CDN77: first choice in 1 of those 52

**Enterprise**: 42 of 84 answers did not name Fastly (Fastly is #4 of 8 at 6%).

- Akamai: first choice in 9 of those 42
- Cloudflare: first choice in 7 of those 42
- BlazingCDN: first choice in 5 of those 42
- Amazon CloudFront: first choice in 2 of those 42

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