Product overview — Serverless Platforms
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Fastly Compute
Edge compute runtime for performance-sensitive request handling and programmable networking patterns close to users.
Sources linked — see verification below.
Freshness & verification
Who is this best for?
This is the fastest way to decide whether Fastly Compute is in the right neighborhood.
Best for
- High-traffic applications requiring sub-millisecond edge processing at very large scale — Fastly's network handles billions of requests per day, and Compute runs logic at the same edge layer without an additional hop.
- Teams already on Fastly CDN that want to add programmable logic (custom caching, request transformation, edge authentication) to their existing Fastly configuration without adding a separate edge compute vendor.
- Organizations with WebAssembly or Rust expertise that want the performance and security properties of Wasm-based edge execution and are willing to accept the more complex development toolchain.
Who should avoid
- You need deep cloud-native triggers and managed event ecosystems as the default
- You want maximum portability and minimal platform-specific edge patterns
- You need long-running or heavy compute per request
Sources & verification
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