SAASPOCALYPSEcase · head-to-head
wedge comparison
subjects of investigation
adp.comvsfastly.com
which is stronger?
clone time
6 months
contested6 months
adp.com
enterprise payroll, HR & tax platform
39/ 100
wedge scorefull report ↗
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moat
how deep is each moat.
adp.com · aggregate
6.1/10real moat
moat delta+0.4
fastly.com · aggregate
6.5/10real moat
8.5
capital+0.5 →
9.0
5.0
technical+3.0 →
8.0
3.0
network±0
3.0
5.0
switching+2.0 →
7.0
6.0
data-2.0 →
4.0
9.0
regulatory-3.0 →
6.0
3.6
distribution—
—
floor
cost + time, side by side.
monthly floorfastly.com wins
adp.com
$53 + usage
fastly.com
$1 + usage
delta +$52adp.com costs ~53× more per month to keep alive.
time to cloneadp.com wins
adp.com
6 months
fastly.com
∞
delta · finite vs. ∞adp.com is buildable; fastly.com effectively isn't.
overlap
where they fight, where they don't.
features only one ships, plus the small middle they share.
only adp.com · 11
tax compliance
shared · 11
serverless / edge platform
only fastly.com · 11
integrations
stack
what they're built on.
shared infra and the differentiating bits.
only adp.com · 88
Next.jsPuppeteerCloudflare R2RailsReactResendSegmentSentry
shared infra · 44
CloudflarePostgresSupabaseVercel
only fastly.com · 77
AWSbandwidthCloudflare WorkersCloudFrontFastlyGatsbyS3
the verdict
TOO CLOSE TO CALL
adp and fastly land on the same moat depth, sit in the same tier, and present the same wall. either is a defensible angle of attack — the choice is taste, not difficulty.
the read
matched tiermatched wedge scoreland on the same moat depth
full reportcontested · 39
→ read the adp.com report
full reportcontested · 35
→ read the fastly.com report
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