SAASPOCALYPSEcase · head-to-head
wedge comparison
subjects of investigation
ahrefs.comvsfastly.com
which is stronger?
→vs←
moat
how deep is each moat.
ahrefs.com · aggregate
5.4/10real moat
moat delta+1.1
fastly.com · aggregate
6.5/10real moat
7.0
capital+2.0 →
9.0
6.0
technical+2.0 →
8.0
2.0
network+1.0 →
3.0
5.0
switching+2.0 →
7.0
8.0
data-4.0 →
4.0
0.0
regulatory+6.0 →
6.0
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distribution—
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floor
cost + time, side by side.
monthly floorfastly.com wins
ahrefs.com
$47 + usage
fastly.com
$1 + usage
delta +$46ahrefs.com costs ~47× more per month to keep alive.
time to cloneahrefs.com wins
ahrefs.com
6 weeks
fastly.com
∞
delta · finite vs. ∞ahrefs.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 ahrefs.com · 22
seo & search intelligence platformmedia storage
shared · 11
serverless / edge platform
only fastly.com · 11
integrations
stack
what they're built on.
shared infra and the differentiating bits.
only ahrefs.com · 44
Cloudflare PagesNext.jsCloudflare R2Replicate
shared infra · 44
CloudflarePostgresSupabaseVercel
only fastly.com · 77
AWSbandwidthCloudflare WorkersCloudFrontFastlyGatsbyS3
the verdict
ATTACK AHREFS FIRST
same comparison surface, two different walls. give the ahrefs attack a month. circle back to fastly only if you genuinely need what it does that the other doesn't.
the case
shallower moatsmaller stack
full reportcontested · 46
→ read the ahrefs.com report
full reportcontested · 35
→ read the fastly.com report
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