SAASPOCALYPSEcase · head-to-head
wedge comparison
subjects of investigation
fastly.comvsvercel.com
which is stronger?
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clone time
4–6 months
contested4–6 months
vercel.com
frontend cloud deployment & CI/CD platform
48/ 100
wedge scorefull report ↗
moat
how deep is each moat.
fastly.com · aggregate
6.5/10real moat
moat delta-1.3
vercel.com · aggregate
5.2/10real moat
9.0
capital-4.0 →
5.0
8.0
technical-3.0 →
5.0
3.0
network+1.0 →
4.0
7.0
switching-3.0 →
4.0
4.0
data-1.0 →
3.0
6.0
regulatory-5.0 →
1.0
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distribution—
9.7
floor
cost + time, side by side.
monthly floorfastly.com wins
fastly.com
$1 + usage
vercel.com
$9
delta −$8vercel.com costs ~9× more per month to keep alive.
time to clonevercel.com wins
fastly.com
∞
vercel.com
4–6 months
delta · finite vs. ∞vercel.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 fastly.com · 11
integrations
shared · 11
serverless / edge platform
only vercel.com · 22
frontend cloud platformteam workspace state
stack
what they're built on.
shared infra and the differentiating bits.
only fastly.com · 55
AWSbandwidthFastlyGatsbyPostgres
shared infra · 66
CloudflareCloudflare WorkersCloudFrontS3SupabaseVercel
only vercel.com · 1111
AstroCloudflare PagesGitHubNext.jsCloudflare R2RemixRenderResendSentrySvelteKitTrigger.dev
the verdict
ATTACK VERCEL FIRST
same comparison surface, two different walls. give the vercel attack a month. circle back to fastly only if you genuinely need what it does that the other doesn't.
the case
shallower moat
full reportcontested · 35
→ read the fastly.com report
full reportcontested · 48
→ read the vercel.com report
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