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Akamai vs Fastly: which is more reliable? (2026)
Fastly is more reliable than Akamai, scoring 69.1 vs 29.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Akamai reported 24 incidents and Fastly reported 11, with effective uptime of 96.55% and 99.52% respectively. Fastly resolves incidents faster on average (1h 45m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Akamai | Fastly |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 29.7 | 69.1 |
| Rank (CDN & DNS providers) | #10 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 96.55% | 99.52% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 24 | 11 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1d 11h | 1h 45m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Akamai and Fastly differ
- Akamai reported 2.2× as many incidents as Fastly over the last 90 days (24 vs 11).
- Fastly had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Akamai.
- Fastly fixes problems faster: 1h 45m on average, against 1d 11h for Akamai (20.4× quicker).
- Akamai's longest incident on record lasted 3d (Sep 22, 2026); Fastly's lasted 2h 37m (Oct 26, 2026).
90-day uptime
Akamai
Fastly
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Akamai incidents
- InformationalOct 27, 2026 · ongoing
Performance Degradation for Customers in Mumbai and Chennai
Affected: Edge Delivery
- Degraded performanceOct 25, 2026 · ongoing
Edge Delivery issues between Indonesia and Singapore
Affected: Edge Delivery
- InformationalOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 1d 23h
Edge Delivery Secure CDN platform at Risk of Capacity Issues
Affected: Edge Delivery
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 1d 8h
Web Security Analytics, Reporting and Configuration Deployment Issues
Affected: Configuration Deployment, Reporting, Web Security Analytics
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 9h 20m
NetStorage issues in Los Angeles
Affected: NetStorage
- Degraded performanceOct 2, 2026 · resolved in 1h 15m
Affected: Edge Delivery
Recent Fastly incidents
- Degraded performanceDec 1, 2026 · ongoing
- Degraded performanceOct 31, 2026 · ongoing
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 40m
- Partial outageOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 28m
- Partial outageOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 1h 37m
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Other CDN & DNS providers to consider
- DNSimple · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Amazon CloudFront · #2 · 100% uptime
- Amazon Route 53 · #3 · 100% uptime
- Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS · #4 · 99.85% uptime