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Amazon CloudFront vs Fastly: which is more reliable? (2026)
Amazon CloudFront is more reliable than Fastly, scoring 89.2 vs 71.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Amazon CloudFront reported 1 incident and Fastly reported 11, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.59% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Amazon CloudFront | Fastly |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 89.2 | 71.8 |
| Rank (CDN & DNS providers) | #2 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.59% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 11 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 1h 45m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Amazon CloudFront and Fastly differ
- Fastly reported 11× as many incidents as Amazon CloudFront over the last 90 days (11 vs 1).
- Fastly had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Amazon CloudFront.
- Amazon CloudFront's longest outage on record lasted 3h 38m (Jul 16, 2026); Fastly's lasted 2h 37m (Oct 26, 2026).
90-day uptime
Amazon CloudFront
Fastly
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Amazon CloudFront incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 15, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Service is operating normally: [RESOLVED] Amazon CloudFront Operational Issue
Recent Fastly incidents
- 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)
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 2h 37m
Other CDN & DNS providers to consider
- DNSimple · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Amazon Route 53 · #3 · 100% uptime
- Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS · #4 · 99.85% uptime
- Bunny.net · #5 · 99.83% uptime