Fastly vs Gcore CDN
Gcore CDN is cheaper across every workload modelled here.
List prices checked
Rate cards side by side
Only the axes at least one of them bills on. A dash means that provider does not charge for it.
| Billing axis | Fastly | Gcore CDN | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | — | $5.00/mo | — |
| Data transfer out | $0.120/GB | $0.040/GB | 3× Gcore CDN |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | — |
Source: Fastly pricing (August 2026) · Gcore pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.
Monthly cost for three real workloads
The rate cards applied to identical usage. This is where the winner changes.
| Workload | Fastly | Gcore CDN | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side projectA personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process. | $0 | $0 | Not comparable |
| Growing SaaSA funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers. | $108 | $0 | Gcore CDNsaves $108/mo (100%) |
| Media-heavy siteA publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought. | $1,188 | $360 | Gcore CDNsaves $828/mo (70%) |
Workload definitions are identical on every comparison page, so figures here can be read against any other pair in the same category.
What each one is for
Fastly
by Fastly
A programmable CDN with instant global purge and edge compute. Priced at the top of the market per gigabyte and sold on control rather than cost, with a permanent 100 GB monthly free allowance.
Free tier: 100 GB of bandwidth per month, permanently free
Gcore CDN
by Gcore
A large edge network with strong coverage in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, priced between the discount CDNs and the hyperscalers with a genuinely usable free tier.
Free tier: 1 TB per month on the free CDN plan
Common questions
- Is Fastly or Gcore CDN cheaper in 2026?
- Gcore CDN is cheaper in all 2 modelled workloads.
- What is the difference in egress cost between Fastly and Gcore CDN?
- Gcore CDN charges $0.040 per GB against Fastly's $0.120, roughly 3× cheaper. Egress usually dominates the bill once traffic is measured in terabytes.
- Which has the better free tier, Fastly or Gcore CDN?
- Both publish one. Fastly: 100 GB of bandwidth per month, permanently free. Gcore CDN: 1 TB per month on the free CDN plan.
- What do these estimates not include?
- Committed-use and reserved discounts, regional price variation, per-request API charges, support plans, and minimum retention periods. All of those move real invoices, sometimes by a lot. These figures compare published list prices for the same workload, which is the comparison the rate cards alone cannot give you.