Fastly vs ClickUp
Edge cloud platform — CDN + compute + security + observability
vs. One app to replace them all — tasks, docs, chat, goals, time tracking
Pricing tiers
Fastly
Free Trial
Free allowances: 100 GB bandwidth, 1M CDN requests, 10M Edge Compute requests, 100M vCPU-ms, 500K DDoS requests.
Free
Pay-as-you-go
Usage-based rates with volume discounts. No minimum commitment.
$0 base (usage-based)
Basic Package
$1,500/month. 100M requests. Standard support.
$1500/mo
Starter Package
$6,000/month. 500M requests. Gold support.
$6000/mo
Advantage
Custom. 2B requests. Gold support.
Custom
Ultimate
Custom. 5B+ requests. Enterprise support.
Custom
ClickUp
Free Forever
$0. Unlimited tasks + members. 100MB storage. 2 lists. Basic features.
Free
Unlimited
$7/user/mo annual ($10/mo). Unlimited storage, integrations, dashboards, Gantt.
$7/mo
ClickUp Brain (AI)
$7/user/mo add-on. AI writing, auto-summary, Q&A over workspace.
$7/mo
Business
$12/user/mo annual ($19/mo). Advanced time tracking, automations (10k/mo), workload mgmt.
$12/mo
Business Plus
$19/user/mo annual ($29/mo). Team sharing, custom roles, permissions, 25k automations.
$19/mo
Enterprise
Custom. SSO, HIPAA, white labeling, advanced permissions, unlimited automations, dedicated CSM.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing free on Fastly vs free on ClickUp.
| Metric | Fastly | ClickUp |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
Fastly · 16 features
- API Security — Schema validation + rate limiting.
- Bot Management — Behavioral bot detection + mitigation.
- CDN — Global Varnish-based CDN with VCL customization.
- Compute@Edge — Wasm-based serverless at 200+ POPs. Rust, JS, Go.
- DDoS Protection — Included on all plans.
- Fanout (WebSockets) — Persistent connection fan-out at edge.
- Image Optimization — On-the-fly resize/format/quality.
- Instant Purge — <150ms global cache invalidation.
- KV Store (Config) — Edge key-value store for config.
- Live Streaming — HLS + DASH live video delivery.
- Log Streaming — Real-time logs to S3, Datadog, Splunk, Azure, GCS, Kafka.
- Managed TLS — Automated cert issuance + renewal.
- Next-Gen WAF — Signal Sciences acquired — runtime app protection.
- Real-Time Analytics — Sub-second log streaming + metrics.
- Secret Store — Encrypted secrets at edge.
- Shield POP — Origin shield to reduce origin load.
ClickUp · 17 features
- 15+ Views — List/Board/Gantt/Timeline/etc.
- Automations — No-code workflow builder.
- Chat — Native team chat.
- ClickUp Brain (AI) — AI across workspace.
- Custom Fields — 15+ field types.
- Dashboards — Custom widget boards.
- Desktop Apps — Mac + Windows + Linux.
- Docs — Rich text docs + wikis.
- Forms — Collect tasks via form.
- Goals — OKRs + progress tracking.
- iOS + Android Apps — Native mobile.
- REST API — Public API for integrations.
- Sprints — Agile sprint views.
- Subtasks + Dependencies — Nested + blocking.
- Tasks — Full task management.
- Time Tracking — Native timers + timesheets.
- Whiteboards — Collaborative canvas.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Fastly | ClickUp |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | Fastly CLI | — |
| SDK | compute-go-starter, compute-js-starter, compute-rust-starter | clickup.js (community) |
| REST | Fastly API | ClickUp REST API v2 |
| OTHER | Compute@Edge (Wasm), VCL (Varnish) | ClickUp Apps, ClickUp Chrome Extension, ClickUp Webhooks, OAuth 2.0 |
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