Fastly vs LogRocket
Edge cloud platform — CDN + compute + security + observability
vs. Session replay, product analytics, and error tracking for frontend apps
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
LogRocket
Free
1,000 sessions/month. 3 seats. 1-month retention. Basic session replay + JS error reporting.
Free
Team (low)
10k sessions/month. 5 seats. 1+ month retention.
$69/mo
Team (high)
25k sessions/month. 10 seats.
$139/mo
Professional
From $295/mo. Custom volume + retention. AI (Galileo) + MCP, Product Analytics (dashboards, funnels, heatmaps), API access 200/mo.
$295/mo
Enterprise
Custom 1M+ sessions. Unlimited seats. Self-hosted option. Custom BAA + legal + security.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing free on Fastly vs free on LogRocket.
| Metric | Fastly | LogRocket |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
LogRocket · 14 features
- Cohort Analysis — Group users by behavior. Professional+.
- Custom Events — track() events attached to sessions.
- Frustration Signals — Auto-detect rage clicks, dead clicks, error clicks, u-turns.
- Funnels — Multi-step conversion funnels tied to session replays.
- Galileo AI — AI-summarized issues + suggested fixes. Professional+.
- Heatmaps — Click + scroll + rage click heatmaps. Professional+.
- JavaScript Error Reporting — Stack traces, source maps, user context, console + network before error.
- Network Monitoring — All XHR/fetch calls with req/res payload. PII redacted.
- Performance Monitoring — Core Web Vitals + custom metrics per session.
- Privacy Controls — Auto input sanitization + custom privacy rules.
- Product Analytics — Funnels, retention, conversion rates (Professional+).
- Session Replay — Pixel-perfect recordings with DOM + console + network + state.
- Source Map Support — Symbolicated stack traces via upload on build.
- User Identification — identify() to link sessions to user IDs + traits.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Fastly | LogRocket |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | Fastly CLI | — |
| SDK | compute-go-starter, compute-js-starter, compute-rust-starter | LogRocket Android, logrocket (browser), LogRocket iOS, LogRocket React, logrocket-react-native |
| REST | Fastly API | LogRocket API |
| MCP | — | LogRocket MCP |
| OTHER | Compute@Edge (Wasm), VCL (Varnish) | Webhooks |
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