Fastly

How often 10 AI models recommend Fastly, what they say about it, and who they recommend instead, on the 1 buying question where it came up.

Mention rate

54%of all answers on this question

Best standing

#5of 54 on Best caching tools for web apps

Buying questions

1where any model named it

Never named it

0of 10 models

Which models recommend it

Share of each model's answers that named it, at any position · The black tick marks the panel average

1. GPT-6 Luna75%
2. Mistral Large 475%
3. MiniMax M367%
4. Gemini 4 Argon58%
5. Qwen 3.8 Flash58%
6. DeepSeek V4 Pro58%
7. Claude Haiku 5.550%
8. Kimi K350%
9. Nemotron 3 Ultra27%
10. GLM-5.317%

Tracked since October 25, 2026. Each time the panel answers these questions again, the change shows here.

What the models say

Each model's one-line reason for recommending it, from its first answer

Best caching tools for web apps 9

• Claude Haiku 5.5Programmable edge cache with instant purging, popular with developer-focused teams.
• GPT-6 LunaPowerful edge caching with rapid purging and fine-grained request controls.
• Gemini 4 ArgonDeveloper-centric edge cloud platform built on Varnish with near-instantaneous global cache purging capabilities.
• Qwen 3.8 FlashReal-time programmable CDN edge cache with instant purge capabilities.
• DeepSeek V4 ProReal-time purging, edge compute, and superior control for DevOps-heavy teams.
• GLM-5.3Best-in-class instant purging and edge cache control for demanding sites.
• Kimi K3Real-time edge caching with powerful instant purging.
• MiniMax M3Programmable edge caching with instant purge capability.
• Mistral Large 4Real-time CDN with instant purging and powerful edge compute capabilities.

Against the competition

Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, Fastly highlighted.

Best caching tools for web apps

54 products named in 119 answers across 4 wordings

Contested

1. 1Memcached84%
2. 2Redis76%
3. 3Cloudflare71%
4. 4Hazelcast57%
5. 5Fastly54%

Mention rate by model and question

Share of each model's answers on the question that named it · Hover a cell for the count

Question	Claude Haiku 5.5	GPT-6 Luna	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek V4 Pro	GLM-5.3	Kimi K3	MiniMax M3	Mistral Large 4	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Best caching tools for web apps	50	75	58	58	58	17	50	67	75	27

Does the wording matter?

Share of answers that named it under each way of asking the question · Hover a cell for the exact wording

Question	List request	Buyer asking for advice	Search query	Worth paying for?
Best caching tools for web apps	80	10	60	63

Head to head

Against the products named most often on the same questions

Fastly vs MemcachedFastly vs RedisFastly vs CloudflareFastly vs HazelcastFastly vs Amazon ElastiCacheFastly vs Varnish Cache

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