Fastly, Inc., a leader in global edge cloud platforms, announced it has been named a Leader in “The Forrester Wave: Edge Development Platforms, Q1 2026 report.” This report evaluates top platforms in the market that enable developers to build and deploy applications on distributed infrastructure closer to users and data sources.
Fastly believes its recognition as a Leader reinforces its strong position among the top edge development platforms. The company was also the only evaluated vendor to receive above-average customer feedback.
According to the Forrester Wave report: “customers highlight Fastly’s strong performance, reliability, and developer experience,” and “praise the vendor’s highly engaged technical support and proactive partnership…”
The Forrester Wave notes: “Fastly’s strategy emphasises a global compute fabric rooted in Wasm security, interoperability, and deterministic performance.”
The evaluation further notes that, “Fastly aims to strengthen its already impressive innovative position in AI‑assisted development and edge‑first event streaming while expanding containers and components to increase workload flexibility.”
Additionally, Forrester’s report states, “Fastly is a top choice for performance‑critical, event‑driven, security‑sensitive, and globally consistent edge workloads.”
“Organizations across all industries now differentiate in their markets by delivering resilient, highly performant, always-on software. Investing in edge platforms helps them achieve these ambitions at global scale,” said Kelly Shortridge, Chief Product Officer at Fastly.
“To us, this recognition positions Fastly as the essential foundation for enterprises to translate software delivery investments into continuous competitive advantage. Our global compute fabric weaves the security, performance, and consistency enterprises need to expedite innovation and invent new app paradigms that transform their business.”
