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title: "Fastly vs Netlify: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Fastly or Netlify? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Edge computing platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Fastly vs Netlify: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Fastly or Netlify? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Edge computing platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Fastly and Netlify
- **Competitive set**: Edge computing platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Fastly Share of Search**: 0.68%
- **Netlify Share of Search**: 27.6%

## Which is more popular in search, Fastly or Netlify?

- In August 2026, Netlify had more branded searches than Fastly among edge computing platforms worldwide. Netlify was estimated to have 2.7M branded searches compared to Fastly’s 67.2K, and held a 27.6% Share of Search versus Fastly’s 0.68%.
- Netlify was ahead of Fastly in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Fastly’s estimated Share of Search among edge computing platforms worldwide moved from 1.6% to 0.68%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 73.8K to 67.2K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Netlify’s estimated Share of Search among edge computing platforms worldwide moved from 21.1% to 27.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1M to 2.7M.

## How did search popularity change for edge computing platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Netlify worldwide rose 174% over 11 measured months, from 1M to 2.7M in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Fastly estimated searches | Fastly Share of Search | Fastly rank | Netlify estimated searches | Netlify Share of Search | Netlify rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 73.8K | 1.6% | 5 | 1M | 21.1% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 73.9K | 0.63% | 5 | 1M | 8.5% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 61.9K | 0.94% | 5 | 1M | 15.2% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 76K | 1.3% | 5 | 1.2M | 21.2% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 89.1K | 1.4% | 5 | 1.5M | 23.5% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 78.5K | 1.1% | 5 | 1.8M | 25.6% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 78.4K | 0.9% | 5 | 2.2M | 25.7% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 78.4K | 0.95% | 5 | 2.2M | 27.2% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 67.7K | 0.82% | 5 | 2.2M | 27.3% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 61.9K | 0.76% | 5 | 2.2M | 27.4% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 67.2K | 0.68% | 5 | 2.7M | 27.6% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Fastly’s and Netlify’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Fastly**: Measured on the search terms “fastly”, “fastly app”, “fastly cdn”, “fastly com”, “fastly content delivery network” and “fastly software”, summed into one figure.
- **Netlify**: Measured on the search term “netlify”.

- [Fastly profile](/demand/global-en/brands/fastly)
- [Netlify profile](/demand/global-en/brands/netlify)
- [All edge computing platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/edge-computing-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Fastly or Netlify?

In August 2026, Netlify had more branded searches than Fastly among edge computing platforms worldwide. Netlify was estimated to have 2.7M branded searches compared to Fastly’s 67.2K, and held a 27.6% Share of Search versus Fastly’s 0.68%.

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