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title: "Cloudflare vs Fastly: Which is searched more in New Zealand?"
description: "Is Cloudflare or Fastly more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Content delivery networks set in New Zealand. 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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# Cloudflare vs Fastly: Which is searched more in New Zealand?

Is Cloudflare or Fastly more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Content delivery networks set in New Zealand. 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**: Cloudflare and Fastly
- **Competitive set**: Content delivery networks
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Cloudflare Share of Search**: 94.3%
- **Fastly Share of Search**: 1.3%

## Is Cloudflare or Fastly more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Cloudflare had more branded searches than Fastly among content delivery networks in New Zealand. Cloudflare had about 14,800 branded searches, while Fastly had 210. Cloudflare made up 94.3% of all content delivery network searches we track, and Fastly accounted for 1.3%.
- Cloudflare was ahead of Fastly in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Cloudflare’s share of searches among content delivery networks in New Zealand moved from 88.6% to 94.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 8.1K to 14.8K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Fastly’s share of searches among content delivery networks in New Zealand moved from 2.8% to 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 260 to 210.

## Top content delivery networks in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, both Cloudflare and Fastly showed up in all five answers. Cloudflare was listed before Fastly in every answer.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cloudflare | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Amazon CloudFront | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Fastly | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Akamai | 4th | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Bunny.net | 5th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| CDN77 | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| KeyCDN | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about content delivery networks

- Asked ChatGPT "Which content delivery network should I use in New Zealand?": 1. Cloudflare, 2. Amazon CloudFront, 3. Fastly
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best content delivery networks in New Zealand?": 1. Cloudflare, 2. Amazon CloudFront, 3. Fastly, 4. Bunny.net, 5. Akamai
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best content delivery network in New Zealand for faster website delivery?": 1. Cloudflare, 2. Bunny.net, 3. Amazon CloudFront, 4. Fastly
- Searched Google, AI Overview "content delivery networks": 1. Cloudflare, 2. Amazon CloudFront, 3. Akamai, 4. Fastly
- Searched Google, AI Overview "content delivery network service": 1. Cloudflare, 2. Amazon CloudFront, 3. Akamai, 4. Fastly

Not named in any answer: CDN77 and KeyCDN.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in New Zealand on October 21, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand content delivery networks in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Cloudflare lost share of searches among content delivery networks in New Zealand, from 94.8% to 94.3%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Fastly in New Zealand fell 19.2% over 12 measured months, from 260 to 210 in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Cloudflare estimated searches | Cloudflare Share of Search | Cloudflare rank | Fastly estimated searches | Fastly Share of Search | Fastly rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 8.1K | 88.6% | 1 | 260 | 2.8% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 18.1K | 95.6% | 1 | 210 | 1.1% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 12.1K | 94.5% | 1 | 140 | 1.1% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 8.1K | 91.2% | 1 | 140 | 1.6% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 8.1K | 90.9% | 1 | 210 | 2.4% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 9.9K | 92.2% | 1 | 210 | 2% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 12.1K | 93.5% | 1 | 260 | 2% | 4 |
| May 2026 | 12.1K | 93.5% | 1 | 210 | 1.6% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 14.8K | 94.6% | 1 | 260 | 1.7% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 12.1K | 94.6% | 1 | 170 | 1.3% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 14.8K | 94.8% | 1 | 210 | 1.3% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | 14.8K | 94.3% | 1 | 210 | 1.3% | 4 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Cloudflare’s and Fastly’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.

- **Cloudflare**: Measured on the search term “cloudflare”.
- **Fastly**: Measured on the search term “fastly”.

- [Cloudflare profile](/demand/nz/brands/cloudflare)
- [Fastly profile](/demand/nz/brands/fastly)
- [All content delivery networks in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-content-delivery-networks): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 brands.

## Methodology

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

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Cloudflare or Fastly more popular in search?

In September 2026, Cloudflare had more branded searches than Fastly among content delivery networks in New Zealand. Cloudflare had about 14,800 branded searches, while Fastly had 210. Cloudflare made up 94.3% of all content delivery network searches we track, and Fastly accounted for 1.3%.

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