Fastly Bot Management
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bot Management | Contact sales for pricing | On request |
As fastly.com lists them, read 13 Nov 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Facts from Fastly Bot Management's own pages
- API and control panel
- Bot Management can be deployed through the Fastly control panel or API. · fastly.com, 13 Nov 2026
- API protection
- Bot Management supports protection for web applications and APIs. · fastly.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Configuration
- Customizable signals and a rule builder let teams create policies to control automation. · fastly.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Deployment caution
- Changes to Bot Management on a service immediately affect all service versions, including the active version. · fastly.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Detection
- It combines server-side and client-side detection mechanisms to expose bots trafficking apps and APIs. · fastly.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Feature setup
- Client challenges, advanced client-side detections, and ContentGuard are optional configurations; other Bot Management features require no additional setup. · fastly.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Inspection modes
- Pre-cache inspection examines requests before the cache layer; post-cache inspection works with Next-Gen WAF on cache-miss requests. · fastly.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Integrations
- Post-cache inspection requires Bot Management and Next-Gen WAF, with Edge WAF deployment only. · fastly.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Maker
- Fastly is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and was founded in 2011. · investors.fastly.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Purchasing
- Fastly directs customers to contact sales for Bot Management pricing. · quic.fastly.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Purpose
- Fastly Bot Management helps identify bots and decrease unwanted bot activity on web applications. · fastly.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Security and compliance
- Fastly states that it is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and audited against SOC 2 Type 2 criteria. · fastly.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Traffic responses
- Features include Dynamic Challenges, Deception, and AI monetization capabilities. · fastly.com, 13 Nov 2026
Where Fastly Bot Management stands on Freedom251
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