> Simple solution is for Cloudflare to change TOS to allow benchmarking and for 3rd party to publish a reproducible benchmark suite.
Why doesn't Fastly just gasp ask Cloudflare about performing a benchmark? If they say no, publish that.
Fastly does not publish their pricing [1]. And, you need to contact a rep to sign up for commercial use [2], which implies everyone gets a different deal. It's absurd to say that contacting Cloudflare to do benchmarking means it's impossible for them to do a comparison,
> [FASTLY BLOG] it's impossible for us to define our own terms for a comparison because Cloudflare’s terms of use prohibit benchmarking of their services
>> [CLOUDFLARE TERMS] (f) perform or publish any benchmark tests or analyses relating to the Services without Cloudflare’s written consent;
That is not so different from Fastly's own sign-up process.
Why are u parading all the comment threads slightly supportive of fastly? Unlike Fastly, cloudflare bars its own customers with TOS while fastly tailors their offering to new customers, I just don’t see your point.
Why doesn't Fastly just gasp ask Cloudflare about performing a benchmark? If they say no, publish that.
Fastly does not publish their pricing [1]. And, you need to contact a rep to sign up for commercial use [2], which implies everyone gets a different deal. It's absurd to say that contacting Cloudflare to do benchmarking means it's impossible for them to do a comparison,
> [FASTLY BLOG] it's impossible for us to define our own terms for a comparison because Cloudflare’s terms of use prohibit benchmarking of their services
>> [CLOUDFLARE TERMS] (f) perform or publish any benchmark tests or analyses relating to the Services without Cloudflare’s written consent;
That is not so different from Fastly's own sign-up process.
[1] https://www.fastly.com/pricing/
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29468455