Compare Azure Traffic Manager vs. Fastly

Azure Traffic Manager functions at the DNS level to swiftly and effectively manage incoming DNS queries according to the selected routing strategy. For instance, it can route requests to the nearest endpoints, enhancing the speed and responsiveness of your applications. There are six types of DNS-based traffic routing offered by Azure Traffic Manager: Priority, performance, geographic, weighted round-robin, subnet, and multi-value. You can opt for the routing type that best suits your needs or even combine them using nested profiles. By actively monitoring your Azure services as well as external websites and services, Traffic Manager can enhance the availability of crucial applications, automatically redirecting users to an alternative location when a failure occurs. Moreover, Traffic Manager boosts application responsiveness and optimizes content delivery speeds by directing users to Azure endpoints or external sites with the least network latency, ensuring a seamless user experience even in challenging circumstances. This adaptability makes it a vital tool for maintaining high performance in a dynamic digital environment.

Today's top edge cloud platform empowers developers, connects with customers, and grows your business. Our edge cloud platform is designed to enhance your existing technology and teams. Our edge cloud platform moves data and applications closer towards your users -- at a network's edge -- to improve the performance of your websites and apps. Fastly's highly-programmable CDN allows you to personalize delivery right at the edge. Your users will be delighted to have the content they need at their fingertips. Our powerful POPs are powered by solid-state drives (SSDs), and are located in well-connected locations around world. They allow us to keep more content in cache for longer periods of time, resulting in fewer trips back to the source. Instant Purge and batch purging using surrogate keys allow you to cache and invalidate dynamic content in a matter of minutes. You can always serve up current headlines, inventory, and weather forecasts.