Compare BotGuard vs. Fastly

We effectively filter out harmful bot traffic in real-time while allowing seamless access for human visitors, search engines, and automation tools used by affiliates. To safeguard your website, consider implementing a web server extension module compatible with Apache or NGINX, a CMS plugin for WordPress, or a plugin for your hosting panel like cPanel, Plesk, or DirectAdmin. This straightforward protection mechanism offers comprehensive defense against hackers and bots, reduces server load, enhances SEO, and provides detailed web analytics. With over one-third of online traffic comprised of bots, it is crucial for every website to have dependable security measures in place. You can quickly use our intuitive scanner to simulate five common "bad bot" requests to your site, with this preliminary test taking less than a minute. BotGuard GateKeeper stands out as the premier protection solution across various cloud services, including AWS, Digital Ocean, and Vultr, making it suitable for hosting providers and large-scale infrastructures. By investing in this robust security solution, you can ensure the integrity and performance of your website while keeping malicious activities at bay.

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.