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The Forrester Wave™: Edge Development Platforms, Q1 2026 Report
Whether you are looking to scale new workloads or secure global applications, this report provides a clear roadmap of the current edge development landscape and why Fastly is a Leader among top vendors in the market.
Forrester’s Q1 2026 Edge Development Platforms Wave report provides an evaluation of 9 vendors, including Fastly, and ranks each provider on current offering, strategy, and customer feedback.
What's included in the report:
- See why Fastly is recognized as a Leader.
- This 2026 evaluation acknowledges Fastly’s position as one of only 2 leaders in the market.
- Discover how Fastly received above-average customer feedback.
- Fastly is the only evaluated vendor to earn above-average customer feedback.
- Fastly recognized with highest possible score in innovation and 7 other criteria.
- Fastly received 5/5 scores in eight criteria including: Innovation, Developer experience, & Initialization and deployment.
- Evaluation of Fastly’s strategy and execution.
To us, the recognition reinforces Fastly’s consistent execution on its product strategy and continued innovation in edge development.
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