Fastly Bot Management

fastly.com · checked 13 Nov 2026

#13 · Bot Detection

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How it plugs in

—Public API

NoOpen source

NoFree tier

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Fastly Bot Management helps identify bots and decrease unwanted bot activity on web applications.

Pricing

Bot ManagementContact sales for pricingOn request

As quic.fastly.com lists them, checked 13 Nov 2026.

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Facts

Website: fastly.com
Price: Not published
Free trial: Not stated
API and control panel: Bot Management can be deployed through the Fastly control panel or API.
API protection: Bot Management supports protection for web applications and APIs.
Configuration: Customizable signals and a rule builder let teams create policies to control automation.
Deployment caution: Changes to Bot Management on a service immediately affect all service versions, including the active version.
Detection: It combines server-side and client-side detection mechanisms to expose bots trafficking apps and APIs.
Feature setup: Client challenges, advanced client-side detections, and ContentGuard are optional configurations; other Bot Management features require no additional setup.
Inspection modes: Pre-cache inspection examines requests before the cache layer; post-cache inspection works with Next-Gen WAF on cache-miss requests.
Integrations: Post-cache inspection requires Bot Management and Next-Gen WAF, with Edge WAF deployment only.
Maker: Fastly is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and was founded in 2011.
Purchasing: Fastly directs customers to contact sales for Bot Management pricing.
Security and compliance: Fastly states that it is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and audited against SOC 2 Type 2 criteria.
Traffic responses: Features include Dynamic Challenges, Deception, and AI monetization capabilities.

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