Fastly API Security vs VIRTIS: side-by-side comparison (2026)
Fastly API Security is a commercial API security solution by Fastly. VIRTIS is a commercial cloud web application and API protection solution by VIRTIS. Features, integrations, deployment and the company behind each one, side by side.
Our take
What our shortlists say about the one we picked.
- Fastly API Security
Best for: Fastly customers protecting APIs on the edge
It is on the list because discovery and blocking happen on the Fastly edge where your API traffic already flows, and it sends alerts to Slack, Jira, PagerDuty and Datadog. If your APIs are not behind Fastly, or most of your risk sits in internal and partner APIs, its edge view will see less of it, so weigh that first.
From Best API Security Solutions for Business, Fall 2026
Reviewed by Nika (Nikoloz) Kokhreidze.
API security platform for discovery, monitoring, and protection at edge
Cloud-native WAAP platform with WAF, API security, DDoS, and bot mgmt.
Side-by-side comparison
Feature
Fastly API Security
VIRTIS
Pricing model
Commercial
Commercial
Category
API Security
Cloud Web Application and API Protection
Deployment and fit
Deployment type
Cloud
Cloud
Company size fit
SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise
SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise
Company
Company
Fastly
VIRTIS
Use cases and capabilities
Attack Detection
Yes
No
Bot Protection
Yes
Yes
WAF
Yes
Yes
DDoS
No
Yes
Cloud Native
No
Yes
Core features
10 features listed
10 features listed
Integrations
9 integrations listed
3 integrations listed
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