Fast vs GitHub Pages

Fast lands on Skip, and GitHub Pages lands on Worth it.

Fast

fast.io

Analyzed October 1, 2026

Skip

Confidence: Low

Confidence is low: almost none of the ~50 public sources reviewed actually describe fast.io, and the Fastly-owned static-file CDN appears to have been wound down.

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GitHub Pages

pages.github.com

Analyzed September 19, 2026

Worth it

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if your site is static and you already work in Git . it is free, simple, and battle-tested.

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Fast versus GitHub Pages
Compare	Fast	GitHub Pages
Verdict	Skip	Worth it
Best for	Guess: Developers serving static files from GitHub	Developer portfolios
Who it's not for	Guess: Anyone building long-lived production sites . service may be sunset	Anyone needing server-side code, forms, or databases
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^¹	No active breaches of the service itself; past CVEs in Pages builds and ongoing phishing abuse of domains.¹²
Support quality	No support evidence found	No support evidence in sources
Public sentiment	No verifiable user reviews of surfaced; review results matched unrelated products named Fast.^²	Users call it free, dependable static hosting for Git users, but warn it is static-only and unfriendly to non-developers.^⁹
Biggest gotcha	Current service status unclear from public sources . confirm Fastly hasn't sunset it before committing any assets^⁴	100 GB/month soft bandwidth cap; heavy sites risk throttling.^⁶

Pick Fast when

Guess: Developers serving static files from GitHub
Guess: Small projects wanting a quick free CDN

When Fast is not a fit

Guess: Anyone building long-lived production sites . service may be sunset
Non-technical teams; raw file hosting, not a website builder

Pick GitHub Pages when

Developer portfolios
Open-source project docs
Static landing pages
Hobby and club sites

When GitHub Pages is not a fit

Anyone needing server-side code, forms, or databases
Non-technical teams without Git workflows
E-commerce or payment-handling sites
Businesses needing SLAs, support, or compliance

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Product security pagefast.io
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Fast Reviews | Read Customer Service Reviews of fast.cotrustpilot.com
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Top FAST Alternatives & Competitors 2026gartner.com
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Fast homepagefast.io
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GitHub Pages documentationpages.github.com
official
GitHub Pages limitsdocs.github.com
official
What is GitHub Pages?docs.github.com
official
Is github pages good for a landing page?reddit.com
review
I've tried Github pages, Netlify, and Cloudflarenews.ycombinator.com
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My GitHub Pages website went viral (120,000 page views)reddit.com
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Why I switched from Netlify back to GitHub Pageseugeneyan.com
review
CVE-2021-22870: path traversal in GitHub Pages buildsstrix.ai
security
Breaking GitHub Private Pages for $35krobertchen.cc
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Attackers Use Phony GitHub Pages to Deliver Mac Malwaredarkreading.com
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GitHub Fastly case studyfastly.com
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