Case Study: Stripe achieves 80% faster Checkout load times and stronger performance, reliability, and security with Fastly

How Fastly has helped Stripe reduce the time to load their checkout forms by over 80% while offering a secure solution during high-demand events

Stripe is a global payments platform that processes billions for businesses from startups to Fortune 500s. After a customer flash sale and other high‑traffic events exposed server outages and risks around sensitive payment data, Stripe needed a secure, high‑performance way to serve static assets and dynamic payment flows while remaining ready for traffic spikes and DDoS threats.

Stripe adopted Fastly’s edge CDN—caching the Dashboard, stripe.js and Checkout, using Instant Purge, custom VCL and dynamic site acceleration for sensitive API responses—plus real‑time analytics and responsive support. The result: Checkout load time fell by over 80%, improved reliability and security during a major media event, rapid issue detection and resolution via the real‑time dashboard, and a smoother, more resilient payment experience for merchants and customers.

Stripe

Marc Hedlund

Advisor at Stripe