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    Ranking
    12th
    out of 23 in Managed DNS
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    1,284
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    993
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    2nd
    out of 23 in Managed DNS
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    37,598
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    26,077
    Reviews
    3
    Average Words per Review
    402
    Rating
    9.0
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    Also Known As
    Akamai Fast DNS
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    Overview

    Discover Akamai DNS and its benefits of high availability and performance, and resilience against DDoS attacks backed by a fully guaranteed uptime SLA.

    Powering over 38% of managed DNS domains, Cloudflare runs one of the largest authoritative DNS networks in the world. With an average of a few milliseconds query speed, we have the fastest performance of any managed DNS provider. DNS updates happen within seconds, making DNS propagation delays a thing of the past.

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    Sample Customers
    Otto Group
    GoDaddy, Nasdaq, Zendesk, DigitalOcean, OK Cupid, Cisco, Udacity, LogMeIn, Library of Congress
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Media Company8%
    Comms Service Provider7%
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    Comms Service Provider23%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Government7%
    Media Company7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise69%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise54%
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    Akamai Edge DNS is ranked 12th in Managed DNS while Cloudflare DNS is ranked 2nd in Managed DNS with 4 reviews. Akamai Edge DNS is rated 0.0, while Cloudflare DNS is rated 9.0. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cloudflare DNS writes "Offer good protection, user-friendly, reliable, and easy to manage". Akamai Edge DNS is most compared with NS1 Managed DNS, Amazon Route 53, Azure DNS, Google Cloud DNS and Cisco Umbrella, whereas Cloudflare DNS is most compared with Quad9, Google Cloud DNS, Azure DNS, Hurricane Electric Free DNS and BlueCat Integrity.

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