Akamai vs Amazon CloudFront comparison

Akamai

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Amazon CloudFront

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Akamai

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Akamai and Amazon CloudFront based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two CDN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Akamai vs. Amazon CloudFront Report (Updated: July 2024).

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Akamai vs. Amazon CloudFront

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Categories and Ranking

Akamai

Ranking in CDN

2nd

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Amazon CloudFront

Ranking in CDN

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the CDN category, the mindshare of Akamai is 15.4%, down from 15.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Amazon CloudFront is 9.0%, down from 12.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Bill Lee

Cloud Architecture Consultant at Metaage

Feb 23, 2023

Very scalable, sustainable, and flexible with good technical support

Our company uses the solution as a content delivery network. We enhance website performance and have about 150 customers in Taiwan who use the solution. The solution is very sustainable and flexible. The solution could offer more integrations. I have been using the solution for one year.…

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ChamatKhan

Infrastructure manager

Jan 5, 2024

A CDN solution that has rich documentation and resources

The tool's deployment is easy. For inexperienced resources, I rate deployment difficulty an eight out of ten. For me, it's nine point five out of ten. The product comes with a vast amount of resources and documentation. We had a deadline of one and a half months. However, we could go into production within four weeks, i.e., 25 days. Deployment includes quality assurance and staging processes. One resource is enough to handle the deployment process. The person responsible for deploying the solution should know CI/CD processes. They should understand security compliance, gate methodologies, and the functioning of code push and pull. Familiarity with Webhooks and the dashboard of AWS CodePipeline or check kits is necessary. Once the setup is done, the tool doesn't require frequent changes. Two resources are needed for maintenance, and one would be enough later.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature in managing web traffic has been the ability to handle vertical scaling effectively."

"The solution's technical support is very prompt and good."

"The solution is very sustainable and flexible."

"Akamai's scalability is good."

"Akamai has a very established network of PoPs globally."

"We can see how much traffic can be downloaded on the portal."

"This solution can be used for web , video and media caching and streaming."

"With 300 servers deployed worldwide, it's highly scalable and is the best web application firewall on the market."

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"The most valuable feature is the number of servers they can put your content in while being reliable."

"The solution has good security features."

"Its main advantage is that it offers something in this region that wasn't available before; previously, you had to go outside of the region to get the same level of service that you can now access right here in Bahrain. It's truly incredible. Building this IX has significantly changed how traffic is handled. The technical support is good. The initial setup is very straightforward. I rate the solution a perfect ten."

"The product’s most valuable feature is the availability of the websites."

"The support team is knowledgeable."

"The tool is highly available and reliable. It helps to access server applications easily. Integrating Amazon CloudFront with other AWS services was very easy, I would rate it eight out of ten."

"The speed and usability of the solution are valuable."

"The AWS environment was very helpful in terms of integration."

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Cons

"Akamai's configuration part is an area of concern where improvements are required to make the process easy."

"While it's great for solutions with high scalability, like global e-commerce, it's not really built for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). It has too many options and can be complex for SMBs to utilize."

"The fact that it is an expensive product is its only shortcoming."

"Akamai could improve by providing its own cloud services. We have to use third-party cloud services at this time, such as Amazon AWS. The offering becomes a lot easier for an SMB if everything was in one single platform to be used for the services."

"Local connectivity would be great linked to our own telecom/Cablevision CDN."

"Caching strategy is an area with certain shortcomings in the solution where improvements are required."

"One area for improvement with Akamai could be pricing."

"It would be better if we could be notified about specific attacks."

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"With a mixed stack, things become a problem. With GCP and Azure, the DNS setup gets tricky when using CloudFront."

"The solution can benefit from expanding its data center and server locations to multiple places for smoother content delivery with even lower latency. The latency we experience is sufficient for our needs, and we are doing well. However, if they expand their locations in the future, it could be a positive factor. Its competitors have multiple data and server locations."

"The solution could be more simplified for new users. It could be more user-friendly."

"The tool must provide regional control."

"The product could support any network load balancer. At present, we can use only Amazon’s load balancer application."

"They could be expanding the number of locations available. It will help users easily access content."

"Amazon CloudFront is harder to understand compared to Azure."

"The only issues we've faced were when AWS itself had problems, and that's very rare. I can only recall one instance when they had issues, but they managed to resolve it quickly."

More Amazon CloudFront cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Quite high in price, but equivalent to other enterprise products on the market"

"From the resource component, it's very costly, and Akamai's charges are also high. So, any organization with a high-tech budget can definitely afford it, but companies with 10-15% of their revenue as a technical budget probably won't be able to. That's where they have a lot of room for improvement if they want to onboard those early users."

"The solution's pricing is based on bandwidth."

"Price-wise, I find Akamai's pricing model's inclination to be more towards the expensive side of the spectrum, though I can't say that it is a very expensive product."

"The solution can be one of the more expensive options, reflecting their established market position."

"This is a very expensive solution but it works well."

"The price of the solution depends upon its usage."

"The price of Akamai could be less expensive."

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"The policies and prices keep on changing frequently with AWS solutions"

"The product could improve its price."

"Amazon CloudFront costs less than third-party services."

"Compared to competitors like Azure and Google, we find AWS pricing to be advantageous."

"Amazon CloudFront is an expensive solution."

"I rate Amazon CloudFront's pricing a five out of ten."

"I used to work with AWS and Azure, and we provided cost comparisons for customers to help them choose the right services. Azure tends to be more user-friendly and easier to understand, while AWS may take more time."

"The solution’s price is reasonable."

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Comparison Review

it_user69348

Partner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Nov 17, 2013

Akamai vs. CloudFlare – Simple Stats

In the world of CDNs Akamai is the incumbent 500 pound gorilla, no question. They have a HUGE global presence, super solid technology and networks, and have the most experience with large enterprise clients. However, now there other strong players in the CDN market. One of the most…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

27%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

21%

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Akamai?

The most valuable feature in managing web traffic has been the ability to handle vertical scaling effectively.

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What needs improvement with Akamai?

One area for improvement with Akamai could be pricing.

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What is your primary use case for Akamai?

Akamai is useful for web content delivery in business because it helps improve speed, reliability, and security. Caching content closer to users reduces latency and improves load times. This is esp...

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How do I choose between AWS Global Accelerator and Amazon CloudFront?

Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon’s Web Service Global Accelerator or Amazon CloudFront global content delivery network was the better fit for us. We decided to go w...

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What do you like most about Amazon CloudFront?

The solution has good security features.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon CloudFront?

The pricing structure is complicated.

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Akamai

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Overview

Akamai is a powerful solution that aims to enhance the performance and reliability of websites and applications. With features like excellent performance, robust security measures, and efficient content delivery, it optimizes user experience. It also offers bandwidth optimization, caching, online asset security, and protection against DDoS attacks. Users value its wide network coverage and reliable customer support.

Amazon CloudFront is a global content delivery network (CDN) service that accelerates delivery of your websites, APIs, video content or other web assets. It integrates with other Amazon Web Services products to give developers and businesses an easy way to accelerate content to end users with no minimum usage commitments. Amazon CloudFront can be used to deliver your entire website, including dynamic, static, streaming, and interactive content using a global network of edge locations. Requests for your content are automatically routed to the nearest edge location, so content is delivered with the best possible performance. Amazon CloudFront is optimized to work with other Amazon Web Services, like Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon Route 53. Amazon CloudFront also works seamlessly with any non-AWS origin server, which stores the original, definitive versions of your files. Like other Amazon Web Services products, there are no long-term contracts or minimum monthly usage commitments for using Amazon CloudFront – you pay only for as much or as little content as you actually deliver through the content delivery service.

Sample Customers

Amazon, Apple, AT&T, Bank of America, Capital One, Cisco, Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Disney, Ebay, Facebook, Google, Home Depot, HP, IBM, Intel, JPMorgan Chase, LinkedIn, McDonald's, Microsoft, Netflix, Nike, Oracle, PayPal, Pinterest, Qualcomm, Rakuten, SAP, Spotify, Tesla, Toyota, Visa, Walmart, WeWork

Unilever, Spotify, Pinterest, MLB Advanced Media, Foursquare, PBS, Airbnb, Netflix, WIX, Comcast, Automobili Lamborghini, Rovio, Discovery Communications

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