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We performed a comparison between Akamai and AWS Global Accelerator based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Researched AWS Global Accelerator but chose Akamai: Very scalable, sustainable, and flexible with good technical support
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  • "This is a very expensive solution but it works well."
  • "Quite high in price, but equivalent to other enterprise products on the market"
  • "The price of Akamai could be less expensive."
  • "The solution's pricing is based on bandwidth."
  • "The solution can be one of the more expensive options, reflecting their established market position."
  • "Akamai is an expensive tool. Moreover, we have a pay-as-you-go model for additional features."
  • "It is an expensive product. The licensing costs for the solution are based on the usage. If we need premium support, we need to buy it from Akamai."
  • "The price of the solution depends upon its usage."

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    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 interesting is CloudFlare. They are a young company and have strong security and front end optimization (FEO) focuses, beyond just the normal CDN edge caching functionality. They started as a security company, and in fact recently absorbed the largest DDOS attack in history without a disruption in service. In order for their security service to not have a performance degradation associated with the overhead of proxying and filtering all traffic, they had to develop advanced performance improving functionality as part of their service. CDN-style asset caching is part of it, but their FEO services make a big difference. CloudFlare is also VERY affordable! They manage this by the fact that when they built their business, global data centers, cloud computing providers, massive network infrastructure and bandwidth, were all ubiquitous and cheap, so they had relatively small capital outlay to build their service. Compare this to Akamai who had to invest massive amounts of capital into building data centers, servers, laying fiber, etc… The end result is that CloudFlare’s services are one to three orders of magnitude more affordable than Akamai. CloudFlare also includes their… Read more →
    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about Akamai?
    Top Answer:It's a scalable and reliable solution.
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    What needs improvement with Akamai?
    Top Answer:For Akamai, it is definitely one of the best tools out there. However, there are challenges with how their approach is designed for large enterprises. While it's great for solutions with high… more »
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    What is your primary use case for Akamai?
    Top Answer:My company uses Akamai for all our web applications since it minimizes attacks, monitors traffic, and filters and blocks malicious emails.
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    How do I choose between AWS Global Accelerator and Amazon CloudFront?
    Top Answer: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 with… more »
    How does Amazon CloudFront compare with AWS Global Accelerator?
    Top Answer:Below, you'll find more information on how CloudFront compares against Global Accelerator. Still, if you need to deliver static and dynamic content to users worldwide, CloudFront may be a good choice… more »
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    out of 34 in CDN
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    6,880
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    484
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    8th
    out of 34 in CDN
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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.

    AWS Global Accelerator is a service that improves the availability and performance of your applications with local or global users. It provides static IP addresses that act as a fixed entry point to your application endpoints in a single or multiple AWS Regions, such as your Application Load Balancers, Network Load Balancers or Amazon EC2 instances.

    AWS Global Accelerator uses the AWS global network to optimize the path from your users to your applications, improving the performance of your TCP and UDP traffic. AWS Global Accelerator continually monitors the health of your application endpoints and redirects traffic to healthy endpoints in less than 30 seconds.

    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**
    Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider38%
    Media Company13%
    Leisure / Travel Company13%
    Consumer Goods Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization27%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    University7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise34%
    Large Enterprise52%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    Akamai is ranked 3rd in CDN with 18 reviews while AWS Global Accelerator is ranked 8th in CDN. Akamai is rated 9.0, while AWS Global Accelerator is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Akamai writes "An easy to setup product offering multiple useful functionalities under a single package". On the other hand, Akamai is most compared with Cloudflare, Azure Front Door, Imperva DDoS, Amazon CloudFront and Verizon EdgeCast, whereas AWS Global Accelerator is most compared with Azure Front Door, Cloudflare, Amazon CloudFront, Imperva DDoS and Windows Azure CDN.

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