We performed a comparison between Akamai and IBM Cloud Video based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cloudflare, Microsoft, Akamai and others in CDN."As of now, the best thing about Akamai is WAF, and though CDN is a good feature, it comes in second place when compared to WAF. I am very impressed with the WAF offered by Akamai."
"The solution is very sustainable and flexible."
"This solution can be used for web , video and media caching and streaming."
"Akamai has a very established network of PoPs globally."
"We can see how much traffic can be downloaded on the portal."
"The solution's most valuable feature is that it has been quite helpful in our company, especially when it comes to applications needing updates frequently."
"Akamai provides low-latency throughput."
"The worldwide reach of the Akamai CDN is one of the key values of this CDN and the agreements worldwide that they keep running."
"I like the user interface. There aren't too many buttons that the audience will have to fiddle with."
"The solution could offer more integrations."
"One area for improvement with Akamai could be pricing."
"Akamai should improve its integrations."
"It would be better if we could be notified about specific attacks."
"I'd like to see more Web 3.0 and IoT solutions."
"Local connectivity would be great linked to our own telecom/Cablevision CDN."
"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."
"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."
"They should improve the registration gateway. Currently, you can't do a pre-event registration that's straightforward. You have to do an API to integrate. It would be a lot easier if they had that."
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Akamai is ranked 3rd in CDN with 18 reviews while IBM Cloud Video is ranked 29th in CDN. Akamai is rated 9.0, while IBM Cloud Video is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Akamai writes "An easy to setup product offering multiple useful functionalities under a single package". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Cloud Video writes "Great user interface and easy to implement". Akamai is most compared with Cloudflare, Azure Front Door, Imperva DDoS, Amazon CloudFront and Fastly, whereas IBM Cloud Video is most compared with .
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