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Sites like Akamai Technologies

The 20 closest content delivery network alternatives to Akamai Technologies, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 13 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Akamai Technologies? The closest matches are Linode, Atomile and Cloudflare. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Akamai Technologies

Akamai Technologies akamai.com

Wikidata: American content delivery network, cybersecurity, and cloud service company

Top 10K · #1,856 13 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Akamai Technologies

Summary by Claude

Akamai provides content delivery network services, cybersecurity products such as DDoS mitigation and web application firewalls, and cloud computing (including the former Linode platform) for businesses.

Who it’s for
Enterprises and online businesses
Business model
Usage-based and subscription service contracts

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

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Barracuda NetworksAlibaba CloudF5bunny.netFastlyCDNvideoCloudinaryCloudflareAtomileLinode

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Akamai Technologies

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Akamai Technologies, thumbs down if it isn’t.

We can’t read akamai.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    Linode linode.com Top 1K English

    The World's Most Distributed Cloud Computing Platform | Akamai

    Build and deliver low-latency, edge native applications on Akamai Connected Cloud.

  2. 02
    Atomile atomile.com Top 10K Chinese

    Atomile CDN Provider

    Deliver high-performance static and dynamic content through a global edge network and intelligent acceleration.

  3. 03
    Cloudflare cloudflare.com Top 100 English

    Cloudflare: Build for the agent era

    Welcome to Cloudflare - Powering the next generation of applications

  4. 04
    Cloudinary cloudinary.com Top 1K English

    Image and Video Platform for Visual Experiences | Cloudinary

    Streamline media management and improve user experience by automatically delivering images and videos, enhanced and optimized for every user.

  5. 05
    CDNvideo cdnvideo.ru Top 10K Russian

    CDNvideo - ведущий провайдер CDN в России и СНГ - www.cdnvideo.ru

    Сеть доставки контента (CDN) компании CDNvideo показывает максимальные скорости в России и СНГ и занимает лидирующую позицию в отрасли. Подключайтесь! CDNvideo - ведущий провайдер CDN или сети доставки контента. Наши решения: онлайн-трансляции в интернете, защита сайтов от DDoS-атак, ускорение загрузки контента для интернет-магазинов и онлайн игр, HTML5 видеоплеер онлайн, облачные сервера, облачные хранилища S3, облачная видеоплатформа, стабильная работа веб-ресурса при высоких нагрузках. Звоните +7 495 782 17 32!

  6. 06
    Fastly fastly.com English

    Powering the best of the internet | Fastly

    Fastly's edge cloud platform delivers faster, safer, and more scalable sites and apps to customers. Elevate your edge CDN, video delivery, security, and more.

  7. 07
    ngenix.net Top 1K Russian

    Доступ к сайту временно ограничен владельцем веб-ресурса.

  8. 08
    bunny.net Top 10K English

    bunny.net - The Global Edge Platform that truly Hops

    Hop on bunny.net and speed up your web presence with the next-generation Content Delivery Service (CDN), Edge Storage, and Optimization Services at any scale.

  9. 09
    F5 f5.com Top 100 English

    Hybrid Multicloud App Security & Delivery for the AI Era | F5

    Unified delivery & security for applications, APIs, & AI workloads across any infrastructure, trusted by 85% of the Fortune 500. Secure your digital ecosystem.

  10. 10
    Trend Micro trendmicro.com Top 1K English

    Global Enterprise AI Cybersecurity Platform | Trend Micro

    Enterprise AI cybersecurity platform with layered protection, cyber risk exposure management and SecOps—62 global offices, the United States HQ office is in Texas.

  11. 11
    Comodo Group comodo.com Top 10K English

    Advanced Website Protection for Unmatched Cyber Defense

    Safeguard your devices with Comodo's advanced endpoint protection and protect your websites from malware and cyber threats. Secure your site now!

  12. 12
    Alibaba Cloud aliyun.com Top 1K English

    Alibaba Cloud: Reliable Secure Cloud Solutions to Empower Your Global Business

    Alibaba Cloud offers a integrated suite of cloud products and services that are reliable and secure, to help you build cloud infrastructure, data centers in multi regions empower your global business. Try for Free.

  13. 13
    DataDome datadome.co Top 10K English

    datadome.co

    cybersecurity company

  14. 14
    Barracuda Networks barracuda.com Top 10K English

    Cybersecurity Solutions: Email, Apps, Network, Data | Barracuda Networks

    Barracuda Networks is the worldwide leader in Email Protection, Application Protection, Network Security, and Data Protection Solutions

  15. 15
    bsgslb.com Top 10K Chinese

    零信任_安全办公平台_远程安全访问_SASE方案_终端安全-白山云

    基于零信任理念和白山云全球边缘网络,「网络+安全+服务+情报」一体化建设,更安全、更快速、更经济地保障企业全球化高效办公,确保分布在全球各地的用户都能随时随地、快速安全地访问企业本地和云上资源。

  16. 16
    Let's Encrypt letsencrypt.org Top 10K English

    Let's Encrypt

    Let's Encrypt is a free, automated, and open Certificate Authority brought to you by the nonprofit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). Read all about our work in our Annual Report.

  17. 17
    Dynadot dynadot.com Top 10K English

    Register, Buy & Manage Domain Names Online | Dynadot

    Search 800+ domain extensions, register names at transparent prices, and manage DNS, privacy, email, transfers, renewals, and domain portfolios in Dynadot.

  18. 18
    Docker docker.com Top 1K English

    Docker | Secure Sandboxes for AI Agents

    Run AI agents and containers safely, anywhere. Docker gives builders trusted sandboxes, governance, and a secure supply chain for modern software.

  19. 19
    Aruba aruba.it Top 10K English

    Home | Aruba.it

    Italian registrar and Web hosting company

  20. 20
    easyDNS easydns.com Top 10K English

    easyDNS - DNS, Domains, Web and Email Hosting Since 1998

    The DNS Professionals: Anycast, Dynamic DNS, Enterprise DNS, Secondary DNS with TSIG, DNSSEC. We also offer web hosting, email and VPS. Amazing Support.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to akamai.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Akamai Technologies uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Akamai Technologies is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

CDN
  • Akamai header akamai-grn: 0.a674c117.1793956837.19b06694
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=140f83a5a1d6f4e401d3da36fe3dd5c2f58dec7be…
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=pUCcSuP0avRtpT6B
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=B1em/osrEOEoZE9T5rxuPfe66Uy4/fesB7oWAYJ…
  • Canva TXT canva-site-verification=K7OOqYOGQ_VSw0W-tnoi4g
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=53bc1cc0-b85f-4631-bea2-3b54e3ba97b9
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=dyxi4onmSkdgT9KS-IVpAqLBtFUDvoa_Vt9f8Rsgg1Y
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=66bbc641659960e91627c23d9baa37c4773af27c
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-zhtvTsmwkrvCbfe9dO0ErwV7
  • Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_kgqMvKseXdLLmxguqs9kcW

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