We performed a comparison between Akamai Edge DNS and Cloudflare DNS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cloudflare, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and others in Managed DNS."It is a very stable solution since it has a security feature that allows you to recover zone files if you accidentally delete them."
"Even when there is a high load on our servers, Cloudflare is able to cache the data and serve it to users, ensuring they can still access the website."
"The solution is stable, and the DNS servers are simple to use."
"The attacker won't have details since my public IP is anonymous. It offers us good privacy."
"Its ease of integration with Office 365 and the fact that it's a good product compared to what I had before"
"Cloudflare DNS is widely used, and it's good for websites. If we use Cloudflare DNS and update one record, it updates in their office instantly."
"Its most significant benefit to date is the speed with which it refreshes DNS records on the internet once you change it. If you are changing a website or registering a new record, it is very quick."
"The most valuable feature of Cloudflare DNS is its global reach and it is always evolving."
"The solution automatically detects and responds to certain types of traffic based on geolocation."
"CNAME flattening is a feature that Akamai does not support."
"The analytics, basically the dashboard, doesn't have much to it."
"The documentation could improve for Cloudflare DNS."
"It would be helpful if the solution could continue evolving to compete with the other solutions on the market."
"The tool needs to improve caching of servers. The product needs to include PFX certificate as well."
"An integrated SSO feature would be useful for Cloudflare DNS."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"Cloudflare should add more documentation and pricing to the cloud version."
"Areas like how assessment, discovery, and payload are dealt with and how it all comes into your organization can be considered when trying to make suggestions to Cloudflare for improvements."
Akamai Edge DNS is ranked 9th in Managed DNS with 1 review while Cloudflare DNS is ranked 1st in Managed DNS with 13 reviews. Akamai Edge DNS is rated 9.0, while Cloudflare DNS is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Akamai Edge DNS writes "A very stable solution with strong security features and an easy initial setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cloudflare DNS writes "A tool that offers good performance that needs to improve in areas like assessment and payload". Akamai Edge DNS is most compared with IBM NS1 Connect, Amazon Route 53, Cisco Umbrella, Google Cloud DNS and Quad9, whereas Cloudflare DNS is most compared with Quad9, Azure DNS, Google Cloud DNS, Cisco Umbrella and Infoblox DDI.
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