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."The most valuable feature of Akamai is its ease of use and simple integration. Additionally, the solution has new aspects added to it regularly."
"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."
"Akamai's scalability is good."
"This solution can be used for web , video and media caching and streaming."
"The worldwide reach of the Akamai CDN is one of the key values of this CDN and the agreements worldwide that they keep running."
"The solution is very sustainable and flexible."
"The solution's technical support is very good...The installation phase of Akamai was easy."
"It has built-in DDoS protection, which protects against DDoS attacks."
"It is an expensive product with valuable features."
"The most valuable feature is the number of servers they can put your content in while being reliable."
"Amazon CloudFront is a stable solution."
"If you're using AWS entirely, it's smooth sailing."
"The beneficial feature for the entire AWS community is the presence of edge location servers. These servers are strategically located in multiple locations, allowing efficient content delivery from the nearest server."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the availability of the websites."
"The support team is knowledgeable."
"The product's scalability can be improved since certain shortcomings regarding the security part of the solution currently exist."
"Their support is very slow. If you file a support ticket, it takes a long time before it gets resolved."
"I'd like to see more Web 3.0 and IoT solutions."
"I'd like to see improvements in log files and data visualizations within the interface."
"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."
"The fact that it is an expensive product is its only shortcoming."
"It would be better if we could be notified about specific attacks."
"Caching strategy is an area with certain shortcomings in the solution where improvements are required."
"Amazon CloudFront can improve by accurately determining the latency of a non-defined URL that the solution encounters."
"The lack of seamless integration made the setup process more complex and required additional research to manage all the services properly."
"The product should be more intuitive."
"Support needs to be enhanced."
"The support must be improved."
"There is room for improvement in customer service and support."
"They should have more Edge locations so that CloudFront can be used much more. If they can make it a little bit cheaper and better than other networks, we will be able to use it more."
"The UI could be more user-friendly."
Akamai is ranked 3rd in CDN with 18 reviews while Amazon CloudFront is ranked 4th in CDN with 21 reviews. Akamai is rated 9.0, while Amazon CloudFront 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 Amazon CloudFront writes "Top-notch in terms of customer service and offers pay-as-you-go model with a free tier". Akamai is most compared with Cloudflare, Azure Front Door, Imperva DDoS, Fastly and AWS Global Accelerator, whereas Amazon CloudFront is most compared with Azure Front Door, Cloudflare, Windows Azure CDN, Fastly and AWS Global Accelerator. See our Akamai vs. Amazon CloudFront report.
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