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."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."
"It's a scalable and reliable solution."
"Akamai's scalability is good."
"Akamai has a very established network of PoPs globally."
"This solution can be used for web , video and media caching and streaming."
"The solution's technical support is very prompt and good."
"The worldwide reach of the Akamai CDN is one of the key values of this CDN and the agreements worldwide that they keep running."
"Akamai provides low-latency throughput."
"The solution has good security features."
"It is stable."
"The tool is highly available and reliable. It helps to access server applications easily. Integrating Amazon CloudFront with other AWS services was very easy, I would rate it eight out of ten."
"The AWS environment was very helpful in terms of integration."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the speed of delivery."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the availability of the websites."
"The solution has many features that are comprehensive."
"It is an expensive product with valuable features."
"I'd like to see improvements in log files and data visualizations within the interface."
"Local connectivity would be great linked to our own telecom/Cablevision CDN."
"Akamai should improve its integrations."
"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."
"Their support is very slow. If you file a support ticket, it takes a long time before it gets resolved."
"I would like to see improvements in the security aspect. The web application firewall needs to be enhanced and offers more customization options."
"The fact that it is an expensive product is its only shortcoming."
"It would be better if we could be notified about specific attacks."
"The product should be more intuitive."
"The support must be improved."
"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 product could support any network load balancer. At present, we can use only Amazon’s load balancer application."
"The solution could be more simplified for new users. It could be more user-friendly."
"The lack of seamless integration made the setup process more complex and required additional research to manage all the services properly."
"With a mixed stack, things become a problem. With GCP and Azure, the DNS setup gets tricky when using CloudFront."
"There is room for improvement in customer service and support."
Akamai is ranked 2nd in CDN with 18 reviews while Amazon CloudFront is ranked 4th in CDN with 22 reviews. Akamai is rated 9.0, while Amazon CloudFront is rated 8.2. 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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