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Top Answer:It is a very stable solution since it has a security feature that allows you to recover zone files if you accidentally delete them.
Top Answer:One thing that I wanted and was expecting from Akamai Edge DNS was CNAME flattening. CNAME flattening is a feature that Akamai does not support. Apart from Akamai, the other DNS providers support… more »
Top Answer:There is not much of a big use case related to the solution in our company. In our company, we have the DNS for all the domains configured in Akamai Edge DNS. The only use cases I can see with Akamai… more »
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Overview

Discover Akamai DNS and its benefits of high availability and performance, and resilience against DDoS attacks backed by a fully guaranteed uptime SLA.

ROUTE leverages our massive global Internet Protocol (IP) Anycast network, with high-performance proximity to almost every broadband user in the world. It’s the high-availability DNS you need for secure, scalable delivery. ROUTE was built with security in mind as an authoritative-only service, avoiding weaknesses like cache poisoning, inherent in recursive DNS services.

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Akamai Edge DNS is ranked 9th in Managed DNS with 1 review while Verizon ROUTE is ranked 17th in Managed DNS. Akamai Edge DNS is rated 9.0, while Verizon ROUTE is rated 0.0. 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, Akamai Edge DNS is most compared with IBM NS1 Connect, Cloudflare DNS, Amazon Route 53, Cisco Umbrella and Google Cloud DNS, whereas Verizon ROUTE is most compared with Cloudflare DNS and Google Cloud DNS.

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