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| Akamai is the global leader in Content Delivery Network (CDN) services, making the Internet fast, reliable and secure for its customers. The company's advanced web performance, mobile performance, cloud security and media delivery solutions are revolutionizing how businesses optimize consumer, enterprise and entertainment experiences for any device, anywhere. | Fastly helps the world’s most popular digital businesses keep pace with their customer expectations by delivering fast, secure, and scalable online experiences. Businesses trust Fastly’s edge cloud platform to accelerate the pace of technical innovation, mitigate evolving threats, and scale on demand. |
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| Airbnb, Audi, Cathay Pacific, E*Trade Financial, InterContinental Hotels Group, IKEA, Trulia, Warby Parker, Concur, NASDAQ OMX, NBC Olympics, Rabobank, Standard Chartered, Thomson Reuters, U.S. Department of State, Autodesk, CBC, MTV Networks, NBA, Rediff, Starz!, TV 2, Autotrader, Puma, Investec, Satuit, Schneider Versand, itBit, DISA, Sky Italia | Twitter, Airbnb, Alaska Airlines, Pinterest, Vimeo, The Guardian, The New York Times, Ticketmaster, The Drupal Association, Opera, about.com, imgur, Etsy, Foursquare, GitHub, New Relic, shopify, Shazam, Firebase |
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Computer Software Company34% Comms Service Provider21% Media Company9% Retailer5% | Computer Software Company27% Comms Service Provider16% Media Company11% Government6% |
Akamai is ranked 6th in CDN while Fastly is ranked 8th in CDN with 1 review. Akamai is rated 0.0, while Fastly is rated 9.0. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fastly writes "Good performance, powerful configuration capability, and helpful real-time graphics". Akamai is most compared with Cloudflare, Imperva Incapsula, Windows Azure CDN, Verizon EdgeCast and Lumen Content Delivery Network, whereas Fastly is most compared with Cloudflare, Limelight Content Deliver, AWS WAF, Windows Azure CDN and StackPath CDN.
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