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Akamai

Cloud, edge and security platform with compute and storage services

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About Akamai

Akamai operates a global content delivery and security platform and, through its Linode acquisition, sells cloud compute, object storage and managed databases. It positions distributed cloud and edge inference for latency-sensitive and data-intensive workloads. Customers are mainly enterprises in media, commerce and financial services.

Common use cases

  • Content delivery
  • Edge inference
  • Cloud hosting
  • Application security

Social listening

What people are saying about Akamai

Reviewers of the cloud computing service (formerly Linode) value price-performance, responsive support and reliability, and buyers typically plan for regional footprint and managed-service scope.

What stands out

  • Pricing is seen as competitive with good performance.
  • Support is described as responsive, with access to real people.
  • Simple to deploy and manage, especially for Linux-savvy teams.
  • Reliability and uptime are well regarded.

Things to consider

  • Worth confirming data center availability in your target regions.
  • Teams typically confirm managed services such as CI/CD tooling and Kubernetes node-pool autoscaling meet their needs.
  • Consider testing latency and console responsiveness from parts of Asia.
  • Worth confirming support consistency and mail-server IP reputation during evaluation.
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Themes summarized from public reviews, community discussion and press coverage as of November 2026. They reflect public discussion, not a rating or an endorsement by AI Connect.

Products and services

Akamai Cloud Computing

Virtual machines, Kubernetes and GPU compute.

Object Storage

S3-compatible storage.

Content delivery and edge

Global delivery and edge compute.

Security services

Web application, API and DDoS protection.

Key features

  • Distributed edge platform
  • Object storage
  • Managed Kubernetes
  • GPU compute
  • Content delivery
  • Security services

Integrations

  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Splunk
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • Datadog

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FAQs

What cloud services does it offer?

Compute, storage, managed databases and Kubernetes.

Is it just a CDN?

No, it also sells cloud infrastructure and security.

Who are its customers?

Large enterprises and developers.

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