# Content delivery networks for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "CDN" and as "content delivery network", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/content-delivery-networks/enterprise

**Standing:** Cloudflare leads with 69% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 52 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Cloudflare](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudflare/index.md) | 69% | 14% | 74 |
| 2 | [Akamai](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/akamai/index.md) | 19% | 16% | 69 |
| 3 | [Fastly](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/fastly/index.md) | 4% | 16% | 61 |
| 4 | [Amazon CloudFront](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/amazon-cloudfront/index.md) | 2% | 14% | 66 |
| 8 | [Google Cloud CDN](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/google-cloud-cdn/index.md) | 0% | 8% | 26 |
| 9 | [Azure Front Door](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-front-door/index.md) | 0% | 12% | 16 |
| 10 | [CDNetworks](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cdnetworks/index.md) | 0% | 7% | 14 |
| 36 | [Bunny.net](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/bunny-net/index.md) | 0% | 36% | 14 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 59 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Akamai, Cloudflare; alternatives Amazon CloudFront, Azure CDN
- GPT-5.4 mini: Cloudflare; alternatives Akamai, Fastly
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Cloudflare; alternatives Akamai, Amazon CloudFront, Fastly
- Perplexity Sonar: Cloudflare; alternatives Akamai, Amazon CloudFront, CDNetworks, Fastly
- Grok 4.20: Akamai; alternatives Amazon CloudFront, Cloudflare, Fastly
- Mistral Small: Cloudflare; alternatives Akamai, Fastly
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Cloudflare; alternatives Akamai, Amazon CloudFront, Fastly
- Llama 4 Maverick: Cloudflare; alternatives Akamai, Amazon CloudFront, Fastly
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Akamai, Cloudflare; alternatives Amazon CloudFront, Azure Front Door, Fastly
- Kimi K2: Cloudflare, Fastly; alternatives Akamai, Amazon CloudFront
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Cloudflare; alternatives Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon CloudFront, Fastly
- MiniMax M2.5: Cloudflare; alternatives Akamai, Amazon CloudFront, Azure Front Door, Fastly
- GPT-6 Luna: Cloudflare; alternatives Akamai, Amazon CloudFront, Fastly
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Akamai, Cloudflare; alternatives Amazon CloudFront, CDNetworks, Fastly, Google Cloud CDN

## Sources the answers cite

70 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- blog.blazingcdn.com: 40 answers, 78 citations
- fastly.com: 37 answers, 105 citations
- cdnetworks.com: 31 answers, 35 citations
- cloudflare.com: 30 answers, 48 citations
- edgeone.ai: 27 answers, 31 citations
- linkedin.com: 15 answers, 17 citations
- ioriver.io: 12 answers, 20 citations
- gane.ai/index: 9 answers, 11 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://cdnetworks.com/blog/web-performance/best-cdn-providers (28 answers)
- https://edgeone.ai/blog/details/best-cdn-for-enterprise (27 answers)
- https://fastly.com/blog/cdns-with-the-best-uptime-and-performance (17 answers)
- https://fastly.com/blog/fastest-cdn-providers-performance-speed-and-core-web-vitals (16 answers)
- https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/best-enterprise-cdn-providers-compared (13 answers)
- https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/the-best-cdns-in-2026-compared-by-speed-price-and-global-coverage (12 answers)
- https://cloudflare.com/products/cdn (12 answers)
- https://linkedin.com/pulse/choosing-best-cdn-top-content-delivery-networks-2026-rajesh-kumar-ua4ac (11 answers)
- https://fastly.com/blog/top-akamai-alternatives-and-competitors (10 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/content-delivery-network-cdn/enterprise (9 answers)

## Warned against

- Cloudflare: 10 of 74 labels negative. "avoid or add extra legal safeguards for US-based Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, AWS CloudFront and Imperva" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Akamai: 11 of 69 labels negative. "avoid or add extra legal safeguards for US-based Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, AWS CloudFront and Imperva" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Fastly: 10 of 61 labels negative. "avoid or add extra legal safeguards for US-based Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, AWS CloudFront and Imperva" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Amazon CloudFront: 9 of 66 labels negative. "avoid or add extra legal safeguards for US-based Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, AWS CloudFront and Imperva" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Cloudflare at 69%.

- Cloudflare: 46% to 69%, +23. Cleared the floor by 12 points · rank 1 of 59, unchanged.
- Akamai: 31% to 19%, −12. Cleared the floor by 1 point · rank 2 of 59, unchanged.
- BlazingCDN: 12% to 2%, −10. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 3 → 5 of 59.
- Fastly: 6% to 4%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 4 → 3 of 59.
- Amazon CloudFront: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 4 of 59.
- Google Cloud CDN: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 6 → 8 of 59.
- Azure Front Door: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 → 9 of 59.
- CDNetworks: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 8 → 10 of 59.
- Bunny.net: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 44 → 36 of 59.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.