# Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 221 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/akamai-client-side-protection-compliance/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- cside: 27
- Cloudflare Page Shield: 21
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 20
- Feroot Security: 15
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: 13
- Reflectiz: 12

## Client-side protection

**Small business**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance.

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 16 of those 81
- cside: first choice in 12 of those 81
- Cloudflare Page Shield: first choice in 11 of those 81
- Feroot Security: first choice in 6 of those 81
- c/side: first choice in 6 of those 81
- Monity: first choice in 5 of those 81
- Cloudflare: first choice in 3 of those 81
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 3 of those 81

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance (Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance is #7 of 10 at 0%).

- Cloudflare Page Shield: first choice in 8 of those 74
- cside: first choice in 8 of those 74
- Reflectiz: first choice in 6 of those 74
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Monity: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Feroot Security: first choice in 3 of those 74
- CSP and Subresource Integrity: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance (Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance is #3 of 12 at 12%).

- cside: first choice in 7 of those 66
- Feroot Security: first choice in 6 of those 66
- Reflectiz: first choice in 6 of those 66
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 5 of those 66
- Cloudflare Page Shield: first choice in 2 of those 66
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 2 of those 66
- CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Akamai Page Integrity Manager: first choice in 1 of those 66

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