4 categories · RankedAkamai Connected Cloud
Akamai Connected Cloud is a cloud platform from Akamai for cloud hosting, virtual private servers, object storage, and content delivery · akamai.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
DigitalOcean Droplets is first at 55%.
Microsoft Azure is first at 29%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Amazon Web Services is first at 45%.
Why models recommend it
“Linode (Akamai) or Vultr are often praised for better support than DigitalOcean and more transparent pricing than AWS”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · first choice
“a simplified hyperscaler approach (DigitalOcean or Linode) offers the best balance of cost, complexity, and support”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Direct question · first choice
“DigitalOcean or Linode typically offer the best combination of affordability, ease of use, and performance”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Easiest for Developers | DigitalOcean or Linode | Predictable monthly bills, great developer UX.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Akamai Connected Cloud, over the 90 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 25 | Compare → | |
| 69 | 18 | Compare → | |
| 56 | 3 | View → | |
| 49 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 38 | 9 | Compare → | |
| 28 | 2 | View → | |
| 24 | 1 | View → | |
| 16 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 15 | 1 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | Compare → |
What the models named instead of Akamai Connected Cloud →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Akamai Connected Cloud's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- users of the Databases service
- Also from Akamai
- Akamai, Akamai API Security, Akamai App & API Protector, Akamai Bot Manager, Akamai Client-Side Protection, Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance and 16 more
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 67 of the 90 answers that named Akamai Connected Cloud and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
112 of the 125 domain citations in answers naming Akamai Connected Cloud came from a third party's page. Thirteen were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |