# Akamai Connected Cloud alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 210 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Akamai Connected Cloud 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-connected-cloud/alternatives

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

- Amazon Web Services: 66
- Microsoft Azure: 44
- DigitalOcean Droplets: 37
- Google Cloud: 8
- Atlantic.Net: 5
- Azure: 4

## Cloud hosting

**Small business**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Akamai Connected Cloud (Akamai Connected Cloud is #7 of 14 at 2%).

- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 26 of those 62
- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 5 of those 62
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 3 of those 62
- Cloudways: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Hetzner: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Render: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Google Cloud Run: first choice in 1 of those 62

**Mid-market**: 65 of 84 answers did not name Akamai Connected Cloud (Akamai Connected Cloud is #4 of 14 at 5%).

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 20 of those 65
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 15 of those 65
- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 10 of those 65
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 2 of those 65
- Amazon Web Services, AWS: first choice in 1 of those 65
- DreamHost: first choice in 1 of those 65
- Google Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 65
- Hostinger: first choice in 1 of those 65

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Akamai Connected Cloud.

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 41 of those 83
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 27 of those 83
- Google Cloud: first choice in 7 of those 83
- Azure: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: first choice in 3 of those 83
- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 1 of those 83
- GCP: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Microsoft Azure with an Enterprise Agreement: first choice in 1 of those 83

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