Managed DNS · RankedAkamai Edge DNS
Akamai Edge DNS is a managed DNS service from Akamai · 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.
Cloudflare DNS is first at 80%.
Cloudflare DNS is first at 95%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Cloudflare DNS is first at 61%.
Why models recommend it
“Choose Akamai Edge DNS for large enterprises prioritizing edge resilience and managed support.”Perplexity Sonar · Comparative question · alternative
“Akamai Edge DNS: Enterprise-grade with proven track record in mission-critical environments”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Examples: Cloudflare, AWS Route 53, Google Cloud DNS, Dyn (now Oracle), Akamai (NS1), Quad9”MiniMax M2.5 · Negative question · alternative
“Akamai Edge DNS (7% first-choice share), recognized for global reach and reliability.”Mistral Small · Direct question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Akamai's July 2021 Edge DNS disruption followed a configuration update that triggered a software bug”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Negative question · warning
“often ranks below average in global response time tests (~24% slower in one study)”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“Limitations: Traditional enterprise sales cycles and higher pricing structures.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Comparative question · warning
“200+ PoPs, mature enterprise platform, but pricing is typically enterprise-tier.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Direct question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Akamai Edge DNS, over the 77 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | 52 | View → | |
| 64 | 5 | View → | |
| 43 | 0 | View → | |
| 32 | 0 | View → | |
| 28 | 1 | View → | |
| 28 | 0 | View → | |
| 24 | 1 | View → | |
| 18 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Akamai Edge DNS →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Akamai Edge DNS's own site, not checked by Gane.
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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 59 of the 77 answers that named Akamai Edge DNS and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
154 of the 180 domain citations in answers naming Akamai Edge DNS came from a third party's page. Twenty-six 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 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |