# Akamai Enterprise Application Access: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 1 category by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/akamai-enterprise-application-access

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Zero trust network access](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/zero-trust-network-access/index.md) | 0% | 71 | 40% | 5 |

## And against it

- "users occasionally flag "agent-related overhead." ... Management Overhead" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, ZTNA)
- "Cited for agent-related overhead and management complexity" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, ZTNA)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Akamai Enterprise Application Access, from 15 of the 16 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- expertinsights.com: 7
- aimultiple.com: 6
- cyberpress.org: 5
- guptadeepak.com: 5
- cipherssecurity.com: 4
- cloudflare.com: 4
- comparisec.com: 4
- costbench.com: 4
- iboss.com: 4
- netify.co.uk: 4

### Pages cited

- https://aimultiple.com/ztna-solutions: 6
- https://expertinsights.com/network-security/the-top-zero-trust-network-access-solutions: 6
- https://cyberpress.org/ztna-solutions-by-business-size: 5
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-5-ztna-solutions-2026: 5
- https://cipherssecurity.com/best-ztna-zero-trust-vendors-2026: 4
- https://comparisec.com/vendors/ztna: 4
- https://iboss.com/resources/best-ztna-solution-2026: 4
- https://petronellatech.com/blog/zero-trust-vendors-compared-top-10-smbs-2026: 4

## In its own words

What Akamai Enterprise Application Access's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Enterprise Application Access (EAA) updates (https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa/changelog/aug-9-2025-enterprise-application-access-updates)
- For: administrators (https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa/changelog/dec-1-2017-enterprise-application-access-updates)

## 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.