# Akamai Identity Cloud: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/akamai-identity-cloud

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Identity governance](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/identity-governance/index.md) | 0% | 94 | 100% | 2 |

## And against it

- "Akamai Identity Cloud stopped accepting new customers in March 2024... shuts down completely on December 31, 2027." (Muse Glimmer 30B, IGA)
- "❌ Shutting down Dec 31, 2027" (Kimi K2, IGA)

## 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Akamai Identity Cloud, from 5 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- securityboulevard.com: 5
- pingidentity.com: 4
- guptadeepak.com: 3
- okta.com: 3
- techdocs.akamai.com: 3 (its own site)
- ibm.com: 2
- idenhq.com: 2
- mojoauth.com: 2
- omadaidentity.com: 2
- tevora.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://securityboulevard.com/2026/07/the-ciam-graveyard-every-dead-identity-vendor-and-what-killed-them: 4
- https://techdocs.akamai.com/identity-cloud/docs/migration-guide: 3
- https://techdocs.akamai.com/identity-cloud/docs/product-status: 3
- https://guptadeepak.com/research/akamai-identity-shutdown: 2
- https://idenhq.com/en/blog/i-love-my-iga-said-no-customer-ever-despite-there: 2
- https://pingidentity.com/en-us/docs/assets/3555-customer-identity-buyers-guide: 2
- https://pingidentity.com/en-us/docs/assets/4197-omnichannel-identity-gap-whitepaper: 2
- https://tevora.com/resource/top-4-pitfalls-to-avoid-in-customer-identity-platform-implementation: 2

## In its own words

What Akamai Identity Cloud's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Akamai Identity Cloud provides a highly secure and resilient environment for collecting and storing sensitive customer identity information at large scale. (https://techdocs.akamai.com/identity-cloud/changelog)
- Hosting: all regions, all Identity Cloud regions

## 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.