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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 181 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Akamai 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/alternatives

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

- Cloudflare: 111
- Bunny.net: 12
- Amazon CloudFront: 1
- Cloudflare CDN: 1
- Cloudflare Free or Pro: 1
- Fastly: 1

## Content delivery networks

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Akamai (Akamai is #8 of 8 at 0%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 67 of those 84
- Bunny.net: first choice in 9 of those 84
- Cloudflare CDN: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Cloudflare Free or Pro: first choice in 1 of those 84
- KeyCDN: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 65 of 84 answers did not name Akamai (Akamai is #7 of 9 at 0%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 34 of those 65
- Bunny.net: first choice in 3 of those 65

**Enterprise**: 32 of 84 answers did not name Akamai (Akamai is #2 of 8 at 19%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 10 of those 32
- Amazon CloudFront: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Fastly: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Varnish Software - Private CDN: first choice in 1 of those 32
- vshosting CDN: first choice in 1 of those 32

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