Company
Akamai is one of the oldest CDNs and generally considered to be the largest global CDN. They have 'servers everywhere' and a wide range of products and services. The company is actively involved in Let's Encrypt and is pushing HTTP/2 adoption.
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Products
View the table below for more insight into Akamai products.
Hover over/touch the product to view a short description.
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Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ... |
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Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB) |
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Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB) |
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Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing? |
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Video on demandDelivery of on demand video |
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Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization |
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DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain |
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WAFWeb Application Firewall |
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Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. |
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Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs |
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Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers |
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Network
Akamai does not publish specifics on how large their CDN network is and where the POPs are, other than 'A quarter of a million edge servers, deployed in thousands of locations around the world' as per the Intelligent Platform page on the Akamai website.
Pricing
Akamai typically requires annual contracts with pricing depending on traffic volume and what features/services you need. Get in touch to learn more about their services and prices.
Akamai locations and sales contact info
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Minimum contract term | 12 months |
Minimum monthly costs | Unknown |
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests | Unknown |
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred | Unknown |
NA/EU traffic (low volume) | Unknown |
APAC traffic (low volume) | Unknown |
LATAM traffic (low volume) | Unknown |
Features
View the tables below for more insight into the features Akamai supports.
Hover over/touch the feature name to view a short description.
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HTTPS & Content Protection | |
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CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net |
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Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate |
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Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN |
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Token authentication |
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Geo blocking |
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Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content |
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Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content |
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IP white/blacklisting |
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Support
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Documentation |
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