🆚 Akamai vs. Fastly

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Content delivery network
Content delivery network

About

Akamai is a global content delivery network provider that serves web content, streaming media, and applications through edge infrastructure in more than 130 countries.

It operates over 4,400 edge points of presence and supports a network capacity exceeding 1 petabit per second.

Fastly is a global content delivery network provider that delivers cached and dynamic web content via edge servers deployed around the world.

It operates a network of over 120 points of presence with more than 460 Tbps of connected global capacity, and offers built-in DDoS and web application firewall protection, origin shielding to reduce backend load, instant purging of cached content, and fine-grained API control over HTTP headers and caching rules.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Data Transfer Tier 1$0.049/GB
Data Transfer Tier 2$0.045/GB
Free version ✔️
Usage$50/month + usage price
Basic$1,500/month
Starter$6,000/month
UltimateOn request

Categories

CDN › Rank #4
CDN › Rank #3

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Fastly CDN is 1.8 times more popular than Akamai.
Total websites

Market share

CDN

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Fastly is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while Akamai is more popular in Japan, India, and China.
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Australia
Germany
Canada
France
Brazil
India
Spain

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Fastly is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while Akamai is more commonly used on travel, general news, and finance and banking sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Travel
General News
Software/Hardware
Internet Services
Blogs/Wiki

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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