Amazon CloudFront vs Akamai
One of fourteen models named Amazon CloudFront first on the direct prompt; zero named Akamai. Both were named by all fourteen models and Amazon CloudFront carries 68 labels and Akamai 48, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the content delivery networks page.
By framing
Amazon CloudFrontFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAkamai
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Amazon CloudFront and Akamai were named in the same answer 123 times, of the 190 answers naming Amazon CloudFront and the 169 naming Akamai. In those answers Akamai took the first choice twenty-four times and Amazon CloudFront one.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Amazon CloudFront Akamai first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Amazon CloudFront on the left and Akamai on the right.The direct prompt
Amazon CloudFront first, Akamai not the choice
1 of 14 modelsAkamai was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Amazon CloudFront0%#4 of 7Akamai0%#7 of 7Amazon CloudFront5%#4 of 8Akamai2%#6 of 8Akamai31%#2 of 8Amazon CloudFront4%#5 of 8What the models said about Amazon CloudFront
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“It's best to avoid unless you have strict cost controls and predictable traffic patterns.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“At 500 TB a month, Amazon CloudFront's North America list pricing works out to roughly $24,600 before request fees... The same bytes on a volume-tier CDN cost between $1,500 and $2,500.” Muse Glimmer 30B · scale prompt · soft negative
“Lambda@Edge is generally slower and more expensive to execute than Cloudflare Workers or Fastly's Compute@Edge, and AWS data transfer pricing can become complex and costly at scale” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“1. Amazon CloudFront - Best for companies already using AWS... If you're on AWS, go with CloudFront.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For mid-market B2B specifically, CDN77 and CloudFront emerge as particularly well-suited options” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend evaluating Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai, and CloudFront first” GLM 4.7 FlashX · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about Akamai
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Avoid enterprise ones (Akamai, Fastly) as they're pricier.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid—too pricey/complex for mid-market.” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · hard negative
“traditionally complex to configure, slower to deploy changes, and usually the most expensive. Typically suited for very large enterprises” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“One of the oldest and largest CDNs; handles ~30 %+ of internet traffic. ... Global scale & compliance: Akamai.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend evaluating Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai, and CloudFront first” GLM 4.7 FlashX · scale prompt · first choice
“best when you need maximum resilience, compliance, and security depth, but it is generally positioned more toward large enterprises than mid-market teams” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.