DNS Made Easy vs Akamai Edge DNS
Three of fourteen models named DNS Made Easy first on the direct prompt; one named Akamai Edge DNS. DNS Made Easy was named by ten of the fourteen models and Akamai Edge DNS by eleven and DNS Made Easy carries 14 labels and Akamai Edge DNS 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in two 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 Managed DNS page.
By framing
DNS Made EasyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAkamai Edge DNS
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, DNS Made Easy and Akamai Edge DNS were named in the same answer ten times, of the 37 answers naming DNS Made Easy and the 66 naming Akamai Edge DNS. In those answers Akamai Edge DNS took the first choice zero times and DNS Made Easy zero.
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 | |
DNS Made Easy Akamai Edge DNS first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, DNS Made Easy on the left and Akamai Edge DNS on the right.The direct prompt
DNS Made Easy first, Akamai Edge DNS not the choice
3 of 14 modelsAkamai Edge DNS was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Akamai Edge DNS first, DNS Made Easy not the choice
1 of 14 modelsDNS Made Easy was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
8 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
DNS Made Easy2%#4 of 11Akamai Edge DNS0%#– of 11DNS Made Easy7%#2 of 11Akamai Edge DNS2%#4 of 11Akamai Edge DNS4%#4 of 10DNS Made Easy0%#– of 10What the models said about DNS Made Easy
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“DNS Made Easy and Vercara/Neustar are the most frequently cited mid-market picks” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“the best all-around managed DNS choice is usually DNS Made Easy” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“DNS Made Easy is the strongest choice” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Akamai Edge DNS
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Cloudflare or Akamai are excellent choices because they offer enterprise-grade reliability” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Enterprise providers (Infoblox, UltraDNS, Akamai, Dyn) excel in large‑scale, security‑heavy, and highly regulated environments” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · alternative
“Another strong option, especially for companies needing a large global footprint and high availability.” Mistral Small · 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.