Akamai · 1 category · RankedAkamai API Security
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| API security platforms | Security operations | 6% | 6 of 93 | 21% | 39 | accepted challenger |
Movement
By model
How each model treated Akamai API Security across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“For most mid-sized B2B companies, Akamai API Security stands out due to its comprehensive discovery and protection features” Mistral Small · API security · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“A strong enterprise shortlist candidate for complex, hybrid estates and teams wanting broad governance and testing.” GPT-6 Luna · API security · comparative prompt · first choice
“Akamai API Security is a very strong default choice if you want a purpose-built platform with broad capability” GPT-5.4 mini · API security · direct prompt · first choice
“the best balanced fit right now is Akamai API Security” Muse Glimmer 30B · API security · paraphrase prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“If you use cloud-delivery platforms (like Cloudflare, Fastly, or Akamai) on their basic, entry-level, or pro tiers, do not assume your APIs are safe.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · API security · negative prompt · soft negative
“exercise caution with these due to recurring user-reported drawbacks ... Steep learning curve and complex initial setup” Grok 4.1 Fast · API security · negative prompt · soft negative
“premium enterprise API security platforms (like Salt Security, Akamai/Noname, or Traceable) are usually out of reach” Gemini 3.5 Flash · API security · budget prompt · soft negative
“Two ownership changes merit extra diligence—not automatic avoidance: Akamai acquired Noname Security in June 2024” GPT-6 Luna · API security · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Akamai API Security, over the 125 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Akamai API Security was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 121 of the 125 answers that named Akamai API Security and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
417 of the 475 domain citations in answers naming Akamai API Security came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
Where Akamai API Security stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.ShowHide
Search and answers
In search
Google, US estimates- Searches for its name, Google
- 260 a month (“akamai api security”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 5 a month
- Its own site
- It sits on Akamai's site (akamai.com), so there are no site figures for it alone
In answers
This edition- First choices
- 21 across its categories
- Named in
- 125 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 121 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read October 5, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Names read as Akamai API Security
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A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Akamai API Security by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where Akamai API Security is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name Akamai API Security, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.