Akamai · 2 categories · RankedAkamai Edge DNS
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Managed DNS | Network and edge | 2% | 4 of 78 | 0% | 21 | accepted challenger | |
| DNS filtering | Network and edge | 0% | 25 of 94 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by DNSFilter at 59% |
Movement
By model
How each model treated Akamai Edge DNS 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 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Cloudflare or Akamai are excellent choices because they offer enterprise-grade reliability” Claude Haiku 4.5 · Managed DNS · direct prompt · first choice
“Enterprise providers (Infoblox, UltraDNS, Akamai, Dyn) excel in large‑scale, security‑heavy, and highly regulated environments” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Managed DNS · comparative prompt · alternative
“Another strong option, especially for companies needing a large global footprint and high availability.” Mistral Small · Managed DNS · direct prompt · alternative
“Enterprises may prefer Akamai or Oracle Dyn for advanced support and global infrastructure.” MiniMax M2.5 · Managed DNS · comparative prompt · alternative
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.
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Akamai Edge DNS, over the 66 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Akamai Edge DNS 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 58 of the 66 answers that named Akamai Edge DNS and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
200 of the 200 domain citations in answers naming Akamai Edge DNS came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
Where Akamai Edge DNS 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
- 90 a month (“akamai edge dns”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 10 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
- 3 across its categories
- Named in
- 66 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 58 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 Edge DNS
Follow Akamai Edge DNS
An email the morning each edition publishes: where this product moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.
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The company
Akamai is the company behind Akamai Edge DNS.ShowHide
The company
On record
Company recordsIn its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- A cloud-based DNS solution that provides 24/7 DNS availability, improves DNS responsiveness, and has the resilience to defend against the largest DDoS attacks.
- Not stated on the pages read
- Who it is for, price, starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, certifications, hosting, customers
What Akamai Edge DNS's own pages state, read October 5, 2026: techdocs.akamai.com/edge-dns/changelog, techdocs.akamai.com/edge-dns/reference/304, techdocs.akamai.com/edge-dns/reference/400, techdocs.akamai.com/edge-dns/reference/401, techdocs.akamai.com/edge-dns/reference/403. A claimed page can correct any of them.
Claim this page
Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when Akamai Edge DNS's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as Akamai Edge DNS, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.
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A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Akamai Edge DNS by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where Akamai Edge DNS 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 Edge DNS, 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.