Akamai · 1 category · RankedAkamai Prolexic
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DDoS protection | Network and edge | 0% | 6 of 51 | 18% | 50 | accepted challenger |
Movement
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Cloudflare, Akamai Prolexic, and AWS Shield are noted for offering unmetered or more predictable pricing” Mistral Small · DDoS · negative prompt · first choice
“Choose Akamai or Azure/AWS-based protection if your environment is already deeply tied to those ecosystems” Perplexity Sonar · DDoS · direct prompt · alternative
“Suitable for mid-sized B2B companies that require enterprise-grade protection and global scrubbing centers.” Mistral Small · DDoS · paraphrase prompt · alternative
“remains the enterprise benchmark where SOC-led mitigation and network-range protection justify the contract” Claude Haiku 4.5 · DDoS · 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.
“What to Avoid on a Limited Budget- Akamai Prolexic: Starts around $5,000–$10,000+/month” Kimi K2 · DDoS · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Akamai Prolexic for mid-market unless you have specific enterprise requirements” Kimi K2 · DDoS · direct prompt · hard negative
“Avoid overbuying: Akamai Prolexic is overkill for small to mid-size organizations” Claude Haiku 4.5 · DDoS · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Akamai's lack of transparent pricing on the website makes it potentially less accessible for smaller businesses.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · DDoS · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 121 of the 143 answers that named Akamai Prolexic and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
551 of the 551 domain citations in answers naming Akamai Prolexic came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Names read as Akamai Prolexic
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