# Akamai Prolexic alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 171 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Akamai Prolexic holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/akamai-prolexic/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Cloudflare: 105
- AWS Shield: 2
- Cloudflare Magic Transit: 2
- Akamai Security: 1
- Cloudflare Business or Cloudflare Contract: 1
- Cloudflare Enterprise with DDoS protection: 1

## DDoS protection

**Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Akamai Prolexic (Akamai Prolexic is #10 of 10 at 0%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 64 of those 77
- Sucuri: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Mid-market**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Akamai Prolexic (Akamai Prolexic is #5 of 9 at 0%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 33 of those 62
- AWS Shield: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Cloudflare Business or Cloudflare Contract: first choice in 1 of those 62
- Cloudflare Magic Transit: first choice in 1 of those 62
- Imperva DDoS Protection: first choice in 1 of those 62
- Imperva Incapsula: first choice in 1 of those 62
- LevelBlue: first choice in 1 of those 62
- Radware Cloud DDoS Protection: first choice in 1 of those 62

**Enterprise**: 32 of 84 answers did not name Akamai Prolexic (Akamai Prolexic is #2 of 8 at 26%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 8 of those 32
- Akamai Security: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Cloudflare Enterprise with DDoS protection: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Cloudflare Magic Transit: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Cloudflare’s Enterprise plan: first choice in 1 of those 32

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