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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 181 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Akamai 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/alternatives/

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

- Cloudflare: 105
- Bunny.net: 15
- KeyCDN: 5
- BlazingCDN: 3
- Amazon CloudFront: 2
- CDN77: 2

## Content delivery networks

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Akamai (Akamai is #7 of 7 at 0%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 64 of those 83
- Bunny.net: first choice in 7 of those 83
- CDN77: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Cloudflare Application Services: first choice in 1 of those 83
- KeyCDN: first choice in 1 of those 83
- jsDelivr: first choice in 1 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Akamai (Akamai is #6 of 8 at 2%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 35 of those 66
- Bunny.net: first choice in 8 of those 66
- KeyCDN: first choice in 4 of those 66
- Amazon CloudFront: first choice in 2 of those 66
- CDN77: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Fastly: first choice in 1 of those 66

**Enterprise**: 32 of 84 answers did not name Akamai (Akamai is #2 of 8 at 31%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 6 of those 32
- BlazingCDN: first choice in 3 of those 32
- Fastly: first choice in 1 of those 32

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