# Azure CDN alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 244 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Azure CDN 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/azure-cdn/alternatives/

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

- Cloudflare: 138
- Akamai: 28
- Bunny.net: 15
- Fastly: 7
- BlazingCDN: 6
- Amazon CloudFront: 5

## Content delivery networks

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Azure CDN.

- 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**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Azure CDN (Azure CDN is #8 of 8 at 0%).

- Cloudflare: first choice in 46 of those 79
- Bunny.net: first choice in 8 of those 79
- KeyCDN: first choice in 4 of those 79
- Fastly: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Akamai: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Amazon CloudFront: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Azure CDN.

- Cloudflare: first choice in 28 of those 82
- Akamai: first choice in 27 of those 82
- BlazingCDN: first choice in 6 of those 82
- Fastly: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Amazon CloudFront: first choice in 4 of those 82

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