Akamai vs Google Cloud CDN

Likelihood to Recommend

Akamai is a well-established brand name with a great product. It meets and many time exceeds the needs for global content delivery and security management layer at the edge. Fine grain security tuning seems cumbersome as the definition of the app keeps changing. It also requires an investment of time for the setup which doesn't necessarily make sense for smaller scale scenarios. Some products offered by AWS, Azure or the Google Cloud can be more tightly integrated with cloud provider offerings thus easier to configure.

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Engineer in Engineering

Retail Company, 10,001+ employees

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Google Cloud CDN is available globally and supports various load balancers available in different regions around the globe, so I find Google Cloud CDN as one of the best choices for CDN as it serves globally and it is really fast, safe, and secure. It might be not suitable for you if you do not have any technical background.

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Kashish Sharma

Jr. Marketing Executive

FlipPaisaInternet, 51-200 employees

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Pros

Content offloading - once rules are set up within Akamai you don't need to even think about how many images or large JavaScript or CSS files (for example) are being served from your own estate, Akamai takes care of it all via rules that are quick, easy and flexible.
Page caching - for pages that don't change very often Akamai allows you to set up rules, quickly and easily, to serve up your page content for you, which takes even more load away from your origin servers.
Quick rollback - the Akamai system allows easy testing of rules and changes via a staging system, and also offers a quick rollback option, which is perfect for the rare occasions when something has been set up incorrectly.

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Manager in Information Technology

Airlines/Aviation Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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The intelligent categorization and management of site content cache in Google Cloud CDN is unique and offers the best results with simple settings.
It has powerful servers in all geographical regions of the world and the speed of the site will increase many times for the customer with smart routing.
It has AnyCast IP feature and website receives a single global IP address. In this case, the site loads at the same speed worldwide.

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Ali Kazempour

Information Technology Adviser

AZEREX LLC.Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Cons

The interface in their control centre could be a bit more user-friendly with some of the settings in places that you wouldn't expect them to be. The search offsets this problem to an extent but it's still sometimes slower than you'd like to find what you are looking for.

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Adam Rooney

Developer

M and M DirectRetail, 501-1000 employees

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Unable to use any kind of code to show different content.
Absence of cloud workers as provided by Cloudfront, Cloudflare and Akamai.
No support for dynamic routing.

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Vice-President in Engineering

Internet Company, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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Support Rating

Akamai 8.5

Based on 4 answers

Their support documents are excellent and provide a lot of useful information for all their services. The only reason I didn't give them a 10 is that the time it takes for them to respond to an issue could be slightly faster.

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Employee in Information Technology

Airlines/Aviation Company, 10,001+ employees

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Google Cloud CDN 7.0

Based on 4 answers

I didn't have the need to use support from Google when I was either testing or setting up my website. Information was easily found by searching online if I needed to, and the options that I needed to install or enable were there on the setup page. Honestly, I was a former systems administrator so most of this stuff is not challenging for me.

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General Manager in Other

Food & Beverages Company, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We've used -- and considered -- a whole number of CDN offerings. The good news is that almost all of the CDN products on the market are terrific, and will pay for themselves via increased customer satisfaction and lower monthly hosting bills. For some cases, we're still more likely to suggest CloudFlare (which has a free tier) or an integrated offering from a cloud provider, like Cloudfront.

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Joshua Dickson

Director of Engineering

NorthOutComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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We have limited software developers and don't have the need for a big cloud service provider along with their costs. Google Cloud CDN brings to usr, reliability and brand familiarity. Google Cloud CDN also doesn't bother us with pitches or 1000 emails about the products. We went and signed up for it, without dealing with a pushy salesperson.

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Cynthia Hinderliter

Dept Chair of IT

Pekin Community High SchoolEducation Management, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

Akamai RoI improved over a period of times since it comes with heavy costs, however global deliveries in over 100 counties and global web platforms usage helps improve RoI
With the complex UI challenges, ROI could be impacted negatively when you have to invest in operations and time.

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Vaibhav Choksi

Senior Product Manger, Digital Commerce

Dell TechnologiesComputer Hardware, 51-200 employees

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Google Cloud CDN has worked great as a tool to provide more reliable and faster interactive web experiences such as with e-learning sites.
The product can require additional training costs, even for experienced IT administrators.
Overall, ongoing costs can also be prohibitive for organizations with smaller web presences.

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Bruce Emmerling

Digital Media Specialist

Digital Media SpecialistInformation Services, 1-10 employees

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Akamai vs Google Cloud CDN

Akamai

Google Cloud CDN

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Likelihood to Recommend

Akamai

Google Cloud CDN

Support Rating

Akamai

Google Cloud CDN

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Support Rating

Alternatives Considered

Return on Investment

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