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Score Comparison

Overall

Pricing

Usability

Performance

Support

Reliability

Onboarding

Security

Integrations

AkamaiFastly

Signals Comparison

Pricing

Akamai

Enterprise pricing prohibitive for smaller organizations(9/10)
April 2026 price increases up to 10%(9/10)
Opaque custom pricing - no transparent rates(6/10)

Fastly

$50 monthly minimum makes it expensive for small sites(8/10)
Costs can get quickly out of control as you grow(8/10)
Complex regional pricing structure(6/10)
Charged after account closure requests(8/10)

Usability

Akamai

Complex UI requires specialized training(7/10)
Not developer-friendly - integration is complex(7/10)
Requires specialized operational discipline(5/10)

Fastly

Requires technical expertise to configure properly(7/10)
WAF interface overwhelming and cumbersome(6/10)

Support

Akamai

Initial tech support can be challenging to obtain(7/10)

Fastly

Support closes tickets without resolution(7/10)
WAF support responsiveness lacking(7/10)

Customization

Akamai

IP address limits require time-consuming requests(5/10)

Fastly

No signals

Reliability

Akamai

Multiple incidents in early 2026(6/10)
CDN business in decline - 17 quarters of falling revenue(6/10)

Fastly

Support portal login issues (January 2026)(5/10)

Onboarding

Akamai

No signals

Fastly

Complex sign-up process with no online support(5/10)

Pricing Comparison

Akamai

Enterprise CDN (Custom)

Popular

$0/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Enterprise minimums, annual contracts typical, complex negotiation required

No published pricing, requires sales engagement, April 2026 3% surcharge + up to 10% renewal increase

Mid-Market (Estimated)

$8000/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: 5-20 TB/month

Limits: Estimated range $8,000-25,000/mo based on industry reports

Security products extra, overages charged, premium support additional

High-Traffic Enterprise

$100000/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Multi-year commitments often required

Can exceed $100K/mo for high-traffic with full security stack

Akamai Cloud (via Linode)

$5/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: 25GB

Limits: Cloud compute separate from CDN/security products

Separate from CDN pricing, cloud computing priced like Linode

Fastly

Pay-As-You-Go

Popular

$50/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Basic support only, no SLA guarantees, self-service configuration

$50 monthly minimum regardless of usage, regional pricing varies significantly ($0.08-0.24/GB), overages can spike quickly

Flat Rate Package

$1500/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Annual commitment typically required

Overages beyond allocation, enterprise features extra, WAF separate

Enterprise

$0/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Annual contracts, minimum commitments

Custom pricing based on usage and commitments, additional products (WAF, Compute) priced separately

Next-Gen WAF

$0/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Complex configuration, separate pricing

Priced separately from CDN, based on requests/traffic, requires CDN subscription

Feature Comparison

Feature	Akamai	Fastly
Performance
Global CDN (1000+ POPs) Largest network
Global CDN
Instant Purge (~150ms) Industry-leading
Security
Web Application Firewall Industry-leading
DDoS Protection
Bot Manager
API Security
Next-Gen WAF Separate pricing
Customization
VCL Configuration Developer-focused
Edge Computing
Compute@Edge $50 free credits
Infrastructure
Cloud Computing (Linode) Via acquisition
Edge Computing
Monitoring
Real-time Analytics
Pricing
Transparent Pricing Custom/negotiated only
Free Tier $50 minimum
Simple Pricing Complex regional rates
Accessibility
SMB-Friendly Enterprise only
Onboarding
Easy Setup Requires training

Signals Comparison

Pricing

Akamai

Enterprise pricing prohibitive for smaller organizations(9/10)
April 2026 price increases up to 10%(9/10)
Opaque custom pricing - no transparent rates(6/10)

Fastly

$50 monthly minimum makes it expensive for small sites(8/10)
Costs can get quickly out of control as you grow(8/10)
Complex regional pricing structure(6/10)
Charged after account closure requests(8/10)

Usability

Akamai

Complex UI requires specialized training(7/10)
Not developer-friendly - integration is complex(7/10)
Requires specialized operational discipline(5/10)

Fastly

Requires technical expertise to configure properly(7/10)
WAF interface overwhelming and cumbersome(6/10)

Support

Akamai

Initial tech support can be challenging to obtain(7/10)

Fastly

Support closes tickets without resolution(7/10)
WAF support responsiveness lacking(7/10)

Customization

Akamai

IP address limits require time-consuming requests(5/10)

Fastly

No signals

Reliability

Akamai

Multiple incidents in early 2026(6/10)
CDN business in decline - 17 quarters of falling revenue(6/10)

Fastly

Support portal login issues (January 2026)(5/10)

Onboarding

Akamai

No signals

Fastly

Complex sign-up process with no online support(5/10)

Pricing Comparison

Akamai

Enterprise CDN (Custom)

Popular

$0/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Enterprise minimums, annual contracts typical, complex negotiation required

No published pricing, requires sales engagement, April 2026 3% surcharge + up to 10% renewal increase

Mid-Market (Estimated)

$8000/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: 5-20 TB/month

Limits: Estimated range $8,000-25,000/mo based on industry reports

Security products extra, overages charged, premium support additional

High-Traffic Enterprise

$100000/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Multi-year commitments often required

Can exceed $100K/mo for high-traffic with full security stack

Akamai Cloud (via Linode)

$5/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: 25GB

Limits: Cloud compute separate from CDN/security products

Separate from CDN pricing, cloud computing priced like Linode

Fastly

Pay-As-You-Go

Popular

$50/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Basic support only, no SLA guarantees, self-service configuration

$50 monthly minimum regardless of usage, regional pricing varies significantly ($0.08-0.24/GB), overages can spike quickly

Flat Rate Package

$1500/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Annual commitment typically required

Overages beyond allocation, enterprise features extra, WAF separate

Enterprise

$0/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Annual contracts, minimum commitments

Custom pricing based on usage and commitments, additional products (WAF, Compute) priced separately

Next-Gen WAF

$0/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Complex configuration, separate pricing

Priced separately from CDN, based on requests/traffic, requires CDN subscription

Feature Comparison

Feature	Akamai	Fastly
Performance
Global CDN (1000+ POPs) Largest network
Global CDN
Instant Purge (~150ms) Industry-leading
Security
Web Application Firewall Industry-leading
DDoS Protection
Bot Manager
API Security
Next-Gen WAF Separate pricing
Customization
VCL Configuration Developer-focused
Edge Computing
Compute@Edge $50 free credits
Infrastructure
Cloud Computing (Linode) Via acquisition
Edge Computing
Monitoring
Real-time Analytics
Pricing
Transparent Pricing Custom/negotiated only
Free Tier $50 minimum
Simple Pricing Complex regional rates
Accessibility
SMB-Friendly Enterprise only
Onboarding
Easy Setup Requires training