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Akamai CDN vs. Azure Front Door

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Akamai CDN

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AAkamai Technologies, headquartered in Boston, offers Akamai Connected Cloud, a content delivery network (CDN) with a variety of services used to guarantee application, API, and media delivery.N/A

    Azure Front Door

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAzure Front Door is a cloud content delivery network (CDN) service that helps users deliver high performance, scalability, and a secure user experiences for content and applications. It includes a customizable rules engine for advanced routing capabilities. It boasts instant scalability with global HTTP load balancing and failover.

    $35

    per month

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    Akamai CDNAzure Front Door
    Editions & Modules
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    Standard
    $35
    per month
    Premium
    $330
    per month
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    Akamai CDNAzure Front Door
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Base fees (Billed hourly and only for number of hours used)​
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    Microsoft
    Chose Azure Front Door
    It's generally hard to compare CDNs, each has its features, POP locations, latency, and availability. We have used many other CDNs, including Akamai, Verizon, and Cloudflare. They are all great, but each has its own advantages/disadvantages. From our perspective, all other …
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    User Ratings
    Akamai CDNAzure Front Door
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (16 ratings)
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    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
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