G2 Vendor Directory

Akamai Cloud Computing vs. Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAkamai Cloud Computing

by Akamai Technologies

Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Overall rating4.64.5
Review count41091
Ease of use9.39.1
Ease of setup9.39.5
Quality of support9.29.2
Meets requirements9.29.2
NPS73.91304367.105263
Small Business72.1%19.8%
Mid-Market15.5%41.8%
Enterprise12.4%38.5%
Total page views1,395111
Total LLM citations10,787117

Akamai Cloud Computing

Akamai Cloud Computing is a platform and broad set of distributed cloud and edge computing services to help businesses build, deploy, and manage applications and workloads on the world’s most distributed network. Akamai’s distributed cloud computing platform is designed for developers and built by developers. The platform empowers developers to build apps and APIs using open standards designed to maximize portability and avoid lock-in. With core, distributed, and edge services, developers can choose where to deploy and scale compute, data, and security services, based on business needs.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Affordable
  • Features
  • Setup Ease
  • Easy Setup
  • User Interface

Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) is a scalable, high-performance block storage service designed for use with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances. It enables users to create storage volumes that can be attached to EC2 instances, allowing for the creation of file systems, running databases, or other block storage applications. EBS volumes are automatically replicated within their specific Availability Zone to protect against component failures, ensuring high availability and durability.

Pros

  • Setup Ease
  • Reliability
  • Scalability