Akamai Site Shield vs. KeyCDN
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Akamai Site Shield | KeyCDN |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Review count | 21 | 71 |
| Ease of use | 9.0 | 9.5 |
| Ease of setup | 9.3 | 9.6 |
| Quality of support | 9.1 | 9.2 |
| Meets requirements | 9.0 | 9.6 |
| NPS | 75 | 74.647887 |
| Small Business | 14.3% | 91.4% |
| Mid-Market | 28.6% | 2.9% |
| Enterprise | 57.1% | 5.7% |
| Total page views | 111 | 90 |
| Total LLM citations | 328 | 829 |
Akamai Site Shield
Akamai Site Shield is a security solution designed to protect web applications by concealing origin servers from direct internet access. By routing all incoming traffic through Akamai's globally distributed network, Site Shield ensures that only legitimate requests reach the origin, effectively mitigating threats such as Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks and other malicious activities. Key Features and Functionality: - Origin Cloaking: Removes web applications from publicly accessible IP address space, preventing attackers from targeting the origin directly.
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- Ease of Use
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KeyCDN
KeyCDN is a simple, fast & reliable Content Delivery Network with 25+ POPs strategicially located around the globe. KeyCDN offers the lowest price at $0.04/GB (every region), pay-as-you-go and many advanced features such as HTTP/2 Support, Free SSL, Instant Purging, a RESTful API, Real-time Analytics, Two-Factor Auth, and 24+ CMS integrations (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, etc).