G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon AWS Platform vs. Akamai Cloud Computing

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

MetricAmazon AWS Platform

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Akamai Cloud Computing

by Akamai Technologies

Overall rating4.74.6
Review count84410
Ease of use9.09.3
Ease of setup8.89.3
Quality of support9.29.2
Meets requirements9.79.2
NPS85.18518573.913043
Small Business38.1%72.1%
Mid-Market38.1%15.5%
Enterprise23.8%12.4%
Total page views2341,395
Total LLM citations1,13410,787

Amazon AWS Platform

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive and widely adopted cloud platform that offers over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Since its launch in 2006, AWS has enabled millions of customers—including startups, enterprises, and government agencies—to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster. Key Features and Functionality: - Compute Power: AWS provides scalable computing capacity through services like Amazon EC2, allowing users to run applications on virtual servers tailored to their needs.

Pros

  • Free Services
  • Services Variety
  • Scalability
  • Cost-Effective
  • Customer Support

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