What is the best alternative to Akamai?

By number of websites, the most widely used alternatives to Akamai are Cloudflare, Fastly, AWS CloudFront, Squarespace, Vercel. The right one depends on your needs; compare them on adoption, authority, and audience above.

How many alternatives to Akamai are there?

Site Stats Database tracks 29 other hosting & cdn providers used by 100 or more websites, plus a long tail of rarer ones. Akamai itself is used by 3,577 websites.

Which hosting or CDN provider has the most websites?

Cloudflare leads this category with 262,652 websites in our catalog.

Where does this data come from?

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; authority (Ahrefs Domain Rating) and traffic come from Ahrefs and DataForSEO. Everything reflects the sites we track and refreshes at least monthly.

Akamai Alternatives & Competitors

Last updated July 1, 2026 · refreshes automatically as new data lands.

Looking for an alternative to Akamai? Site Stats Database tracks 29 other hosting & cdn providers; the top ones are below, ranked by adoption, with authority and traffic for each and the leading sites that use them. Akamai itself is used by 3,577 websites. Back to Akamai.

Hosting / CDN	Websites	Share	Median DR	Median traffic	Compare
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The top Akamai alternatives in depth

Cloudflare

#1 in Hosting & CDN Providers · 262,652 websites

Cloudflare is a global CDN, DNS, and security provider that sits in front of a large share of the web. It speeds up sites by caching content at the edge and protects them from attacks and bots. Because it proxies traffic, it is one of the most frequently detected providers in any crawl.

262,652

Websites

64.9%

Share of Hosting / CDN

Median DR

4,757

Median traffic

Top sites using Cloudflare

clevelandclinic.org britannica.com x.com genius.com linkedin.com

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Fastly

#2 in Hosting & CDN Providers · 35,866 websites

Fastly is an edge cloud platform and CDN.

35,866

Websites

8.9%

Share of Hosting / CDN

Median DR

6,122

Median traffic

Top sites using Fastly

spotify.com mlb.com adobe.com nfl.com

AWS CloudFront

#3 in Hosting & CDN Providers · 23,983 websites

Amazon CloudFront is AWS's global content delivery network.

23,983

Websites

5.9%

Share of Hosting / CDN

Median DR

8,550

Median traffic

Top sites using AWS CloudFront

amazon.com imdb.com merriam-webster.com espn.com

Squarespace

#4 in Hosting & CDN Providers · 19,347 websites

Squarespace is an all-in-one hosted website builder known for polished, design-forward templates. It targets creatives, small businesses, and portfolios, and includes commerce, scheduling, and email tools. Everything is managed in one subscription with no separate hosting.

19,347

Websites

4.8%

Share of Hosting / CDN

Median DR

4,120

Median traffic

Top sites using Squarespace

squarespace.com noahlangphotography.com pixar.com

Vercel

#5 in Hosting & CDN Providers · 13,425 websites

Vercel is a hosting and deployment platform optimized for front-end frameworks like Next.js.

13,425

Websites

3.3%

Share of Hosting / CDN

Median DR

4,809

Median traffic

Top sites using Vercel

weather.com history.com nerdwallet.com sixflags.com

Wix

#6 in Hosting & CDN Providers · 12,629 websites

Wix is a hosted drag-and-drop website builder aimed at small businesses and individuals. It emphasizes ease of use, letting non-technical owners assemble a site visually from templates and widgets. It also offers commerce, bookings, and marketing features on top.

12,629

Websites

3.1%

Share of Hosting / CDN

Median DR

2,563

Median traffic

Top sites using Wix