Akamai

How often 10 AI models recommend Akamai, what they say about it, and who they recommend instead, on the 1 buying question where it came up.

Mention rate

32%of all answers on this question

Best standing

#11of 54 on Best caching tools for web apps

Buying questions

1where any model named it

Never named it

1of 10 models

Which models recommend it

Share of each model's answers that named it, at any position · The black tick marks the panel average

1. Mistral Large 467%
2. MiniMax M358%
3. Qwen 3.8 Flash50%
4. Claude Haiku 5.533%
5. GPT-6 Luna33%
6. Nemotron 3 Ultra27%
7. DeepSeek V4 Pro17%
8. GLM-5.317%
9. Kimi K317%
10. Gemini 4 Argon0%

Never named it: Gemini 4 Argon

Tracked since October 25, 2026. Each time the panel answers these questions again, the change shows here.

What the models say

Each model's one-line reason for recommending it, from its first answer

Best caching tools for web apps 6

• Claude Haiku 5.5Mature, large-scale edge caching platform for high-traffic enterprise sites.
• GPT-6 LunaProven enterprise CDN caching for large-scale global traffic and complex requirements.
• Qwen 3.8 FlashEnterprise-grade global CDN with deep caching and security controls.
• DeepSeek V4 ProUnrivaled enterprise reliability and security for mission-critical global web delivery.
• MiniMax M3Premium edge network with advanced cache control features.
• Mistral Large 4Enterprise-grade CDN with massive global infrastructure and robust security.

Against the competition

Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, Akamai highlighted.

Best caching tools for web apps

54 products named in 119 answers across 4 wordings

Contested

1. 1Memcached84%
2. 2Redis76%
3. 3Cloudflare71%
4. 4Hazelcast57%
5. 5Fastly54%
6. ⋯
7. 11Akamai32%

Mention rate by model and question

Share of each model's answers on the question that named it · Hover a cell for the count

Question	Claude Haiku 5.5	GPT-6 Luna	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek V4 Pro	GLM-5.3	Kimi K3	MiniMax M3	Mistral Large 4	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Best caching tools for web apps	33	33		50	17	17	17	58	67	27

Does the wording matter?

Share of answers that named it under each way of asking the question · Hover a cell for the exact wording

Question	List request	Buyer asking for advice	Search query	Worth paying for?
Best caching tools for web apps	43	7	33	43

Head to head

Against the products named most often on the same questions

Akamai vs MemcachedAkamai vs RedisAkamai vs CloudflareAkamai vs HazelcastAkamai vs FastlyAkamai vs Amazon ElastiCache

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