# Akamai Connected Cloud

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/akamai-connected-cloud
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/akamai-connected-cloud.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/akamai-connected-cloud/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://akamai.com
- **Slug:** akamai-connected-cloud
- **Categories:** cloud-infrastructure, cybersecurity

## Overview

- **Tagline:** The world's most distributed cloud platform, placing compute and data significantly closer to users than centralized hyperscalers.
Source: Brand's website (https://akamai.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Akamai Connected Cloud is a massively distributed edge and cloud platform that integrates delivery, computing, and security services. It aims to provide infrastructure closer to users by leveraging Akamai's global edge network of over 4,000 locations, incorporating the compute capabilities of the acquired Linode service.
Source: Brand's website (https://akamai.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Compute (IaaS)
  - Storage
  - CDN
  - Web Security
  - API Security
  - DDoS Protection.
Source: Brand's website (https://akamai.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Usage-based & Enterprise/Custom
Source: Brand's website (https://akamai.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Enterprise, Media & Entertainment, E-commerce, Gaming, Financial Services.
Source: Brand's website (https://akamai.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  - Cloudflare
  - Fastly
  - Microsoft Azure
Source: Brand's website (https://akamai.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.