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CGlobal network for CDN, DDoS protection, Zero Trust and serverless compute
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Akamai vs Kasada
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Akamai if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: enterprises, media and streaming companies
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Choose Kasada if…
- you're in its core audience: enterprise security teams, e-commerce and retail companies
Side by side
Feature Akamai Kasada
Pricing modelPaidContact for pricing
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
CategoryCDN & edgeBot protection
CompanyAkamai TechnologiesKasada
Full feature lists
A Akamai
- Adaptive Media Delivery for streaming and large files
- EdgeWorkers for serverless code at the edge
- Web application and API security
- Edge DNS
- Zero Trust Network Access
- Guardicore microsegmentation
- Akamai Cloud compute with Linode API and CLI
- Terraform and Postman support
K Kasada
- Bot mitigation without CAPTCHAs
- Obfuscated JavaScript VM with changing custom bytecode
- Account intelligence linking devices to identities
- AI agent verification with endpoint-level access policies
- Credential stuffing and account takeover protection
- Guest checkout fraud risk scoring before payment
- SMS toll fraud and OTP abuse detection
- Edge blocking of bad traffic to cut infrastructure costs
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Akamai
Compute (1 GB VM, pay-as-you-go)$0.0075/hr
Managed Services (Infrastructure management)$100 per compute instance, per month
Kasada
Contact for pricing. Plan details aren't published.
Strengths and limitations
Akamai
- Covers delivery, security and cloud compute on one platform
- Automation through APIs, CLI, Terraform and Postman
- Zero trust and segmentation products alongside the WAF
- The large product range is complex to configure for small projects
Kasada
- Works without CAPTCHAs for real users
- Covers bots, human fraud and AI agents on one platform
- Named a Leader in the Forrester Wave for Bot and Agent Trust Management, Q2 2026
- Agent access controls work per endpoint, not just allow or block
- No public pricing; sales demo required
- Aimed at large enterprises rather than small sites
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 10, 2026. Editorial policy