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CGlobal network for CDN, DDoS protection, Zero Trust and serverless compute
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Akamai vs Sucuri
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 Sucuri if…
- you're in its core audience: small business site owners, bloggers
Side by side
Feature Akamai Sucuri
Pricing modelPaidPaid
Starting price—$9.99/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
CategoryCDN & edgeWebsite malware scanning
CompanyAkamai TechnologiesGoDaddy Mediatemple, Inc.
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
S Sucuri
- Unlimited manual malware and hack removal
- Cloud-based web application firewall with DDoS protection
- Anycast CDN and caching for faster page loads
- Monitoring for malware, blocklists, DNS, uptime and SEO spam
- Blocklist monitoring and removal
- Server-side file scanner for backdoors and tampering
- SSL certificate support and monitoring
- Free WordPress security plugin and website backups
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Work it out for your team
All plans and prices
Akamai
Compute (1 GB VM, pay-as-you-go)$0.0075/hr
Managed Services (Infrastructure management)$100 per compute instance, per month
Sucuri
Basic Firewall$9.99/mo
Pro Firewall$19.98/mo
Basic Platform$229/yr
Pro Platform$339/yr
Business Platform$549/yr
Junior Dev$999.98/yr
Multi-Site & CustomPrice upon request
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
Sucuri
- Every plan includes unlimited manual malware cleanups
- Works with any CMS
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- 24/7 security team
- Each standard plan covers only one site
- First ticket response on the Basic Platform plan can take 30 hours
- Multi-site and enterprise pricing is only available on request
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 10, 2026. Editorial policy