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Akamai (akamai.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2015.
Fastly (fastly.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2020.

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Akamai
150 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02142
US

akamai.com
Fastly
475 Brannan St
San Francisco, CA 94107
US

fastly.com
📧 Emailhostmaster-billing@a...japan@f...
☎ Phone+1 617 444 3000, Fax: +1 617 444 3001+1-844-432-7859
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 14,519▲3,684 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 28,229▼-4 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in IN 9,711
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 82/68🔗 Links 710,784		🏆 Alexa Rating 42,872▲13,889 (lower is better)
Alexa Rank in IN 19,628
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 82/66🔗 Links 15,099,827
Languages zh-CN en-US fr-FR de-DE it-IT ja-JP ko-KR pt-PT es-ES en-US
📄 InfoAkamai's journey began with a challenge posed by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, at MIT in 1995. He foresaw the congestion issues that would plague Internet users and challenged colleagues to devise a better way to deliver Internet content. This challenge ultimately led to the creation of Akamai, a commercial service that has revolutionized the Internet. MIT Professor Tom Leighton, intrigued by the challenge, assembled a team of researchers to tackle the problem. Together, [...] Read full reviewFastly is a CDN provider that includes multiple features, as well as possibility for configurations, designing plans for pros. Some of their customers include New York Times, Github, Spotify or Deliveroo.

Fastly operates on a robust cloud platform with speed and security all optimized, providing services for open source projects.

All plans at Fastly include full website and streaming delivery network and instant purging, making your website benefit from dynamic site acceleration. As [...] Read full review
📡 EstablishedAugust, 1998-
🏁 Site speedFast, load time 1.4 seconds 67% sites are slower
SEO Links count 5,659		Fast, load time 1.1 seconds 79% sites are slower
SEO Links count 1,048
📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media
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akamai.com IconAkamai
Started from: January, 2009
  • Tweets: 27,511
  • Followers: 122,900
  • Friends: 2,926
  • Last activity:
fastly.com Iconfastly
Started from: July, 2011
  • Tweets: 7,296
  • Followers: 28,119
  • Friends: 2,495
  • Last activity:
akamai.com IconAkamai Technologies
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fastly.com IconFastly
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Akamai Technologies
  • Followers: 59,568
  • Entity type: Public Company
  • Founded: 1998
  • Employee Count: 5001-10000
  • Industry: Internet
company/fastly
Akamai Blog
  • Blog Posts: 16,765
  • Blog added on: Nov, 2015
  • Language used: en
  • Last written post:

Fastly Blog
  • Blog Posts: 586
  • Software Fastly WebEng
  • First post from: Jan, 2017
  • Last written post:

🔧 CDN - 0/4
💡 Plan Name-Trial
💰 Price-$ 0.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space- 
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-1
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Everything you need to get started and plan for future scale.
Best for: Any size company looking to give Fastly a try.

Test up to $50 of traffic for free, no commitment required.

Bandwidth for content delivery and streaming delivery is measured as Gbytes delivered from Fastly caches by region. [...]
📅 Date Plan-Aug 2021
💡 Plan Name-Essential
💰 Price-$ 0.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space- 
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-10
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Go further. Predictable spending that accelerates growth.
Best for: Small companies looking for a trusted solutions provider.

3TB global delivery per month
30MM Image Optimizer images per month
Secure up to 10 domains with Fastly TLS non-profit CA/BYO certificates
Standard support

Bandwidth for [...]
📅 Date Plan-Aug 2021
💡 Plan Name-Professional
💰 Price-$ 0.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space- 
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Focus on driving growth with delivery, security, and compute capabilities that align to your size and needs.
Best for: Mid-sized companies with a global focus.

10TB global delivery per month
100MM Image Optimizer images per month
Secure up to 10 domains with Fastly TLS commercial CA [...]
📅 Date Plan-Aug 2021
💡 Plan Name-Enterprise
💰 Price-$ 0.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space- 
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Advanced security, compute, and delivery packages that are tailored for your size and scale.
Best for: Companies with a focus on scale and innovation.

Unlimited global delivery
Custom Image Optimizer images
Custom TLS

Bandwidth for content delivery and streaming delivery is measured as Gbytes [...]
📅 Date Plan-Aug 2021
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