What is Akamai?

CDN

Akamai is a content delivery network (CDN): Global CDN and edge security platform. Tech Stack Detector identifies Akamai on any website by analysing HTTP response headers and DNS records.

Akamai is a content delivery network (CDN) (CDN), detected on 14 websites in our index. See websites using Akamai ↓

CategoryCDN
Official siteakamai.com
Detection signals3 signals
In our index14 websites

How Tech Stack Detector detects Akamai

Akamai is matched from these signals during a single, ordinary page request. Each one contributes to the confidence score shown on a scan.

  • HeaderAkamai transformation header
  • HeaderAkamai edge server header
  • DNSAkamai edge hostname or nameservers

Websites using Akamai

Recently scanned websites where we detected Akamai. Open one to see its full technology stack.

ibm.com7 technologies · 5 d ago ebay.com1 technologies · 7 d ago stc.sa2 technologies · 8 d ago samsung.com9 technologies · 8 d ago www.nike.com11 technologies · 8 d ago mailchimp.com7 technologies · 8 d ago www.bestbuy.com8 technologies · 8 d ago microsoft.com6 technologies · 8 d ago www.icici.bank.in9 technologies · 9 d ago www.airbnb.com9 technologies · 9 d ago www.aljazeera.com9 technologies · 9 d ago tiktok.com4 technologies · 9 d ago www.target.com8 technologies · 10 d ago weather.com11 technologies · 10 d ago

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Often used with Akamai

Technologies most frequently detected alongside Akamai across scanned websites.

Adobe Experience ManagerCMS5 sitesJavaLanguage5 sitesAdobe AnalyticsAnalytics4 sitesOneTrustSecurity4 sitesBootstrapUI Library4 sitesZendeskLive Chat4 sitesProgressive Web AppOther4 sitesNext.jsFramework4 sites

Alternatives to Akamai

Other CDN technologies Tech Stack Detector detects: popular alternatives and related tools, most-detected first.

CloudflareCDN249 sitescdnjsCDN35 sitesjsDelivrCDN29 sitesFastlyCDN27 sitesAmazon CloudFrontCDN17 sitesUNPKGCDN14 sitesGoogle Hosted LibrariesCDN7 sitesBunny.netCDN1 siteKeyCDNCDN

Compare Akamai

Side-by-side comparisons of Akamai with other CDN technologies.

Akamai vs Cloudflare Akamai vs cdnjs Akamai vs jsDelivr Akamai vs Fastly Akamai vs Amazon CloudFront

Popular technologies

The technologies most often detected across all websites scanned on Tech Stack Detector.

CloudflareCDN249 sitesGoogle FontsFont220 sitesTailwind CSSUI Library170 sitesReactFramework165 sitesProgressive Web AppOther148 sitesPHPLanguage140 sitesNode.jsLanguage136 sitesNext.jsFramework124 sitesBootstrapUI Library120 sitesGoogle WorkspaceOther110 sites

Frequently asked questions

What is Akamai?

Akamai is a content delivery network (CDN): Global CDN and edge security platform. Tech Stack Detector identifies Akamai on any website by analysing HTTP response headers and DNS records. Its official website is https://akamai.com.

How can I tell if a website uses Akamai?

Enter any URL into Tech Stack Detector and it reports whether Akamai is present, with a confidence score and the exact evidence it matched. Detection is based on HTTP response headers and DNS records. No login or crawling of the site is required.

How many websites use Akamai?

Akamai has been detected on 14 websites in the public Tech Stack Detector scan index. This reflects sites that visitors have analysed here, not global market share.

What are some alternatives to Akamai?

Other CDN technologies Tech Stack Detector detects include Cloudflare, cdnjs, jsDelivr, Fastly, Amazon CloudFront and UNPKG. You can compare any of them side by side with Akamai.

Data last updated October 20, 2026 · based on 623 recently scanned websites.