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    Akamai Edge DNS

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AAkamai Edge DNS is a managed DNS touting high availability and strong DDoS protection, deployable as a primary or secondary DNS solution.N/A
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    Chose Akamai Edge DNS
    Akamai wins hands down because of their distributed model (their worldwide CDN which is top notch). We've trusted them for other hosting and media distribution and it was a natural to use them for DNS. Feature wise, they are better, for our use cases, then either Google Cloud …
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    Amazon Route 53
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Azure DNS
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Amazon Route 53
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    Akamai Edge DNS
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    User Testimonials
    Akamai Edge DNS
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    Akamai
    Well suited when you have a high-turnover staffing model or can't get everyone trained on security best practices. Also well suited as a starting place for getting a zero-trust network up and running. A tool like Fast DNS gives you a web based portal to see traffic analysis, too, which for us was very important.
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    Pros
    Akamai
    • DDoS protection
    • Starting place for a zero-trust network
    • Protection for dns spoofing
    • Better protection for our remote employees
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    Akamai
    • Many features and knowing which ones suit our business case
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    Akamai
    Akamai wins hands down because of their distributed model (their worldwide CDN which is top notch). We've trusted them for other hosting and media distribution and it was a natural to use them for DNS. Feature wise, they are better, for our use cases, then either Google Cloud or Azure
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    Akamai
    • Fast DNS is core to our protection model, so while is an IT budget line item, is used to protect the entire org.
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