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Akamai vs Zencoder: What are the differences?
Akamai: The leading platform for cloud, mobile, media and security across any device, anywhere. If you've ever shopped online, downloaded music, watched a web video or connected to work remotely, you've probably used Akamai's cloud platform. Akamai helps businesses connect the hyperconnected, empowering them to transform and reinvent their business online. We remove the complexities of technology, so you can focus on driving your business faster forward; Zencoder: Cloud-based video and audio encoding product suite. Zencoder downloads the video and converts it to as many formats as you need. Every output is encoded concurrently, with virtually no waiting—whether you do one or one hundred. Zencoder then uploads the resulting videos to a server, CDN, an S3 bucket, or wherever you dictate in your API call.
Akamai belongs to "Content Delivery Network" category of the tech stack, while Zencoder can be primarily classified under "Media Transcoding".
Pros of Akamai
Pros of Zencoder
- Easy setup7
- Flexible S3 integration3
- Good customer support1




