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Akamai vs Google Drive: What are the differences?

What is 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.

What is Google Drive? Integrate your app with Google Drive. The Drive SDK gives you a group of APIs along with client libraries, language-specific examples, and documentation to help you develop apps that integrate with Drive The core functionality of Drive apps is to download and upload files in Google Drive. However, the Drive SDK provides a lot more than just storage..

Akamai and Google Drive are primarily classified as "Content Delivery Network" and "File Storage" tools respectively.

Asana, CircleCI, and GoSquared are some of the popular companies that use Google Drive, whereas Akamai is used by Best Buy, Fab, and Svbtle. Google Drive has a broader approval, being mentioned in 2070 company stacks & 1950 developers stacks; compared to Akamai, which is listed in 92 company stacks and 13 developer stacks.

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Pros of Akamai
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    • 505
      Easy to use
    • 326
      Gmail integration
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      Enough free space
    • 268
      Collaboration
    • 249
      Stable service
    • 128
      Desktop and mobile apps
    • 97
      Offline sync
    • 79
      Apps
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      15 gb storage
    • 50
      Add-ons
    • 9
      Integrates well
    • 6
      Easy to use
    • 3
      Simple back-up tool
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      Amazing
    • 2
      Beautiful
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      Fast upload speeds
    • 2
      The more the merrier
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      So easy
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      Wonderful
    • 2
      Linux terminal transfer tools
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      It has grown to a stable in the cloud office
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      UI
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      Windows desktop
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      G Suite integration

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    Cons of Akamai
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        Organization via web ui sucks
      • 2
        Not a real database

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      What is Akamai?

      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.

      What is Google Drive?

      Keep photos, stories, designs, drawings, recordings, videos, and more. Your first 15 GB of storage are free with a Google Account. Your files in Drive can be reached from any smartphone, tablet, or computer.

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