--- title: Akamai Ion Reviews meta\_title: 'Akamai Ion Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 19 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Akamai Ion works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 19 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Hosting url: https://www.g2.com/categories/hosting --- # Akamai Ion Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Akamai Ion but has limited features. Are you part of the Akamai Ion team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Automated acceleration to deliver the best website and mobile app experiences imaginable * * * Seller [Akamai Technologies](https://www.g2.com/sellers/akamai-technologies) Discussions [Akamai Ion Community](https://www.g2.com/products/akamai-ion/discuss) Overview by Dawn Wellhausen Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Cloudflare Application Security and Performance](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Cloudflare Application Security and Performance") Cloudflare Application Security and Performance 4.5/5(686) ](https://www.g2.com/products/cloudflare-application-security-and-performance/reviews) [ ![Hostinger](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Hostinger") Hostinger 4.4/5(831) ](https://www.g2.com/products/hostinger/reviews) [ ![Bunny CDN](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Bunny CDN") Bunny CDN 4.8/5(512) ](https://www.g2.com/products/bunny-cdn/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/akamai-ion/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 19 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Sanjay K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sanjay K.") SK Sanjay K. Associate General Manager Global Network Operation Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/21/2022 "Using for our Fintech Application for WAF" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Akamai Ion? Akamai Edge server environment for our global client to provide secure & flawless fintech applications, that happened due to Direct connect as that is linked with our on-prem data center and providing more closed environment of us to publish our services thru Akamai WAF via using Direct connect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Akamai Ion? We should have more detailed logging on the Akamai side. We should have more detailed logging on the Akamai side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Akamai Ion solving and how is that benefiting you? We solved security concerns like Hole in the firewall. As a legacy design, we have to allow any source to reach our public-facing server. Now users reach Akamai, and then only Akamai trusted source to enter into our network via direct connect with encryption. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Puneet D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Puneet D.") PD Puneet D. Senior Process Associate Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/11/2022 "Protects entire ecosystem" 5/5 What do you like best about Akamai Ion? It protects system, clouds, apps, API and users without slowing down Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Akamai Ion? Customer support Pricing issue Need to resolve queries in no time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Akamai Ion solving and how is that benefiting you? It help me in delivering the best content Its speed is good Hosting live sessions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain") UL Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/6/2022 "Core users to use Akamai Direct Connect" 3/5 What do you like best about Akamai Ion? Monitoring dashboard, end to end security protection Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Akamai Ion? Complex initial setup & configuration for new application onboarding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Akamai Ion: For those companys which looking for IT security protection on their corporate website or portal. It is highly recommended to subscribe to Akamai Direct Connect service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Akamai Ion solving and how is that benefiting you? DDOS and SQL injection attack. It able to shield my company critical application from the security attack with minimum impacts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Anand V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Anand V.") AV Anand V. Enterprise Information Technology - Communication - Architect | Consultant | Auditor | Trainer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/17/2022 "Scalable Edge platform" 5/5 What do you like best about Akamai Ion? Ease of use, deployment, delivery, integration, scalability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Akamai Ion? There is nothing I dislike about this product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Akamai Ion solving and how is that benefiting you? We use this product to connect over the IP network to Edge in real-time. We have got good analytics and dashboarding, and ROI has increased by 25%. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Nikhil A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Nikhil A.") NA Nikhil A. Product Specialist II Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/2/2022 "Efficient and best UI interface" 4/5 What do you like best about Akamai Ion? Load management, traffic management options, backup servers to support 24x365 and database monitoring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Akamai Ion? Hard to Keep track of Blacklisted DNS IP Address, Too much information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Akamai Ion solving and how is that benefiting you? Traffic management, Server health monitoring and IP DNSs blacklisting and white listing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Apparel & Fashion](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Apparel & Fashion") CA Verified User in Apparel & Fashion Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/19/2022 "Have used Akamai direct for caching" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Akamai Ion? The best thing about Akamai is purging of pages with unique CP codes, which help us to quickly propogate changes to edge servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Akamai Ion? The only thing i dislike about the product is limited logs available to vendors and most of the critical logs available to Akamai Tech Proffesionals Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Akamai Ion: Na Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Akamai Ion solving and how is that benefiting you? Using Akami direct for caching mechanism which eventually decrease the load on origin servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") AI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/11/2022 "suite of intelligent performance" 5/5 What do you like best about Akamai Ion? is a suite of intelligent performance optimizations and controls that helps deliver superior web, iOS, and Android experiences. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Akamai Ion? all good no dislikes in product ........ Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Akamai Ion solving and how is that benefiting you? Deliver the best experiences every time · Engage users with fast, dynamic content · Optimize performance with less cost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Banking](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Banking") AB Verified User in Banking Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/23/2021 "akamai ion" 5/5 What do you like best about Akamai Ion? very reliable, traffic improvement has been great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Akamai Ion? nothing to dislike, been using it for the past 6 yrs and can't remember a thing i didn't like Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Akamai Ion: been using it for the pat 6 years and has ade administration a lot easier, easy to setup and maintain Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Akamai Ion solving and how is that benefiting you? mostly traffic or presenting a page in a faster way to our customers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") IC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/9/2022 "My first Akamai Ion review" 4/5 What do you like best about Akamai Ion? Automated optimization of the performance and cellular networks is a very good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Akamai Ion? It doesn't have enough open docs for its SDK. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Akamai Ion solving and how is that benefiting you? Consistent performance regardless of the number of app users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Akamai Ion? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Akamai Ion ](https://www.g2.com/products/akamai-ion/discussions/new) GU Guest User What is Akamai Ion used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-akamai-ion-used-for) GU Guest User What is Akamai Direct Connect used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-akamai-direct-connect-used-for) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/akamai-ion/discuss) ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. 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