Company profile
Akamai
Zero Trust and edge security platform; enterprise browser capability via LayerX (Workforce Protector).
- Status
- Public · AKAM
- Market cap
- $15B as of Oct 1, 2026 10:01 AM ETCyberMerge Market Cap board (Yahoo Finance) Source
- Latest funding
- Undisclosed
- Website
- akamai.com
- Last updated
Categories
Funding & valuation
Funding: Undisclosed — no round recorded in the CyberMerge Funding Tracker.
Acquisitions recorded
- LayerX — acquiredLayerX / Workforce Protector under Akamai — not a standalone LayerX mcap
Versus matchups
- Akamai API Security vs Salt SecurityAPI Security · This week
Versus calls are editorial, not audited market share.
Rankings
- Market Cap board · Oct 1, 2026 10:01 AM ET #9 · AKAM $15B Yahoo Finance
Competitors
Same-category peers from CyberMerge Research maps, Startup Radar and What's The Use tags.
- CloudflarePublic · NETGlobal edge network delivering zero trust access and application security.
- Palo Alto NetworksPublic · PANWEnterprise security platform spanning NGFW, SASE, CNAPP, and Cortex SOC analytics.
- IslandPrivateEnterprise browser plus AI Protect: prompts, tool calls, Island MCP Gateway — agentic control plane for…
- F5Public · FFIVApplication delivery and WAF/WAAP platform — longstanding NESM incumbent alongside Cloudflare, Akamai, and…
- HuskeysPrivateNamed the Network Edge Security Management (NESM) category.
- ImpervaAcquired by ThalesApplication and data security spanning WAF, API, and database monitoring (Imperva under Thales — WAF/API/app…
- AWSPublic · AMZNNative AWS security controls for detection, posture, identity, and secrets.
- FastlyPublic · FSLYEdge cloud CDN with Next-Gen WAF — NESM incumbent often managed alongside Cloudflare and Akamai by edge…
- Impart SecurityPrivateRuntime application protection that runs inside the app rather than in front of it — behavioral detection…
- MicrosoftPublic · MSFTIdentity, endpoint, cloud, email, and SOC tooling integrated across Microsoft 365 and Azure.
- CrowdStrikePublic · CRWDCloud-native endpoint and identity security with managed hunting and XDR.
- GooglePublic · GOOGLGoogle Cloud security: Chronicle/SecOps, Mandiant, Chrome Enterprise, and Wiz CNAPP (acquired) for agentless…
Figures appear only as recorded in CyberMerge data, with source and date. “Undisclosed” means no published figure in our data. Editorial, not investment advice. Last updated . Spot an error? Tell the desk.