Akamai Named a 2026 Gartner Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for Network Security

Microsegmentation has evolved from an advanced security strategy into a foundational Zero Trust control. Once an attacker gets into your environment, unrestricted lateral movement enables the real damage. Security teams need the ability to see and control traffic between workloads and across hybrid IT environments, without slowing their businesses down.

Akamai’s mission is to power and protect life online, and one way we do that is by making advanced security controls easier to apply, easier to trust, and more effective where it counts. For security architects, that means microsegmentation has to be both powerful and practical to operate day to day.

That’s why we’re very proud to share that Akamai Guardicore Segmentation has been named a Customers’ Choice in the 2026 Gartner® Peer Insights™ “Voice of the Customer” for Network Security Microsegmentation.

This recognition, built entirely on verified end-user reviews, comes in the first-ever Gartner Voice of the Customer report for this category. We believe this underscores the fact that microsegmentation is now essential, and that teams are prioritizing solutions that deliver real security outcomes with minimal impact on operations.

As hybrid environments and connected technologies are accelerating change, visibility alone isn’t enough. Security teams need to understand application dependencies and enforce policy between workloads to reduce blast radiuses and support Zero Trust — all with minimal operational overhead.

We feel that’s what makes our designation in a report like Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer so meaningful: For us, it’s a validation of our approach from the ones who know best.

For this Voice of the Customer report, Akamai received the largest number of reviews (109) with an average rating of 4.8.

Across all those reviews, our customers consistently highlighted our consultative sales experience, including post-sales support. Customers also highlighted our deep visibility, policy engine across environments, and an “excellent” admin experience.

Don’t take our word for it. Here are a few quotes from verified Gartner Peer Insights reviews:

“The Guardicore experience we received from start to finish was impeccable. Normally after signing on the dotted line, we never hear from the sales team again and everything goes downhill, however this was not the case. The experience was flawless all the way through from start to finish. Now that we are up and running, the post support has also been exceptional - 10/10.”

"Micro segmentation is critical to achieving our security goals. Guardicore allows us to do so with a great looking interface that optimizes our collaboration between teams."

"I really like this product and the customer service. The software has been reliable. We have used it for three years without any issues."

“The maps are beyond useful for massive environments where app owners don’t track what their systems communicate with. Now, thanks to the maps, we are able to work out dependency and impact much easier than the guesswork done prior. It’s an amazing aspect of the product, which I feel brings the most bang for our buck.”

“What stands out the most is Visibility + Simplicity + control. Guardicore lets security teams visualize every flow, isolate workloads quickly, and enforce Zero Trust policies — all with minimal impact on operations.”

That feedback aligns directly to what security teams need microsegmentation to deliver in 2026: confidence in what’s communicated, precision in enforcement, and the ability to reduce attack paths without disrupting availability. 

For security leaders, this translates to a clearer path to Zero Trust enforcement, with less time to value and fewer trade-offs between security and availability.