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Akamai API Gateway vs. Akamai App & API Protector

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Akamai API Gateway

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AAkamai offers their API Gateway, touting easy control and access to enterprise applications via their services.N/A

    Akamai App & API Protector

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAkamai Akamai App & API Protector offers protection for websites, web applications and APIs. An evolution of Kona Site Defender, a web application security platform designed to protect web and mobile assets from targeted web application attacks and DDoS attacks while improving performance.N/A
    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Akamai API GatewayAkamai App & API Protector
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Akamai API GatewayAkamai App & API Protector
    API Management
    Comparison of API Management features of Akamai API Gateway and Akamai App & API Protector
    Feature
    Akamai API Gateway
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Akamai App & API Protector
    -
    Ratings
    API access control8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rate limits and usage policies7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    API usage data8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    API user onboarding8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    API versioning7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Usage billing and payments7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    API monitoring and logging9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Akamai API GatewayAkamai App & API Protector
    Small Businesses
    Amazon API Gateway
    Score7.2 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Azure API Management
    Score9.1 out of 10
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    OCI API Management
    Score7.9 out of 10
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Akamai API GatewayAkamai App & API Protector
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Akamai API GatewayAkamai App & API Protector
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Akamai
    It is really helpful for managing [the] scaling of systems with need and utilizing resources when needed. Also, DevOps support for deployment plans is quite useful when deploying applications. Monitoring systems with graphQL and utilizing them in APIs is quite helpful when used in Microservices systems to identify system capabilities and user utilization of applications.
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    Akamai
    Akamai Kona Site Defender KSD, works fine for any website or mobile application (Native/JDK), it can be used as a WAF, a rate limiting tool, or a bot management tool all in one, plus you will get all the benefits of the Akamai CDN (Content distribution network) as well
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    Pros
    Akamai
    • Graphically representation in GraphQL
    • Scaling system
    • DevOps management
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    Akamai
    • Web Security
    • Bot managment
    • Rate Control
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    Cons
    Akamai
    • Quota enforcement can be simplified
    • Caching mechanism for API with akamai can be improved
    • Gateway configuration can be simplified as details are not much elaborate
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    Akamai
    • Custom rules might be hard to configure
    • For some cases you will need to contact the Akamai team to adjust the backend
    • Interface might feel laggy if used in a non-powerful PC
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    Alternatives Considered
    Akamai
    Akamai [API Gateway] helps better in terms of representation of graphQL and its consumption in monitoring system making a package for deployment speed with monitoring and scaling application with all services and utilizing most of a system without much knowledge of other aspects. Also, [a] user-friendly system helps people to handle [the] system with necessary options
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    Akamai
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    Return on Investment
    Akamai
    • Decrease in time required for deployment and monitoring by significant amount causing less support resources needed
    • Scaling applications on month-end at high usage time has reduced TAT time for issues and no of issues occurring
    • Quota enforcement has allowed [managing] multiple systems and their needs in respective stakeholders hands and reduced infra teams involvement in [the] management of reoccurring problems
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    Akamai
    • Fair Security investment
    • An attack impact would be higher
    • Support contract is not cheap
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