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Akamai App & API Protector vs. Layer7 API Security

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Layer7 API Security

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ALayer7 API Management enables enterprises to test and monitor real-time in both development and production environments. Now under the brand Layer7 API Security from Broadcom, the service includes Layer7 API Gateway, and the Layer7 API Developer Portal.N/A
    Pricing
    Akamai App & API ProtectorLayer7 API Security
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Akamai App & API ProtectorLayer7 API Security
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Akamai App & API ProtectorLayer7 API Security
    API Management
    Comparison of API Management features of Akamai App & API Protector and Layer7 API Security
    Feature
    Akamai App & API Protector
    -
    Ratings
    Layer7 API Security
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    API access control00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Rate limits and usage policies00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    API usage data00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    API user onboarding00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    API versioning00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Usage billing and payments00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    API monitoring and logging00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Akamai App & API ProtectorLayer7 API Security
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    Amazon API Gateway
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Azure API Management
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
    Score9.4 out of 10
    OCI API Management
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Akamai App & API ProtectorLayer7 API Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Akamai App & API ProtectorLayer7 API Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Broadcom
    Well suited for publishing internal services with very high security, protecting against attacks, and managing on-demand load. Also good for transform messages and SQL to Rest services. Not appropriate for business logic implementation.
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    Pros
    Akamai
    • Web Security
    • Bot managment
    • Rate Control
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    Broadcom
    • SOAP to Rest / Rest to SOAP web services transformation.
    • Secure authorization and authetication (JWT, OpenIP Connect, OAuth, SAML and more). WASP Features as injection protection.
    • Easy rule writing without coding.
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    Cons
    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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    Broadcom
    • It would be nice to have an integration with services like Github for managing projects and versions.
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    Usability
    Akamai
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    Broadcom
    The Layer7 API Management is a great solution, but, sometimes the documentation is not clear or has lack of examples.
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    Support Rating
    Akamai
    No answers on this topic
    Broadcom
    The support team is good and the response time is reasonable, but (there is always a but), when support inquiries are made by someone experienced, and the question is not trivial, it is boring and takes a long time to get the case escalated to the next level of support.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Akamai
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    Broadcom
    We evaluated 3 tools and decided on Layer7 API Management because it had the shortest implementation times and fastest learning curve, without losing power of customization and scalability.
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    Return on Investment
    Akamai
    • Fair Security investment
    • An attack impact would be higher
    • Support contract is not cheap
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    Broadcom
    • Very fast implementation and is easy to learn & use.
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