Akamai App & API Protector vs. DataDome

Akamai App & API Protector

16 Reviews and Ratings

DataDome

2 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Akamai App & API Protector	Score8.4 out of 10	N/A	Akamai 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
DataDome	Score9 out of 10	N/A	DataDome protects businesses from cyberfraud and bot attacks in real time, securing digital experiences across websites, mobile apps, ads, and APIs. DataDome's AI analyzes 5 trillion signals daily, with the goal of delivering protection without compromising performance. Its Cyberfraud Protection Platform integrates into any tech stack. Fully automated, it detects and blocks every malicious click, signup, and account login. Backed by a global team of advanced threat researchers and 24/7 SOC…	$3,830 per month

Pricing

Akamai App & API Protector

DataDome

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Essentials: $3,830
per month
Advanced: $8,670
per month
Premium: $10,160
per month
Enterprise: $13,270
per month

Pricing Offerings
Akamai App & API Protector	DataDome
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

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Best Alternatives
	Akamai App & API Protector	DataDome
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF Score9.4 out of 10	No answers on this topic
Enterprises	F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF Score9.4 out of 10	No answers on this topic
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Akamai App & API Protector	DataDome
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Akamai App & API Protector	DataDome
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 Incentivized Randy Varela Offensive Security Engineer Lead Read full review	DataDome bot control, granular tools and alerting Incentivized Shawn Burke lead systems engineer Read full review
Pros	Akamai Web Security Bot managment Rate Control Incentivized Randy Varela Offensive Security Engineer Lead Read full review	DataDome No answers on this topic
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 Incentivized Randy Varela Offensive Security Engineer Lead Read full review	DataDome No answers on this topic
Usability	Akamai No answers on this topic	DataDome some pieces get very complicated. so for the massive amount of things you can do, it sometimes is too much to digest. Incentivized Shawn Burke lead systems engineer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Akamai No answers on this topic	DataDome DataDome is justt has slightly different capabilities. Cloudflare is in use with DataDome for us. CDN and DataDome for mainly bot protection Incentivized Shawn Burke lead systems engineer Read full review
Return on Investment	Akamai Fair Security investment An attack impact would be higher Support contract is not cheap Incentivized Randy Varela Offensive Security Engineer Lead Read full review	DataDome No answers on this topic
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