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Akamai App & API Protector vs. F5 Distributed Cloud DDoS Mitigation Service

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Akamai App & API Protector
Score 8.4 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
F5 Distributed Cloud DDoS Mitigation Service
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
A cloud-delivered DDoS mitigation that detects and mitigates attacks before they reach an organization's network infrastructure and applications.N/A
Pricing
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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User Testimonials
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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
Randy Varela | TrustRadius Reviewer
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F5
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Pros
Akamai
  • Web Security
  • Bot managment
  • Rate Control
Randy Varela | TrustRadius Reviewer
Randy Varela
Offensive Security Engineer Lead
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F5
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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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Offensive Security Engineer Lead
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F5
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Return on Investment
Akamai
  • Fair Security investment
  • An attack impact would be higher
  • Support contract is not cheap
Randy Varela | TrustRadius Reviewer
Randy Varela
Offensive Security Engineer Lead
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F5
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