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Akamai App & API Protector vs. Google Cloud Armor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Akamai App & API Protector
Score 8.5 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
Google Cloud Armor
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Google Cloud Armor helps users to protect applications and websites against denial of service and web attacks.
$200
per month ( up to 2 protected resources)
Pricing
Akamai App & API ProtectorGoogle Cloud Armor
Editions & Modules
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Google Cloud Armor (standard)
$200
per month Includes up to 2 protected resources
Google Cloud Armor Enterprise
$3000
per month Includes up to 100 protected resources across all projects ($30/protected resource per month after initial 100)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Akamai App & API ProtectorGoogle Cloud Armor
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
Akamai App & API ProtectorGoogle Cloud Armor
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Akamai App & API ProtectorGoogle Cloud Armor
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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Offensive Security Engineer Lead
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Google
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Pros
Akamai
  • Web Security
  • Bot managment
  • Rate Control
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Google
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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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Google
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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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Google
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