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Akamai App & API Protector vs. Instart Bot Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Akamai App & API Protector
Score 8.5 out of 10
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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
Instart Bot Management
Score 0.0 out of 10
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Instart Bot Management takes a unique approach to defeat sophisticated bot attacks like credential stuffing and inventory holding, by collecting signals across both the client and server to validate users and browsers. This coordination allows Bot Management to develop low-level fingerprints about the environment, browser, user input, and more to differentiate humans from even the most sophisticated bots. The result is unmatched defense against extremely human-looking bot attacks. With…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
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Instart
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Pros
Akamai
  • Web Security
  • Bot managment
  • Rate Control
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Instart
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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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Instart
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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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Instart
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