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Akamai App & API Protector vs. Instart Web Security

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 Web Security
Score 0.0 out of 10
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Instart Web Security is designed to secure your web apps from the dangers of the public web. All entry points into your application servers, whether it be your website, your APIs, or your web apps can be protected and secured with Instart Web Security. Instart provides protection across the entire traffic path for your application — from inside the browser where customers and attackers interact with your site, to the edge, all the way to your cloud or physical application infrastructure. The…N/A
Pricing
Akamai App & API ProtectorInstart Web Security
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Akamai App & API ProtectorInstart Web 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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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
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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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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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