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    Akamai Bot Manager

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AAkamai Bot Manager delivers advanced bot detection to spot and avert evasive threats, and to stay ahead of the evolving bot landscape and stop sophisticated bots at the edge ― keeping them away from business networks.N/A

    Azure CDN

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft offers a content delivery network, Azure CDN.N/A
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    Akamai Bot ManagerAzure CDN
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    Akamai Bot ManagerAzure CDN
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Best Alternatives
    Akamai Bot ManagerAzure CDN
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    Amazon CloudFront
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Google Cloud CDN
    Score6.2 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Akamai Bot ManagerAzure CDN
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
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    User Testimonials
    Akamai Bot ManagerAzure CDN
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Akamai
    One of the most serious issues with commercial websites is dealing with bots. Even a good bot can slow down or render a website unresponsive. Because not all bots are evil, Akamai Bot Manager allows us to handle the bots that are required and those that are not. It adds an extra degree of security where typical solutions fail.
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    Microsoft
    Azure CDN has at hand an infinity of applications and tools to implement in your system and have better control of your data in a clean and secure platform on the web, we recommend this program since the percentage of solutions provided by this program is very high and find a way to make each user's job easier.
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    Pros
    Akamai
    • Bot detection
    • Good selection of actions in case of bot detection
    • Easy implementation of its standard features
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    Microsoft
    • I found the CDN very easy to setup and configure within the Azure Portal.
    • Being Azure, there are plenty of free tools that allow you to manage the CDN from a UI that is not the portal. This was especially handy when I trained end users how to manage content within their specific realm.
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    Cons
    Akamai
    • Support might not be as fast as we want for custom implementations.
    • At the beginning the interface might be confusing.
    • Some new features they introduce might break existing features.
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    Microsoft
    • Tough learning curve--you have to be comfortable with the Azure Cloud logic and UI to use it easily
    • Special or uncommon use cases' pricing can be hard to forecast/follow
    • Can be expensive for simple use cases
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    Usability
    Akamai
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    Microsoft
    I give it 9/10 rating because it solved my problem by Caching my website content on global servers to load faster.
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    Support Rating
    Akamai
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    Microsoft
    Great support from the team whenever we're stuck. Very proactive in resolving issues and also making changes as per the requirements of the organization.
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    Akamai
    Security concerns call for the deployment of Akamai Bot Manager. It assists in preventing bots from being unable to target our website and applications. The Akamai lab rejects the request or attack before it reaches my cloud infrastructure or my applications. My application is more secure as a result.
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    Microsoft
    More user friendly and it’s so easy to learn, the prices may be close to each other, but the service is excellent.
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    Return on Investment
    Akamai
    • Reduce overall infrastructure maintenance due to less incoming traffic and leverage of caching rules
    • Better user experience on the website due to better overall performance
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    Microsoft
    • Azure CDN reduced origin instance load by removing the need to constantly serve large numbers of static files, meaning applications can be deployed with smaller/fewer instances.
    • Azure CDN reduces apparent load times to customers by serving cached files out of POPs in the local region of those clients, instead of requiring those clients to make multiple, lengthy requests through to the origin servers.
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