Akamai Bot Manager vs. F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Akamai Bot Manager
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Akamai 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
F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense (formerly Shape Defense, acquired January 2020) provides security to protect a website from bots, fake users, and unauthorized transactions, preventing large scale fraud and eroded user experiences. Companies get visibility, detection and mitigation outcomes to reduce fraud and cloud hosting, bandwidth and compute costs, improve user experiences, and optimize their business based on real human traffic.
$25
per month
Pricing
Akamai Bot ManagerF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
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Free
$0
Individual
$25
per month
Teams
$200
per month
Organization
Quote
per month
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Akamai Bot ManagerF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Akamai Bot ManagerF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
Considered Both Products
Akamai Bot Manager

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F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
Chose F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
We have tried a whole bunch of solutions before we got Shape bot defense solution. But non of them worked for us the way F5 Shape solution worked
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Small Businesses
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
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Score 8.2 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Akamai Bot ManagerF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(3 ratings)
8.2
(12 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(12 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Akamai Bot ManagerF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense
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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F5
Cloud Bot defense is great for protecting all cloud assets. It is near impossible to have employees monitor these resources each and every second of the day. Criminals do not sleep, so why should our defenses? Having the bots monitoring gives round-the-clock protection and security.
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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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F5
  • Strong anti-bot protection against middle-level threats
  • Analysis and alerting on known problem areas
  • Customer support - before and after installation, [F5] Shape [Security] has supported us actively to see the product realize value.
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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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F5
  • On a technical side, we've had a lot of deployment issues. This is not a one-sprint solution.
  • We ran into undocumented failure modes and had to rely on L2 and L3 customer support, delaying troubleshooting significantly [in our experience].
  • Accurate log ingestion is a larger challenge than one would want in a security tool.
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Support Rating
Akamai
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F5
Because we have been using this product for over a year, we like this and we want to use it for the other department also. So I definitely recommend it to other customers or the vendors to use this F5.
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Implementation Rating
Akamai
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F5
The implementation of F5 distributed cloud, but defense was extremely easy. Very simple to set up an implement in a matter of minutes
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Alternatives Considered
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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F5
We have tried a whole bunch of solutions before we got Shape bot defense solution. But non of them worked for us the way F5 Shape solution worked
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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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F5
  • [F5] Shape [Security] established a clear negative trend line in bot traffic to our retail site.
  • [F5] Shape [Security's] anti-automation has moved our business out of reach for ROI for attackers.
  • So far, [F5] Shape [Security] has not caused any incidents as a technology, and has stifled attacks which would have certainly landed as a Sev 2 without this protection.
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