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Likelihood to Recommend
Akamai
Akamai is a well-established brand name with a great product. It meets and many time exceeds the needs for global content delivery and security management layer at the edge. Fine grain security tuning seems cumbersome as the definition of the app keeps changing. It also requires an investment of time for the setup which doesn't necessarily make sense for smaller scale scenarios. Some products offered by AWS, Azure or the Google Cloud can be more tightly integrated with cloud provider offerings thus easier to configure.

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Engineer in Engineering
Retail Company, 10,001+ employeesAWS WAF
AWS WAF is highly appropriate to interrupt or prevent cyber attacks because when implementing rules, whether they are specific or centralized, so any application that has these vulnerabilities is protected.
Implementing managed rules creates greater security to protect both API and applications.If implemented along with other AWS tools, the security is much better, so if you want to protect applications against more specific attacks, it is ideal to integrate with Amazon CloudFront, which is a great benefit because it warns when thresholds are exceeded or specific attacks occur.AWS WAF is ideal to avoid common web attacks. For more specific attacks and scenarios, I don't recommend this.
Software Developer
iModulesComputer Software, 51-200 employees
Pros
Akamai
- Content offloading - once rules are set up within Akamai you don't need to even think about how many images or large JavaScript or CSS files (for example) are being served from your own estate, Akamai takes care of it all via rules that are quick, easy and flexible.
- Page caching - for pages that don't change very often Akamai allows you to set up rules, quickly and easily, to serve up your page content for you, which takes even more load away from your origin servers.
- Quick rollback - the Akamai system allows easy testing of rules and changes via a staging system, and also offers a quick rollback option, which is perfect for the rare occasions when something has been set up incorrectly.

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Manager in Information Technology
Airlines/Aviation Company, 5001-10,000 employeesAWS WAF
- AWS WAF has the most developer-friendly API to create firewall rules.
- AWS WAF provides OWASP security controls, which reduces developers' burden (i.e., SQL injection and cross-site scripting).
- AWS WAF has customizable web security rules. The user can even push the rules through the API available, which is the great feature and helped me a lot.
- It protects applications at layer 7 (HTTP) of the OSI model and not just layer 4 (TCP).
Head of Software & Services
SamiPharmaHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees
Cons
Akamai
- The interface in their control centre could be a bit more user-friendly with some of the settings in places that you wouldn't expect them to be. The search offsets this problem to an extent but it's still sometimes slower than you'd like to find what you are looking for.
Developer
M and M DirectRetail, 501-1000 employees
AWS WAF
- The documentation offered is somewhat confusing, so it would be ideal if it were much more direct and precise.
- Your initial configuration may be confusing, so the best option is to use the rule templates provided by AWS.
- Its configuration is not unified with AWS, so it must be done separately and it takes some time.
- The number of rules to be established is somewhat limited.
Software Developer
KANA SoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees
Usability
Akamai
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AWS WAF
AWS WAF 9.0
Based on 1 answer
The product is highly scalable. It is easy to configure the rules and thereby helps us to mitigate many vulnerabilities.The interface and programming of the firewall provisions were easy to setup. Amazon clearly spent a lot of time figuring this out and perfecting it. It allows users to do customized configurations based on their needs. It provides protection against a number of security issues like XSS, SQL injection, etc. I would definitely recommend this for protecting your infra as you scale, since this basically protects and filters all requests hitting your application server.
Head of Software & Services
SamiPharmaHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees
Support Rating
Akamai
Akamai 8.5
Based on 4 answers
Their support documents are excellent and provide a lot of useful information for all their services. The only reason I didn't give them a 10 is that the time it takes for them to respond to an issue could be slightly faster.

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Employee in Information Technology
Airlines/Aviation Company, 10,001+ employeesAWS WAF
AWS WAF 9.3
Based on 4 answers
If you're intending to use AWS WAF, I would say that you absolutely should sign up for support. AWS Support is excellent and they can help you in a really good way to solve your issues.
DevOps
Aval Digital LabsFinancial Services, 201-500 employees
Alternatives Considered
Akamai
We've used -- and considered -- a whole number of CDN offerings. The good news is that almost all of the CDN products on the market are terrific, and will pay for themselves via increased customer satisfaction and lower monthly hosting bills. For some cases, we're still more likely to suggest CloudFlare (which has a free tier) or an integrated offering from a cloud provider, like Cloudfront.
Director of Engineering
NorthOutComputer Software, 51-200 employees
AWS WAF
Amazon's support was better for us in the end. Implementation was also easier as we're using other Amazon services currently.
Database Administrator
Northside ISDEducation Management, 501-1000 employees
Return on Investment
Akamai
- Akamai RoI improved over a period of times since it comes with heavy costs, however global deliveries in over 100 counties and global web platforms usage helps improve RoI
- With the complex UI challenges, ROI could be impacted negatively when you have to invest in operations and time.
Senior Product Manger, Digital Commerce
Dell TechnologiesComputer Hardware, 51-200 employees
AWS WAF
- The overall security of the web application increased effectively after deploying AWS WAF
- No negative impacts were seen in the business
- The developers were more confident in the overall security model of the web application being developed and it was easy to integrate WAF into the existing system as the application was also using AWS platform

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Engineer in Professional Services
Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employeesPricing Details
Akamai
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Akamai Editions & Modules
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Additional Pricing Details
—AWS WAF
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
AWS WAF Editions & Modules
Edition
Resource Type - Web ACL | $5.001 |
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Resource Type - Rule | $1.001 |
Resource Type - Request | $0.602 |
- per month (prorated hourly)
- per 1 million requests