Apigee Sense vs. F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apigee Sense
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Apigee Sense from Google (acquired in late 2016) protects APIs from unwanted request traffic, including attacks from malicious clients. Apigee Sense analyzes API request traffic, identifying patterns that might represent unwanted requests.N/A
F5 Distributed Cloud API Security
Score 9.0 out of 10
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F5's Distributed Cloud API Security provides discovery and deep insights from use of AI/ML. It can be used to block API attacks in real time and eliminate vulnerabilities at their source. The SaaS-based portal enables users to manage and go deep for threat analytics, forensics, and troubleshooting of modern applications.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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API Security
Comparison of API Security features of Product A and Product B
Apigee Sense
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Ratings
F5 Distributed Cloud API Security
9.1
11 Ratings
0% above category average
Data Protection00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Audit Logging00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Input Validation00 Ratings8.911 Ratings
Content Filtering00 Ratings8.911 Ratings
Denial of Service (DoS) Protection00 Ratings9.311 Ratings
Security Notification and Alerts00 Ratings9.311 Ratings
API Key Management00 Ratings9.311 Ratings
Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS) Protection00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
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User Ratings
Apigee SenseF5 Distributed Cloud API Security
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(3 ratings)
8.9
(15 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(14 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(9 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apigee SenseF5 Distributed Cloud API Security
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Deployment is very easy and the configuration is excellent and the Apigee Sense is ready to go. The platform has an effective centralized Cloud monitoring capabilities and the data visual analytics that are generated are useful to the business production. Excellent portals and the features are easy to custom when starting with the platform and the project documentation tools are reliable.
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F5
F5 Distributed Cloud API Security is well suited for customers who use API every day and don´t have any protection against this type of traffic. Protecting API today is fundamental for one reason, many flows of our transactional applications use API to communicate and send information to our client creating a target point for hackers and attackers.
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Pros
Google
  • Data integration is excellent.
  • Secure environment for the organization data management.
  • Traffic monitoring.
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F5
  • Rate Limiting and Quotas.
  • API Threat Protection.
  • Automated API Discovery.
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Cons
Google
  • The Apigee Sense deployment to the new users is not an easy operation.
  • Visualization analytics for complex project data.
  • Cloud multiple services management.
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F5
  • More accurate detection of advanced persistent threats (APTs) targeting APIs.
  • A greater emphasis on checking APIs' schema and contract may prevent them from accepting misconfigurations or malicious input.
  • More customized, dynamic, and targeted protection for high-value APIs or high-risk user groups.
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Usability
Google
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F5
I give this rate to the F5 Distributed Cloud API Security's because this is an excellent API Security solution, it have improves a lot the security of our applications and API in a really easy way and configuration, known our API flow, reporting, security, ddos protection, acls, filters, data and analysis of each request.
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Implementation Rating
Google
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F5
The sensitivity of the APIs, the kinds of requests they process, and their accessibility to the public internet will all affect the security settings and rules.
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Alternatives Considered
Google
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F5
It offers threat intelligence feeds and machine learning capabilities to detect and block emerging threats.
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Return on Investment
Google
  • Using the software is quite easy to monitor network traffic.
  • Application performance management.
  • Cloud data management functionalities.
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F5
  • F5 Distributed Cloud API Security mitigates many API-related security threats, including bot attacks, DDoS, data breaches, and unauthorized access attempts.
  • F5 Distributed Cloud API Security uses robust threat detection, machine learning, and real-time monitoring for speedier identification.
  • Reductions in security events result in fewer breaches, reduced downtime, and lower attack remediation costs.
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