F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense vs. Forter vs. Ekata by Mastercard
F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense vs. Forter vs. Ekata by Mastercard
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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![]() F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense | 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. | N/A | |
Forter | N/A | Forter is a security platform for online merchants that allows them to check each transaction for fraud. | N/A | |
Ekata | N/A | Ekata, a former part of the Whitepages company, and now a Mastercard company since the April 2021 acquistion, offers identity verification, data validation, and data enrichment services based on the Ekata Identity Engine (EIE), a machine learning based system used to derive links from real-time transactions within the company's proprietary network and data licenses. The service includes address and phone number validation APIs, among other services. | N/A |
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| Small Businesses | GitLab Score 8.7 out of 10 | No answers on this topic | No answers on this topic |
| Medium-sized Companies | Veracode Score 8.7 out of 10 | ![]() F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense Score 8.5 out of 10 | No answers on this topic |
| Enterprises | Veracode Score 8.7 out of 10 | ![]() F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense Score 8.5 out of 10 | No answers on this topic |
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| F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense | Forter | Ekata by Mastercard | |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 8.0 (31 ratings) | 8.0 (1 ratings) | 9.0 (1 ratings) |
| Likelihood to Renew | 8.2 (1 ratings) | - (0 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
| Support Rating | 8.3 (31 ratings) | - (0 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
| Implementation Rating | 7.8 (21 ratings) | - (0 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | ![]() F5
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| Pros | ![]() F5
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| Cons | ![]() F5
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| Likelihood to Renew | ![]() F5
| ![]() Forter No answers on this topic | Mastercard No answers on this topic |
| Support Rating | ![]() F5
| ![]() Forter No answers on this topic | Mastercard No answers on this topic |
| Implementation Rating | ![]() F5
| ![]() Forter No answers on this topic | Mastercard No answers on this topic |
| Alternatives Considered | ![]() F5
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| Return on Investment | ![]() F5
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