Akamai App and API Protector vs Wallarm NG WAF comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Akamai App and API Protector
Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
8th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection (3rd), Cloud and Data Center Security (10th)
Wallarm NG WAF
Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
34th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
API Security (8th)
 

Featured Reviews

Anoop Mohan - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 4, 2023
Amazing stability, timely support, and helpful for getting clean traffic
I have given them a couple of suggestions through email. One thing I asked them is to integrate the API discovery product that they have and push that data into Akamai App and API Protector so that we do not have two types of reviews to identify the type of traffic. We already know the APIs that are frequently getting used, so analysis becomes easier. We can integrate both products and use them. Another request was to be able to segregate traffic for different app versions. A few of the APIs are already out in the market and are built into the applications. We cannot go and change those applications. Those applications are still being consumed, so we need a different strategy for those applications, whereas modern new applications are built using a different design. We have quite a lot of versions deployed since 2008, so designs are very different, and applying the rate limit for each API has its own challenges. Its pricing can be slightly better.
it_user662952 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 11, 2017
Active threat detection and adaptive rules are the most valuable for us.
I would say that the active threat detection feature and adaptive rules are the most valuable for us. With active threat detection, we are no longer over-swamped with tons of useless events. As all the payloads from malicious requests are analysed with a cloud scanner, we don’t need to do this…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"All the solution's features are very good."
"It is scalable for DDoS."
"The product has a good user interface."
"Akamai Web Application Protector is a good solution that provides basic web application protection."
"The features are powerful and better than F5."
"They have a fantastic tool for analyzing and viewing your traffic."
"The most valuable feature is the DDoS protection, which is the main reason we got it."
"The product is user-friendly."
"Helps us to monitor situation in regards to attacks to our sites and prevents a lot of them."
 

Cons

"In terms of precedence of Akamai rules, the last one is implemented. That is the one that is operational. If two rules contradict, the last one is implemented. We had a clash, but it was really tough to find that out. I would like to have a rulebook because, in their architecture documentation, it is not mentioned anywhere that if two rules clash, the last one works, and if it does not work, then what to do. This is something we were debating today with their tech support. With AWS, we get documents for the issues so that they do not occur in the future. Akamai's support and knowledge base needs to be improved."
"There are some issues with pushing configurations across a network. It still takes about 20 minutes and that means to retract it's another 20 minutes."
"Support and the pricing need to improve."
"One thing I asked them is to integrate the API discovery product that they have and push that data into Akamai App and API Protector so that we do not have two types of reviews to identify the type of traffic. We already know the APIs that are frequently getting used, so analysis becomes easier. We can integrate both products and use them."
"A lot of piracy happens in India and other countries. If there is a product for protection from piracy, it would be great. For example, there are multiple hackers that hack your event, and there are some channels that pirate and publish the event on some other website. We protect our streaming through DRM and different technologies. We are also protecting the website, but hacking is still happening. If they can work on protecting from piracy, it would be great."
"The interface is a little bit clunky and can be improved."
"The product should provide a secure NTP."
"It would be better if there weren't any issues with latency. We had latency issues, but I think they are all solved now."
"The biggest problem for us was the stability and speed using the first version of Wallarm. Now, it is fine."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price is slightly high. Every company has a justification for the high price. Overall, it feels worth the money based on how the service has been structured, but we do negotiate it."
"Price-wise, I would say Akamai's pricing is competitive."
"The solution is expensive."
"Its price is at the medium level. It is not very high. It is also not very low. It serves the purpose."
"The product’s price is high."
"Akamai Web Application Protector is an expensive product."
"Based on the billing discussions in the DevOps team, Akamai's cost does not seem to be a major thing. However, LOE is an issue. When it comes to support, we know that even all the competitors do this. For a 30-minute issue, they give us a LOE of one or two hours. That is a basic practice, but that is something we worry about."
"The product is expensive, but it is worth the money."
"​Pricing must be cheaper than the competition and the licensing must be good.​"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
28%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
6%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Akamai Web Application Protector?
The custom rules must be improved. If we have a domain to be monitored, we can use the solution to alert us if a certain specification is met. If we need only 20,000 transactions, but there are 40,...
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Also Known As

Akamai Web Application Protector, Akamai Kona Site Defender, Akamai Kona DDoS Defender
Wallarm NG-WAF
 

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Douglas Omaha Technology Commission, ZALORA, PrintPlanet
Panasonic. Miro. Rappi. Wargaming. Gannett. Omio. Acronis. Workforce Software. Tipalti. SEMRush.
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