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Ably vs Akamai Segmentation [Private Offer Only] comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Ably
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
11th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Akamai Segmentation [Privat...
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
515th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Uday Nagpure  - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Manager at Zensar Technologies
Reduced manual work and built reliable real-time collaboration with serverless messaging
I love Ably for its advanced pub/sub messaging capabilities, which help us with messaging Delta Compression, allowing us to send only changes from previous messages instead of entire payloads every time. For example, if I have to say 'hi', instead of sending the whole payload, it only sends the change in the current payload, reducing bandwidth consumption and enabling high-frequency data streaming. This major change has made our clients really happy as they receive notifications and messages without latency. Additionally, if a client goes offline, Ably stores messages in history for up to 72 hours, allowing clients to query history and catch up on missed events, ensuring complete stream continuity. It also supports multi-protocol, using WebSockets and gracefully falling back to server-sent events and long polling as needed, including support for MQTT and IoT devices along with pub/sub control for easy migration.I appreciate the serverless integration that has the integrated native web hook, instantly triggering serverless functions such as AWS Lambda and Azure Function when specific real-time events occur. It also allows Kafka Connector for seamless ingestion of messages from Kafka topics to stream them out to millions of users in milliseconds.
Brice-Abrioux - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Cyber Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Micro-segmentation has delivered deep flow visibility and simplified firewall rule management
Although mapping is currently fine, Akamai Segmentation [Private Offer Only] can improve by providing a more useful and visually appealing graphical user interface for mapping. While we can automate rules through API calls, this is not entirely possible with the same API. Navigation between different sources and generations of APIs can make it time-consuming to achieve cartography. While labeling is beneficial, there is still room for user experience improvements. The improvements are not solely due to the Akamai project; they also stem from issues related to CMDB and the information systems of our company, where sometimes the information is inconsistent, causing Akamai to be unable to automate labeling if that information is not consistently provided.

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

Pros

"Ably's API integration is intuitive; it definitely improved our efficiency, and we saw faster user interaction and around a 20% reduction in latency during peak times, which improved user experience as well."
"Ably has a big capacity to stream data all over the world, has higher reliability and a 99.99% uptime, offers robust security guarantees and ease of integration, and saved at least 80% of the cost that would have required more developers and more time for integration testing and development."
"Ably has improved our organization by enhancing real-time communication capabilities and providing reliable data delivery."
"Ably has positively impacted our organization by providing a good return on investment by avoiding the labor cost of building and maintaining a custom WebSocket server."
"We experience vast improvements across many areas with Ably; when users connect bank accounts, we previously had to poll repeatedly, which is now replaced by Ably's real-time infrastructure that maintains a persistent back-end connection, significantly reducing the need for infrastructure management and API load, resulting in average bank connection display times decreasing from eight to twelve seconds down to one to two seconds, and with persistent back-end connections reducing API calls, we achieve a lower operational load, seeing an impressive reduction of thirty thousand to forty thousand calls monthly."
"My most-liked feature is its highly reliable real-time messaging capacity."
"Akamai Segmentation [Private Offer Only] has positively impacted our organization by giving us a better understanding of our flows, saving time implementing segregation and fixing production issues because we have a complete overview that allows us to determine whether the flow is functioning or if issues are due to flow problems."
"Akamai is globally available with globally distributed edge locations and presence across the globe, which ultimately benefits our customers."
 

Cons

"Overall, Ably appears strong for managed real-time operations, but could improve areas such as pricing predictability."
"It falls just short of a perfect ten only because full twenty-four-hour phone or live chat escalation is heavily gated behind their highest enterprise pricing tiers."
"Ably can be improved in several areas."
"It is quite expensive, to be honest, but it is really useful, as we see positive results."
"I would rate their customer service as four out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
27%
Outsourcing Company
19%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Consumer Goods Company
6%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise9
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Ably?
For the use I have made, I didn't see any limit or margin to implement to go higher.
What is your primary use case for Ably?
My main use case for Ably is integrating the Kafka queue with Ably and sending notifications to IoT devices like a smartwatch. After the topic was reached by the message, Ably can fetch it from thi...
What advice do you have for others considering Ably?
I would recommend trying Ably if you have a wider range of IoT device types to deliver notifications. I gave this review a rating of 9.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Akamai Segmentation [Private Offer Only]?
I have a separate account team who manages the cost and handles product procurement, licensing, and license renewal.
What needs improvement with Akamai Segmentation [Private Offer Only]?
Akamai could pass more headers directly to the application layer, such as user details or other user attributes, which would enable more granular personalization. These configurations require colla...
What is your primary use case for Akamai Segmentation [Private Offer Only]?
I have used Akamai Segmentation [Private Offer Only] for CDN purposes, specifically for Content Delivery Network and static content caching, delivering static assets and content globally near the e...
 

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