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Akamai API Security vs Orca Security comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.4
Akamai API Security enhanced efficiency, reduced costs, improved detection, and increased visibility, resulting in 30-40% savings.
Sentiment score
4.0
Orca Security offers immediate benefits with cost savings, easy adoption, enhanced efficiency, and improved visibility for risk mitigation.
Getting everything from one single portal without anyone's interference saved us a lot of money, time, and frustration.
Incident Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Akamai API Security is preventing multiple issues, and the organization is doing well with Akamai API Security profits, which is good.
IT Specialist at Allianz
I have seen a return on investment, and the main thing is the time saved, allowing our employees to focus on other priority work.
Co-Founder at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Orca Security significantly improved our visibility from 30% to 100%, enabling better security posture improvements rather than just general cost savings.
Cloud Security Automation Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
This is because you do not need a team of five persons to install and update the agents in thousands of servers.
Cybersecurity Recruitment Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
I see the benefits of Orca Security immediately because you can see the issues right after deployment, and you can correct the critical issues, so the proof of value is immediate.
Cybersecurity Architect Lead at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.7
Akamai API Security support is responsive and knowledgeable, offering high-quality but costly service with occasional communication issues.
Sentiment score
5.6
Orca Security's support is valued for responsiveness and expertise, but consistency and skills need improvement according to user feedback.
Sometimes they inform about changes, and sometimes they do not, which impacts clients as a P1 or P2 incident.
IT Specialist at Allianz
The technical support from Akamai API Security is responsive when I have dealt with them.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
The team was responsive and technically knowledgeable.
Technical Team Lead - Content Security at Valuepoint Systems
I would rate the quality of support as nine stars out of ten due to their quick and helpful responses.
Senior Information Security Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
The expertise levels could be improved.
Cloud Security Automation Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The support team assists with issues and provides information on new updates.
Vulnerability Assessment Analyst at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.9
Akamai API Security offers seamless scalability, managing high traffic and API changes efficiently with automatic scaling and global network support.
Sentiment score
8.0
Orca Security is praised for its scalable, agentless architecture, enabling seamless deployment and integration across diverse cloud environments.
I have also seen it handle spikes in API traffic, especially during peak usage periods without any performance degradation.
Technical Team Lead - Content Security at Valuepoint Systems
The scalability of Akamai API Security is very appropriate for the architecture given that it is a SaaS application, so it adapts well to any infrastructure.
Consulting Systems Engineer at Boomslang Tech
Orca Security provides a highly scalable architecture for us.
Senior Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
When you onboard an organization, Orca will find new projects, folders, and resources without any additional effort required.
Senior Information Security Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
The seamless integration allows us to automatically reflect any connected project from our cloud into the console.
Vulnerability Assessment Analyst at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
Akamai API Security is reliable, robust, and highly effective in production, excelling in stability, scalability, and cyber crime investigations.
Sentiment score
8.2
Orca Security is praised for high stability and reliability, with rare brief downtime and responsive support handling minor issues.
My experience has been good, and it is an excellent WAF solution.
Arquiteto at C.Vale - Cooperativa Agroindustrial
When I need any support, it's very fast to get an answer from the support team.
Cyber Security Analyst Ii at Grupo PRIMO
I personally have not encountered any bugs or issues with the console.
Vulnerability Assessment Analyst at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
I have experienced very little downtime.
Works at Ultraviolet Cyber
 

Room For Improvement

Akamai API Security needs enhanced customization, intuitive controls, and better integrations to improve efficiency and streamline operations.
Users recommend improving Orca Security's automation, private cloud support, vulnerability detection, integration, and reducing scan times and costs.
I believe Akamai API Security could be improved specifically in the integrations so that they can be executed more effectively with platforms such as a SIEM or SOAR, which would help me automate workflows for incident response.
Consulting Systems Engineer at Boomslang Tech
From a pricing standpoint, licensing and pricing depend from module to module. Some modules are expensive, and some are affordable.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
If Akamai API Security could provide many more security options and make it more transparent to users about exactly what is happening, that would be beneficial.
Security Delivery Analyst at Accenture
Another improvement is in handling alerts for multiple files with the same CVE; it should provide an option to manage each file separately without affecting others.
Senior Information Security Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Orca Security could improve in reporting OS package vulnerabilities, such as missing MS patches or Linux patches.
Vulnerability Assessment Analyst at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Security in today's age is important, and if a company can afford it, they should get it as it's the most valuable protection against threats.
Software Developer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Akamai API Security offers premium pricing, licensing flexibility, and valued support, with potential extra costs for bundled API limits.
Orca Security offers competitive, flexible pricing per workload, appealing to enterprises with comprehensive features and strategic discounts.
It is not expensive.
Arquiteto at C.Vale - Cooperativa Agroindustrial
Akamai API Security is not expensive.
IT Specialist at Allianz
The initial price seemed high, however, after negotiation, the final price was ideal.
Senior Information Security Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Orca Security's pricing is known to be a bit high.
Works at Ultraviolet Cyber
Its license is a bit expensive.
enterprise architect at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
 

Valuable Features

Akamai API Security offers automated discovery, anomaly detection, bot management, and DDoS protection for comprehensive API threat mitigation.
Orca Security offers agentless cloud integration with automated threat detection and AI-driven insights, enhancing security without impacting performance.
This gave us an overall picture of how many APIs we are using across our organization, and now we are more cautious about which APIs should be used publicly and how we secure our APIs.
Incident Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
That improvement in visibility and risk posture has translated into concrete benefits for my organization, as I can now proactively identify risky endpoints and apply protection policies, which improves overall security and reduces response times to incidents.
Consulting Systems Engineer at Boomslang Tech
Before an attack goes live, we detect it on the WAF itself, which is the outer layer of security. We detect it and block it.
Security Delivery Analyst at Accenture
Additionally, it covers a large scope of vulnerabilities, CVEs, malware, and misconfiguration.
Senior Information Security Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
It provided us with visibility from a central point, increasing our view from the previous thirty percent to a full one hundred percent of our cloud environment.
Cloud Security Automation Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
This technology allows for coverage of almost all cloud assets without interrupting their operations.
Vulnerability Assessment Analyst at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Akamai API Security
Ranking in API Security
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Orca Security
Ranking in API Security
3rd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (9th), Container Security (8th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (6th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (6th), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (5th), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (7th), Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) (2nd), AI Security (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the API Security category, the mindshare of Akamai API Security is 6.4%, down from 16.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Orca Security is 6.1%, up from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Akamai API Security6.4%
Orca Security6.1%
Other87.5%
API Security
 

Featured Reviews

Alark Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist at Allianz
Advanced API defense has protected web channels and consistently reduced downtime and incident impact
Akamai API Security helps comply with DORA compliance in the Europe region, preventing any compliance issues. It helps demonstrate that the ISO understands the secured side is protected by Akamai API Security, ensuring that if any DOS attack is present, it will not occur or take the side down. Currently, no improvements are apparent. In the last few years, there was improvement as bot attacks have been addressed, with more focus now placed on bot attacks. At that time, there was a drawback, but Akamai API Security is improving day by day. Currently, no drawbacks are evident, and the product is good. Akamai API Security is delivering the best products every year.
reviewer2800203 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Cloud posture management has improved remediation and optimizes costs with contextual risk insights
Since I have not used Orca Security for 10 months, I am uncertain what areas still need improvement, as they may have rolled out features that addressed issues I faced in the past. However, I can say the tool is good. A few things could potentially be improved, particularly regarding false positives and the UI. What I observed is that they release updates to the platform without notifying the customer. Every time the UI is upgraded, they release something without notification. This could be a slight improvement. If they released some kind of notification to just inform the customer about UI changes, the customer would be aware of the changes that Orca Security is making in the backend.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
6%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Akamai API Security?
One thing that really surprised me was how effective the behavioral-based detection is in identifying the anomalies that traditional rule-based systems might miss. It gives much better visibility i...
What is your primary use case for Akamai API Security?
Akamai API Security's main use case in my environment is to protect critical APIs that are exposed to the internet, especially for banking and financial applications. I primarily use it to secure A...
What needs improvement with Orca Security?
I think Orca Security should be more SMB friendly since I mostly work with enterprise customers who have more budget. Orca Security could include options for smaller businesses and improve on areas...
What is your primary use case for Orca Security?
Of my three customers, one is using Orca Security, and two are not using it. There are plenty of use cases available for Orca Security, and I can provide more details. Orca Security is very good fo...
What advice do you have for others considering Orca Security?
I cannot provide a straightforward answer about the time it takes to address cloud security alerts because different levels of alerts exist, and fixing each alert can vary depending on how alerts a...
 

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Sample Customers

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BeyondTrust, Postman, Digital Turbine, Solarisbank, Lemonade, C6 Bank, Docebo, Vercel, and Vivino
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