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Akamai API Security vs Traceable AI comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Akamai API Security
Ranking in API Security
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Traceable AI
Ranking in API Security
11th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the API Security category, the mindshare of Akamai API Security is 6.1%, down from 16.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Traceable AI is 3.0%, down from 6.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Akamai API Security6.1%
Traceable AI3.0%
Other90.9%
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.
DipanjanDhar - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Quality Assurance Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Improved API data protection and threat detection have reduced manual work but reporting still needs refinement
The documents for the initial setup are very limited, making us rely heavily on the vendor to install the setup, which can be costly. Each license costs a lot for our organization, and while we placed a few licenses in a confidential project, using it broadly requires more licenses, which is not financially feasible. Proper training is also crucial; we spent around two and a half years in a UAT environment to train the AI to understand our organization's policies before deploying it in production. While this approach has worked smoothly, we identified a need for better and more user-friendly reporting. If we discuss national IDs, different countries have different national ID formats. Whenever we install Traceable AI, we need to inject our own configurations for the national IDs of various countries. If they use a real-time social security number or national ID sites in the future, it would be easier for us if the process were more flexible.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We have used the platform for deep-dive investigations that involved cyber crime and were happy with the performance."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its integration with API gateways, WAP and with part of their SDLC."
"Akamai API Security has positively impacted my organization by greatly improving my visibility into API exposure and risk posture, which has translated into concrete benefits as I can now proactively identify risky endpoints and apply protection policies, improving overall security and reducing response times to incidents."
"If I had to say something positive about the product that brings me the biggest benefit, I would say visibility."
"What I already appreciate about Akamai API Security is that initially we were struggling with how to get this configured, but after that everything went smoothly."
"API throttling is the most valuable feature of Akamai API Security."
"Akamai's support is impeccable, and its plug-and-play features are helpful."
"The support from Akamai API Security is good, the employment and support are of excellent quality."
"We have seen a return on investment from Traceable AI due to improvements in accuracy and security, as it enhances our legal processes, reduces human intervention, and has shortened the time spent gathering data from three to four weeks to one to two days, which translates into direct and indirect benefits."
 

Cons

"However, this solution is quite costly as it comes with the content delivery network, providing both content delivery and security."
"The main challenges we had with Akamai API Security were how to set it up on the AWS cloud environment and how to access this portal."
"One area where I feel it can be improved is in simplifying policy tuning and configuration."
"However, there is one drawback regarding technical support. Akamai API Security makes back-end changes because a SaaS solution is being used; sometimes they inform about changes, and sometimes they do not, which impacts clients as a P1 or P2 incident."
"More features would be beneficial."
"It would be beneficial to use machine learning and API throttling together to identify how the APIs are called and whether it's coming from the right person or the wrong person."
"The challenge I found was with contextualization and how analytics are generated."
"I see some areas for improvement in Akamai API Security because the adoption is not easy since it takes time to learn and configure."
"The documents for the initial setup are very limited, making us rely heavily on the vendor to install the setup, which can be costly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have a limit to the number of APIs we can use inside a bundle, and we have to pay extra if we exceed that limit."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Non Profit
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise8
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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 Traceable AI?
Traceable AI can be improved on various platforms. It is a strong API security platform but there are areas for improvement such as AI explanations for why a request was flagged, more out-of-the-bo...
What is your primary use case for Traceable AI?
Traceable AI is implemented for integration and API security where we can use various benefits. We are building .NET microservices exposing REST APIs to web and mobile clients. As the number of API...
What advice do you have for others considering Traceable AI?
Traceable AI supports enterprise workloads and can scale to large API ecosystems. However, achieving that scale required proper infrastructure planning, policy management, and ongoing tuning. It is...
 

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Sample Customers

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Bullish, Bluevolt, Canon, Ethos, FalconX, Houzwer, Jobvite, Outreach 
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