AWS Shield vs Akamai App and API Protector comparison

Akamai App and API Protector

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Akamai App and API Protector and AWS Shield based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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AWS Shield vs. Akamai App and API Protector

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Categories and Ranking

Akamai App and API Protector

Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Web Application Firewall (WAF) (8th), Cloud and Data Center Security (10th)

AWS Shield

Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection

6th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Featured Reviews

PallaviSharma

Platform Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Oct 30, 2023

A scalable and reliable solution that has effectively secured our apps

With Akamai App and API Protector, we can define all our APIs, and we can use the solution for different purposes. It is the way we use API gateways like Kong. We can define our keys here, and we can define a limit at which we can start throttling traffic. With BMP, we can protect our transaction…

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SteveNg

Head of Strategic Alliances at Quantum Security

Jan 23, 2023

The solution automatically scales according to traffic, only takes minutes to deploy, and is maintenance-free

The primary use case of the solution is firewall protection. Having a firewall is important for protecting our website from DDoS attacks. Just in case our services are running and we do get attacked, having a firewall can help keep our website alive The solution gives us a better sense of…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It enables us to move faster with new products because we have this layer of protection set up in our infrastructure."

"It is scalable for DDoS."

"The solution easily identifies, delays, or allows business traffic."

"Adaptive stream delivery and WAF protection are valuable."

"Akamai Web Application Protector is a good solution that provides basic web application protection."

"The product has a good user interface."

"The support that we got from their technical team has been fantastic. I have never experienced this level of support from other CDN providers."

"The solution can scale extremely well."

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"We have integrated the tool with Active Directory. The most important feature is that it's transparent and doesn't degrade the performance of our solution. Additionally, it's easy to configure, which is crucial for us. It's easy to use and set up and stops attacks on our servers. We haven't encountered any attack problems because the solution stops them in real-time. AWS Shield specifically focuses on defending against denial-of-service attacks, making it a great solution for that type of threat."

"The product is easy to use."

"The solution's ease of use is the most valuable feature."

"I am impressed with the product's multiple features like security."

"The product has a good mechanism to analyze trends and trigger events."

"It is integrated with AWS. So, it gives you a good first step."

Cons

"It could have better analytics and reporting visibility in the OEM console."

"The custom rules must be improved."

"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."

"It's fine for a simple tool, but as I recall, if you encounter a lot of bots, scrapers, and other things, you'll need this tool bot and this other thing they offer called Bot Manager."

"The product should provide a secure NTP."

"If we talk about application layer attacks, including WAF, CloudFlare is leading. Akamai can focus a bit more on the application layer attacks and how to protect them."

"One area where Akamai can improve is the captcha part. Cloudflare provides a captcha if there are a certain number of threats. For example, I can assign that if there are 10 requests within a second from a single IP, it should send a captcha to the user. The user should fill in the captcha, and only after that, the user should be able to access our website. This captcha feature should be built into Bot Manager. I love this captcha feature of Cloudflare."

"We are experimenting with EdgeWorkers to write our own code at the Edge level. It could grow to be much better."

More Akamai App and API Protector cons

"The time taken to detect anomalies must be reduced."

"The product should give users more flexibility to customize their security policies according to their requirements."

"The product needs to improve its logs and reports to make it read better."

"The product is expensive."

"We end up having to pay extra for features that AWS adds that we don't need."

"The management of it is a bit hard. If you don't engineer it on the front side, it is hard to go back in and change it. It could be improved in terms of architecture requirements and then ongoing support requirements as a secondary component to it. People tend to set up things like this, and they just expect it to work without the care and feeding that needs to go back into it either from an application team or a network environment team."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price they are offering is quite reasonable for premium customers, but it's very expensive if you're a small and medium-sized enterprises."

"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."

"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."

"One reason not all people use Akamai is that it is a little bit more expensive than some other providers."

"The product is expensive, but it is worth the money."

"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."

"The solution is expensive."

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"The tool's pricing is good."

"It depends on your subscription level and the volume that you're spending with AWS. So, it is very relative to the consumption alignment in your subscription level. It is a well-constructed, scalable pricing option, but it is relative to how much you're spending on AWS. Because the more you spend, typically, the more you get off on services like this. I find it to be comparable to other solutions."

"The cost depends on traffic each month, so on average, it costs us between US$200 and US$300 per month."

"We pay $3000 per month for the solution."

"The tool is cheap."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

28%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Akamai Web Application Protector?

The product is user-friendly.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Akamai Web Application Protector?

The product is expensive, but it is worth the money.

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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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What do you like most about AWS Shield?

We have integrated the tool with Active Directory. The most important feature is that it's transparent and doesn't degrade the performance of our solution. Additionally, it's easy to configure, whi...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Shield?

The tool is cheap.

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What needs improvement with AWS Shield?

The time taken to detect anomalies must be reduced. The tool has a few parameters based on which it tries to understand anomalies. It would be better if the anomalies were identified quickly.

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Comparisons

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Compared 22% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

AWS WAF vs Akamai App and API Protector

Compared 9% of the time

Prolexic vs Akamai App and API Protector

Compared 9% of the time

Cloudflare vs Akamai App and API Protector

Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 34% of the time

Cloudflare SASE & SSE Platform vs AWS Shield

Compared 28% of the time

Azure DDoS Protection vs AWS Shield

Compared 17% of the time

Prolexic vs AWS Shield

Compared 3% of the time

Imperva DDoS vs AWS Shield

Compared 2% of the time

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Also Known As

Akamai Web Application Protector, Akamai Kona Site Defender, Akamai Kona DDoS Defender

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Overview

Akamai App & API Protector brings together web application firewall, bot mitigation, API security, and Layer 7 DDoS protection into a single solution. It quickly identifies vulnerabilities and mitigates threats across your entire web and API estates — even for the most complex distributed architectures. Recognized as the leading attack detection solution on the market, App & API Protector is easy to implement and use. It delivers automatic updates for security protections and provides holistic visibility into traffic and attacks.

AWS Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards applications running on AWS. AWS Shield provides always-on detection and automatic inline mitigations that minimize application downtime and latency, so there is no need to engage AWS Support to benefit from DDoS protection.

Sample Customers

Douglas Omaha Technology Commission, ZALORA, PrintPlanet

netflix, dow jones, mapbox, pearson, rovio, youview, moviestar planet, asurion, payplug, hour of code

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