We performed a comparison between Akamai App and API Protector and Virsec Security Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), F5, Microsoft and others in Web Application Firewall (WAF)."It is scalable for DDoS."
"I have contacted the support team of Akamai... I am happy with their responses and answers to my problems."
"All the solution's features are very good."
"Everything will be handled by Akamai's system before it reaches our infrastructure."
"They have a fantastic tool for analyzing and viewing your traffic."
"Akamai Web Application Protector is a good solution that provides basic web application protection."
"The product has a good user interface."
"The product is user-friendly."
"We use the solution for Zero-day protection."
"The WAF features definitely have a lot of room for improvement. A lot of the WAF is really basic. For some products or some of our solutions, we need to run a second layer of more advanced WAF. If it had better layer seven protection then we would not need a second WAF."
"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 product should provide a secure NTP."
"Could integrate more features for each security."
"The pricing could be reduced a bit."
"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."
"I do not see any area for improvement. Akamai is already maintaining its own databases for the security concerns, vulnerabilities, and attacks that are there. If anything, they should have a solution in the infrastructure security area as well. They should not be only in cloud cybersecurity; they should also be in infrastructure security."
"Akamai App and API Protector is very new to me, so I do not have any insights on improvement areas for the product. However, when we ask for some help, it can take some time. We understand that the job is done by professionals, but if that time can be reduced, it would be great."
"The tool's dashboard needs to load since it is not responsive and takes time to load."
Akamai App and API Protector is ranked 8th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 27 reviews while Virsec Security Platform is ranked 26th in Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) with 1 review. Akamai App and API Protector is rated 8.4, while Virsec Security Platform is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Akamai App and API Protector writes "Easy to learn and gives us a report of traffic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Virsec Security Platform writes "Helps with Zero-day protection ". Akamai App and API Protector is most compared with Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Prolexic and AWS Shield, whereas Virsec Security Platform is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, CrowdStrike Falcon and Trend Vision One - Cloud Security.
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