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We performed a comparison between Akamai Bot Manager and Imperva Bot Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Bot Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"The most valuable features of Akamai Bot Manager are the seamless integration and accuracy with which it detects the bots that can make attacks.""Akamai Bot Manager has more advanced rules that allow it to detect and block bot scrapers.""Akamai Bot Manager is very easy to scale. Adding new domains or subdomains is a super easy process.""Akamai Bot Manager has two valuable features: BMS (Bot Manager Standard) and BMP (Bot Manager Premier).""Based on the telemetry, Akamai Bot Manager gives a rough estimate of all the hits and requests we get, which are suspected bots.""The best feature is the BNP. That is what Manager Premium does, protection of transactional endpoints."

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"I am impressed with the product's automatic bot mechanism. It also gives us the control to create our own custom bot rules.""The stability of the product is good since I haven't had any problems with the solution."

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Cons
"I would say there is definitely a need of improvement because I think some start of this year or even, like one and a half years. But now have enough resources at their end especially with the, advanced AI and everything. So they have enough resources to launch basic bot attacks. And whenever we do some type of fine tuning, they are always somehow able to evade it or just fly under the threshold. And from our end, we also have to maintain those threshold so that we still do not start blocking the real general customer. So every time when they try to do something else, we have to see their traffic patterns and then find you in our solution.When these bot attacks happen, what we have to do is we have to check their, traffic patterns, their IT sees and then do the proper analysis. And based on that, the fine tuning is done. So I would say, like, based on these bot traffic, if there is a automatic fine tuning. With the help of machine learning at all, then that would be much more easier of beneficial. So this needs improvement.""There is a clear need for improvement. Over the past year or so, we've observed an increase in the sophistication of attacks, with some occurring at the start of this year or even extending back one and a half years. Despite having ample resources, particularly with the advent of advanced AI, these entities can now execute basic bot attacks.""In my opinion, the UI of Akamai Bot Manager is a bit unconventional and not as intuitive as one might expect.""There are other rules that are user-friendly, however, many of the things have a learning curve. This is not something you enter into lightly.""Akamai Bot Manager can improve by having better SDK integration. SDK would be required to integrate with any mobile applications and if they are able to make that more seamless, it will help.""We cannot block illegitimate web scrapers because Akamai Bot Manager does not provide detailed information about various origins and remote VPNs they come through.""Akamai Bot Manager Premier has some additional functionalities, particularly for web telemetry, but they don't have it for app telemetry."

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"The tool needs to include artificial intelligence and machine learning. It also needs to improve profiling.""Sometimes, it takes a bit of time for the technical staff of the solution to get back to our company with a resolution for our problems."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Akamai Bot Manager requires a separate license that sits on top of Kona or Akamai Web Application Protector."
  • "The price of Akamai Bot Manager could improve."
  • "Akamai Bot Manager is a very expensive solution."
  • "We have to pay a bundled cost."
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  • "The tool's pricing is good."
  • "I rate the product price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The best feature is the BNP. That is what Manager Premium does, protection of transactional endpoints.
    Top Answer:There is a clear need for improvement. Over the past year or so, we've observed an increase in the sophistication of attacks, with some occurring at the start of this year or even extending back one… more »
    Top Answer:The stability of the product is good since I haven't had any problems with the solution.
    Top Answer:I rate the product price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price. The price of the product also depends on the cost of the tools offered by competitors like… more »
    Top Answer:At the moment, I am okay with the product. I haven't found something that needs to be improved yet. I am not physically busy with any implementations associated with the product, but I will share the… more »
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    out of 17 in Bot Management
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    7.7
    4th
    out of 17 in Bot Management
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    Also Known As
    Distil Networks, Distil Bot Detection and Mitigation
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    Overview

    Akamai Bot Manager is a comprehensive Bot Management Software solution provided by Akamai Technologies. It is designed to protect websites, applications, and APIs from automated bot attacks. Akamai is a leading content delivery network (CDN) and cloud service provider, offering a range of cybersecurity solutions, including Bot Manager.

    Akamai Bot Manager utilizes advanced algorithms, machine learning, and behavioral analysis to identify and mitigate malicious bot traffic in real-time. It helps organizations distinguish between legitimate users and bots, allowing them to effectively protect their online assets from various bot-based attacks, such as account takeover, credential stuffing, content scraping, and denial-of-service attacks.

    Akamai Bot Manager Features:

    • Bot Detection: Akamai Bot Manager employs sophisticated techniques to detect and identify bots, including signature-based detection, statistical analysis, anomaly detection, and reputation-based scoring.
    • Bot Mitigation: Once identified, Akamai Bot Manager can take proactive measures to mitigate bot traffic, such as applying CAPTCHA challenges, JavaScript challenges, rate limiting, and IP blocking.
    • Behavioral Analysis: The solution analyzes user behavior, mouse movements, navigation patterns, and other factors to distinguish between human users and bots. This behavioral analysis helps improve accuracy in bot detection.
    • Real-time Monitoring and Reporting: Akamai Bot Manager provides real-time monitoring of bot activities and offers detailed reports and analytics to gain insights into bot traffic patterns, trends, and emerging threats.
    • Customizable Rules and Policies: Organizations can create custom rules and policies to handle specific bot threats and tailor the bot management approach according to their unique requirements.
    • Integration with Other Security Solutions: Akamai Bot Manager integrates with other security solutions, including web application firewalls (WAFs) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection, to provide a comprehensive defense against multiple types of attacks.

    Akamai Bot Manager is known for its scalability, reliability, and global network infrastructure, which enables it to handle high volumes of bot traffic and ensure minimal impact on website performance. It is suitable for organizations of all sizes, ranging from small businesses to large enterprises, across various industries.

    Overall, Akamai Bot Manager helps organizations proactively detect, mitigate, and manage bot threats, safeguarding their online assets and ensuring a secure and seamless user experience.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Neha Shakyawar, Head of Information at a leisure / travel company, states that "The most valuable features of Akamai Bot Manager are the seamless integration and accuracy with which it detects the bots that can make attacks."

    Another PeerSpot user, Staff Engineer at a retailer, writes that the solution is "Very easy to scale. Adding new domains or subdomains is a super easy process.", they also adds that “Akamai Bot Manager works effectively right out of the box. However, if you need to create custom use cases, you must adjust your settings and tools accordingly.”

    Chief Technologist at a financial services company, says that "Akamai Bot Manager has more advanced rules that allow it to detect and block bot scrapers."

    Distil Networks is the first easy and accurate way to identify and police malicious website traffic, blocking 99.9% of bad bots without impacting legitimate users. Only 41% of web traffic originates from humans, so it’s imperative to be able to detect and block automated attacks. Bots are the key culprits behind web scraping, online fraud, web application security breaches, content spam, digital ad fraud, and downtime. Distil Networks is purpose built to defeat bad bots that circumvent traditional web application defenses like Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). Distil makes your web applications more secure with API security, real-time threat intelligence, a 24/7 security operations center, and complete visibility and control over human, good bot, and bad bot traffic.
    Sample Customers
    Luisa Via Roma, Gymgrossisten, Rakuten, U.S. News & World Report, Japan Airlines
    StubHub, Yelp, Glassdoor, DowJones, The Wall Street Journal, Whitepages, CrunchBase, AOL, Staples, Wayfair, EasyJet, Autotrader, Skyscanner, Orbitz, and Conde Nast, Amadeus, and Thomson Reuters, just to name a few.
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm24%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Retailer11%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government6%
    Retailer5%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business29%
    Large Enterprise71%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise75%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise57%
    Buyer's Guide
    Akamai Bot Manager vs. Imperva Bot Management
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Akamai Bot Manager vs. Imperva Bot Management and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Akamai Bot Manager is ranked 1st in Bot Management with 6 reviews while Imperva Bot Management is ranked 4th in Bot Management with 2 reviews. Akamai Bot Manager is rated 7.6, while Imperva Bot Management is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Akamai Bot Manager writes "The solution is one of the top security products that helps monitor web scrapers". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Imperva Bot Management writes "A product that offers advanced bot detection capabilities and reporting features". Akamai Bot Manager is most compared with F5 Shape Security, Cloudflare, HUMAN BotGuard for Applications, Cloudflare Bot Management and DataDome Real-Time Bot Protection, whereas Imperva Bot Management is most compared with Cequence Security, AWS WAF, Cloudflare, DataDome Real-Time Bot Protection and HUMAN BotGuard for Applications. See our Akamai Bot Manager vs. Imperva Bot Management report.

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