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

Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Akamai App and API Protector vs. NGINX App Protect Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The dashboard is the most interesting feature of the Akamai portal where you can have a detailed analysis of all the attacks that are happening. You can drill down an issue and see exactly what is happening, who are the bad guys attacking your website, and how Akamai is protecting the website. That is the most valuable feature.""The product is user-friendly.""The product has a good user interface.""It gives us a report of traffic. It gives us a report of the day-to-day URL traffic, and it also gives an individual report. If we reach out to Akamai, they give us the IPs as well.""The solution easily identifies, delays, or allows business traffic.""The most valuable feature is the custom rules feature. This is because many of our customers require a lot of custom rules. Because it's a very customized project for our customers, I think they have the best of everything already.""All the solution's features are very good.""We are getting security for each and every API."

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"The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is its open source.""It's very easy to deploy.""The most valuable feature is that there is a link in the system that will help to analyze the security of an application when something abnormal is found.""The policies are flexible based on the technologies you use.""The most valuable feature is that I can establish different services from the firewall.""I tested specific features and evaluated the solution against the Web Application Firewall. I conducted research to test different detection percentages. I did not use it directly for protection but for evaluation purposes.""It has the best documentation features.""NGINX App Protect's best features are auto-learning, which creates a profile of applications that are deployed, bot protection, and force protection, which lets you configure your brute force policy and alert for and prevent brute force attacks."

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Cons
"We are experimenting with EdgeWorkers to write our own code at the Edge level. It could grow to be much better.""It would be nice if Akamai Web Application Protector's price is lowered and made cheaper.""There are some issues with pushing configurations across a network. It still takes about 20 minutes and that means to retract it's another 20 minutes.""The product should provide a secure NTP.""The solution could offer even more integrations.""The pricing could be reduced a bit.""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.""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."

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"The product's user interface is an area with shortcomings as it can be quite confusing for users, making it an area where improvements are required.""The price of NGINX App Protect could improve.""The dashboard could provide a more comprehensive view of the status of the connections.""The configuration needs to be more flexible because it is difficult to do things that are outside of the ordinary.""They could provide a better user interface.""The setup of NGINX App Protect is complex. The full process took one week to complete. Additionally, we had to change the network infrastructure platform which took one month.""Its technical support could be better.""As far as scalability, it takes a long time for deployment."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "There is no license at all for Akamai. They are going to charge us only for the usage."
  • "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."
  • "Cost depends on the volume of traffic."
  • "The solution is not expensive."
  • "The product’s price is high."
  • "The solution is expensive."
  • "Akamai Web Application Protector is an expensive product."
  • "Price-wise, I would say Akamai's pricing is competitive."
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  • "The licensing fees for this solution are pretty expensive for what it does, but there is no alternative."
  • "Our licensing costs are about $40,000 a year."
  • "Really understand the licensing model, because we underestimated that."
  • "There are no additional fees."
  • "NGINX is not expensive."
  • "The pricing is reasonable because NGINX operates on an instance basis."
  • "There is a license needed to use NGINX App Protect."
  • "There are not any additional costs we had to pay to use NGINX App Protect."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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 40,000… more »
    Top Answer:The solution has yearly, three-year, and five-year subscriptions.
    Top Answer:NGINX App Protect could provide a better user interface.
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    Also Known As
    Akamai Web Application Protector, Akamai Kona Site Defender, Akamai Kona DDoS Defender
    NGINX WAF, NGINX Web Application Firewall
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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.

    NGINX App Protect application security solution combines the efficacy of advanced F5 web application firewall (WAF) technology with the agility and performance of NGINX Plus. The solution runs natively on NGINX Plus and addresses some of the most difficult challenges facing modern DevOps environments:

    • Integrating security controls directly into the development automation pipeline
    • Applying and managing security for modern and distributed application environments such as containers and microservices
    • Providing the right level of security controls without impacting release and go-to-market velocity
    • Complying with security and regulatory requirements

    NGINX App Protect offers:

    • Expanded security beyond basic signatures to ensure adequate controls
    • F5 app‑security technology for efficacy superior to ModSecurity and other WAFs
    • Confidently run in “blocking” mode in production with proven F5 expertise
    • High‑confidence signatures for extremely low false positives
    • Increases visibility, integrating with third‑party analytics solutions
    • Integrates security and WAF natively into the CI/CD pipeline
    • Deploys as a lightweight software package that is agnostic of underlying infrastructure
    • Facilitates declarative policies for “security as code” and integration with DevOps tools
    • Decreases developer burden and provides feedback loop for quick security remediation
    • Accelerates time to market and reduces costs with DevSecOps‑automated security
    Sample Customers
    Douglas Omaha Technology Commission, ZALORA, PrintPlanet
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    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm26%
    Retailer16%
    Leisure / Travel Company11%
    Computer Software Company11%
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    Financial Services Firm28%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Insurance Company6%
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    Financial Services Firm33%
    Comms Service Provider33%
    Insurance Company17%
    Computer Software Company17%
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    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Healthcare Company6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise63%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise71%
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    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise26%
    Large Enterprise47%
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    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise60%
    Buyer's Guide
    Akamai App and API Protector vs. NGINX App Protect
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Akamai App and API Protector vs. NGINX App Protect and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Akamai App and API Protector is ranked 9th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 27 reviews while NGINX App Protect is ranked 13th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 19 reviews. Akamai App and API Protector is rated 8.4, while NGINX App Protect is rated 8.2. 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 NGINX App Protect writes "Capable of complete automation but is costly ". Akamai App and API Protector is most compared with Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Prolexic and AWS Shield, whereas NGINX App Protect is most compared with AWS WAF, F5 Advanced WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Fortinet FortiWeb and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. See our Akamai App and API Protector vs. NGINX App Protect report.

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