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Akamai Segmentation [Private Offer Only] vs Chef SaaS comparison

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Akamai Segmentation [Privat...
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
515th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
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Chef SaaS
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
55th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Brice-Abrioux - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Cyber Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Micro-segmentation has delivered deep flow visibility and simplified firewall rule management
Although mapping is currently fine, Akamai Segmentation [Private Offer Only] can improve by providing a more useful and visually appealing graphical user interface for mapping. While we can automate rules through API calls, this is not entirely possible with the same API. Navigation between different sources and generations of APIs can make it time-consuming to achieve cartography. While labeling is beneficial, there is still room for user experience improvements. The improvements are not solely due to the Akamai project; they also stem from issues related to CMDB and the information systems of our company, where sometimes the information is inconsistent, causing Akamai to be unable to automate labeling if that information is not consistently provided.
Aaron Prashanth - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Siemens Industry
Consistent releases have improved collaboration while configuration procedures still need simplification
What stands out for me in Chef SaaS is that the procedure is straightforward and the release goes smoothly because we can create different versions according to our own requirements. Chef SaaS helps with collaboration between our development and operations team. A benefit I can see is that configuring is easier because developers commit new code and new versions, and using Chef SaaS, we can create different cookbooks. Cookbooks contain different recipes, and different cookbooks represent different versions. Using these versions, we can consolidate and create a new package that will help us with the release. Since this is a product-based company and our product is wind turbines, every time we have a product release or patch release, Chef SaaS helps us tremendously. We release different patch cycles such as LTS patch cycles, Windows patches, or any kind of patch feature and built features. To maintain the cycle, the process is quite smooth.

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

Pros

"Akamai Segmentation [Private Offer Only] has positively impacted our organization by giving us a better understanding of our flows, saving time implementing segregation and fixing production issues because we have a complete overview that allows us to determine whether the flow is functioning or if issues are due to flow problems."
"Akamai is globally available with globally distributed edge locations and presence across the globe, which ultimately benefits our customers."
"Chef SaaS has positively impacted my organization by saving more time; we do not need to control Chef control node and we can apply the required changes for VMs quickly, which is a big advantage for our organization."
"Chef SaaS is stable and we have never faced any issues with it, as it is quite reliable and, since it is mature and established, it is capable enough to manage large infrastructures."
 

Cons

"I would rate their customer service as four out of ten."
"It is quite expensive, to be honest, but it is really useful, as we see positive results."
"An area of improvement is that if you compare Chef SaaS to Ansible, Ansible is much faster and the process is easier and faster, but Chef SaaS is more complicated."
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Akamai Segmentation [Private Offer Only]?
I have a separate account team who manages the cost and handles product procurement, licensing, and license renewal.
What needs improvement with Akamai Segmentation [Private Offer Only]?
Akamai could pass more headers directly to the application layer, such as user details or other user attributes, which would enable more granular personalization. These configurations require colla...
What is your primary use case for Akamai Segmentation [Private Offer Only]?
I have used Akamai Segmentation [Private Offer Only] for CDN purposes, specifically for Content Delivery Network and static content caching, delivering static assets and content globally near the e...
What needs improvement with Chef SaaS?
An area of improvement is that if you compare Chef SaaS to Ansible, Ansible is much faster and the process is easier and faster, but Chef SaaS is more complicated. It has different kinds of file se...
What is your primary use case for Chef SaaS?
My main use case for Chef SaaS is cloud infrastructure management. I use Chef SaaS for cloud VMs patch updates, service installation, and security state checks.
 

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