We performed a comparison between Akamai and Imperva DDoS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two CDN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is very sustainable and flexible."
"Akamai has a very established network of PoPs globally."
"As of now, the best thing about Akamai is WAF, and though CDN is a good feature, it comes in second place when compared to WAF. I am very impressed with the WAF offered by Akamai."
"The worldwide reach of the Akamai CDN is one of the key values of this CDN and the agreements worldwide that they keep running."
"The solution's technical support is very prompt and good."
"This solution can be used for web , video and media caching and streaming."
"Akamai's scalability is good."
"Akamai provides low-latency throughput."
"I like the user-friendly interface."
"We use Imperva DDoS to stop DDoS attacks and reduce the amount of unwanted queries against web services or web scraping."
"Simplifies putting everything in code."
"Imperva Incapsula has many valuable features. One, it protects the top 10 OWAS vulnerability, the open web application software platform, this is standard. Secondly, it protects against broken authentication. As well, it has remote execution of code."
"This product is a reliable defense from malicious attacks on a network environment."
"The most valuable features are DDoS protection."
"The most valuable features for us are the DDoS and Bot."
"Real-time monitoring is also a great tool, as you may watch several parameters in real time."
"I'd like to see improvements in log files and data visualizations within the interface."
"Akamai's configuration part is an area of concern where improvements are required to make the process easy."
"The fact that it is an expensive product is its only shortcoming."
"Caching strategy is an area with certain shortcomings in the solution where improvements are required."
"Akamai should improve its integrations."
"The solution could offer more integrations."
"Sometimes a little hard to navigate around the user console."
"Akamai could improve by providing its own cloud services. We have to use third-party cloud services at this time, such as Amazon AWS. The offering becomes a lot easier for an SMB if everything was in one single platform to be used for the services."
"The log analytics interface within Incapsula isn't really good. For example, if you have to get all logs from there, it's a very cumbersome process."
"The cost could be lower; our end clients need to have a high budget to purchase this solution."
"Analytics in the area of risk need to be improved to supply more information to the users for creating better environments."
"I would like to see automated reporting to improve visibility."
"Imperva should have more points of presence in Africa."
"It would be better if we were able to manage and apply changes to multiple websites/web applications, and search WAF logs for multiple websites, via the Incapsula dashboard."
"It needs to be improved every time there are new attacks."
"Imperva now offers add-ons to add functionality, but I would like to see these included in the product, even if it would cost more."
Akamai is ranked 3rd in CDN with 16 reviews while Imperva DDoS is ranked 5th in CDN with 74 reviews. Akamai is rated 9.0, while Imperva DDoS is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Akamai writes "An easy to setup product offering multiple useful functionalities under a single package". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Imperva DDoS writes "I like the content monitoring feature which I haven't seen in other WAF solutions". Akamai is most compared with Cloudflare, Azure Front Door, Amazon CloudFront, AWS Global Accelerator and Fastly, whereas Imperva DDoS is most compared with Cloudflare, Arbor DDoS, Radware DefensePro, AWS WAF and Imperva Web Application Firewall. See our Akamai vs. Imperva DDoS report.
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