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    Akamai App & API Protector

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAkamai Akamai App & API Protector offers protection for websites, web applications and APIs. An evolution of Kona Site Defender, a web application security platform designed to protect web and mobile assets from targeted web application attacks and DDoS attacks while improving performance.N/A

    Akamai Bot Manager

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AAkamai Bot Manager delivers advanced bot detection to spot and avert evasive threats, and to stay ahead of the evolving bot landscape and stop sophisticated bots at the edge ― keeping them away from business networks.N/A
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    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Testimonials
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    Akamai
    Akamai Kona Site Defender KSD, works fine for any website or mobile application (Native/JDK), it can be used as a WAF, a rate limiting tool, or a bot management tool all in one, plus you will get all the benefits of the Akamai CDN (Content distribution network) as well
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    Akamai
    One of the most serious issues with commercial websites is dealing with bots. Even a good bot can slow down or render a website unresponsive. Because not all bots are evil, Akamai Bot Manager allows us to handle the bots that are required and those that are not. It adds an extra degree of security where typical solutions fail.
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    Pros
    Akamai
    • Web Security
    • Bot managment
    • Rate Control
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    Akamai
    • Bot detection
    • Good selection of actions in case of bot detection
    • Easy implementation of its standard features
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    Cons
    Akamai
    • Custom rules might be hard to configure
    • For some cases you will need to contact the Akamai team to adjust the backend
    • Interface might feel laggy if used in a non-powerful PC
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    • Support might not be as fast as we want for custom implementations.
    • At the beginning the interface might be confusing.
    • Some new features they introduce might break existing features.
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    Akamai
    Security concerns call for the deployment of Akamai Bot Manager. It assists in preventing bots from being unable to target our website and applications. The Akamai lab rejects the request or attack before it reaches my cloud infrastructure or my applications. My application is more secure as a result.
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    Return on Investment
    Akamai
    • Fair Security investment
    • An attack impact would be higher
    • Support contract is not cheap
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    Akamai
    • Reduce overall infrastructure maintenance due to less incoming traffic and leverage of caching rules
    • Better user experience on the website due to better overall performance
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