Akamai App & API Protector vs. CDNetworks Bot Shield

Akamai App & API Protector

14 Reviews and Ratings

CDNetworks Bot Shield

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Akamai App & API Protector	Score8 out of 10	N/A	Akamai 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
CDNetworks Bot Shield	N/A	N/A	CDNetworks Bot Shield platform keeps bots from hijacking assets by strengthening web security and creating a better end-user experience by eliminating bad bots and redirecting good bots. Bot Shield offers a real-time dashboard, reporting, analytics, and alerts to continuously provide users with insights into all web activities, ensuring the optimal security profile to protect web applications without sacrificing performance.	N/A

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Pricing Offerings
Akamai App & API Protector	CDNetworks Bot Shield
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

No setup fee

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User Ratings
	Akamai App & API Protector	CDNetworks Bot Shield
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Akamai App & API Protector	CDNetworks Bot Shield
Likelihood to Recommend	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 Incentivized Randy Varela Offensive Security Engineer Lead Read full review	CDNetworks No answers on this topic
Pros	Akamai Web Security Bot managment Rate Control Incentivized Randy Varela Offensive Security Engineer Lead Read full review	CDNetworks No answers on this topic
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 Incentivized Randy Varela Offensive Security Engineer Lead Read full review	CDNetworks No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Akamai Fair Security investment An attack impact would be higher Support contract is not cheap Incentivized Randy Varela Offensive Security Engineer Lead Read full review	CDNetworks No answers on this topic
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