Akamai App & API Protector vs. FortiDDoS

Akamai App & API Protector

14 Reviews and Ratings

FortiDDoS

6 Reviews and Ratings

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
FortiDDoS	Score6 out of 10	N/A	FortiDDoS is a DDoS prevention product available as a hardware appliance or a hybrid on-premise/cloud software solution. Scope of Protection The FortiDDoS product offered by Fortinet differentiates itself from other products in the industry by providing comprehensive protection at multiple layers of the OSI model. It offers integrated protection at layer 3 (network layer), layer 4 (transport layer), and layer 7 (application layer) to defend against a wide range of…	N/A

Pricing

Akamai App & API Protector

FortiDDoS

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Pricing Offerings
Akamai App & API Protector	FortiDDoS
Free Trial
Yes	No
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	FortiDDoS
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (1 ratings)	7.3 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Akamai App & API Protector	FortiDDoS
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	Fortinet It is suitable for use in the transaction service environment on the Internet, such as Web Service, Mobile App, Cloud Micro Service, blockchain trading platform, VDI for Work at Home. Not suitable for use in the company's internal decentralized trading system. Incentivized Melvin Ji Vice President & Product Manager Read full review
Pros	Akamai Web Security Bot managment Rate Control Incentivized Randy Varela Offensive Security Engineer Lead Read full review	Fortinet FortiDDos solves the loss of business money caused by previous attacks that we have faced. Our company's business is mainly to provide Internet APP manufacturers with their client-side cash transaction services. Can react quickly when it is subjected to a malicious attack. Can quickly assist us in the follow-up response processing. It can be integrated with our existing NOC management platform. Has played complete monitoring and management capabilities. Incentivized Melvin Ji Vice President & Product Manager Read full review
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	Fortinet 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	Fortinet Provide our business area grows 60% year by year Incentivized Melvin Ji Vice President & Product Manager Read full review
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