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    Akamai CDN

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AAkamai Technologies, headquartered in Boston, offers Akamai Connected Cloud, a content delivery network (CDN) with a variety of services used to guarantee application, API, and media delivery.N/A

    Barracuda Application Protection

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ABarracuda Application Protection is a cloud-delivered application security service that includes full-spectrum L3-L7 DDoS protection (volumetric and application) to protect applications from disruptions and ensure nonstop availability.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Best Alternatives
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    Small Businesses
    Amazon CloudFront
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Google Cloud CDN
    Score7.6 out of 10
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Azure CDN
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Akamai App & API Protector
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Akamai CDNBarracuda Application Protection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (16 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
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    User Testimonials
    Akamai CDNBarracuda Application Protection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Akamai
    Akamai is a well-established brand name with a great product. It meets and many time exceeds the needs for global content delivery and security management layer at the edge. Fine grain security tuning seems cumbersome as the definition of the app keeps changing. It also requires an investment of time for the setup which doesn't necessarily make sense for smaller scale scenarios. Some products offered by AWS, Azure or the Google Cloud can be more tightly integrated with cloud provider offerings thus easier to configure.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Simple Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service were out of the box standard policies can be applied. this Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service is perfect for a basic environment and protection in particular if you have already other barracuda Infrastruture elements in your network. Easy to deploy configure and get it running with in a few hours. Definitely not the type of WAF for a complex web application.
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    Pros
    Akamai
    • Content offloading - once rules are set up within Akamai you don't need to even think about how many images or large JavaScript or CSS files (for example) are being served from your own estate, Akamai takes care of it all via rules that are quick, easy and flexible.
    • Page caching - for pages that don't change very often Akamai allows you to set up rules, quickly and easily, to serve up your page content for you, which takes even more load away from your origin servers.
    • Quick rollback - the Akamai system allows easy testing of rules and changes via a staging system, and also offers a quick rollback option, which is perfect for the rare occasions when something has been set up incorrectly.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • Provides full-spectrum security DOD-level protection; which is a big help for us for security of our data.
    • Ease of setup on her firewall for security for VPN users.
    • Configuration is easy to do and use for our security team with its features and pictures of instruction.
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    Cons
    Akamai
    • The interface in their control centre could be a bit more user-friendly with some of the settings in places that you wouldn't expect them to be. The search offsets this problem to an extent but it's still sometimes slower than you'd like to find what you are looking for.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • More bot categories should be integrated
    • URLs profiles should be user friendly the one feature which is bit complicated
    • client side integrity should include more mitigation techniques
    • there should a feature where you can achieve out of the box requirements means the feature which is not available can be included by writing a code
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    Usability
    Akamai
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    -Easy to deploy -Easy to manage application -Scalability is good -Security Features contains a lot of granularities especially URL profiles protection and Json security
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    Support Rating
    Akamai
    Their support documents are excellent and provide a lot of useful information for all their services. The only reason I didn't give them a 10 is that the time it takes for them to respond to an issue could be slightly faster.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Akamai
    We've used -- and considered -- a whole number of CDN offerings. The good news is that almost all of the CDN products on the market are terrific, and will pay for themselves via increased customer satisfaction and lower monthly hosting bills. For some cases, we're still more likely to suggest CloudFlare (which has a free tier) or an integrated offering from a cloud provider, like Cloudfront.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Price for the over all functionalities offered. Simplicity to configure and deploy in our current environment. Automated standard policies. easy to maintain.
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    Return on Investment
    Akamai
    • Akamai RoI improved over a period of times since it comes with heavy costs, however global deliveries in over 100 counties and global web platforms usage helps improve RoI
    • With the complex UI challenges, ROI could be impacted negatively when you have to invest in operations and time.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • Has been good in lessening threats from the outside.
    • Ease of use for our security team to be able to use templates and configure to our specs.
    • Being able to set as many rules as you like is a big plus.
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