We performed a comparison between Akamai App and API Protector and Radware Alteon based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution easily identifies, delays, or allows business traffic."
"The support that we got from their technical team has been fantastic. I have never experienced this level of support from other CDN providers."
"The solution can scale extremely well."
"Adaptive stream delivery and WAF protection are valuable."
"I can attest to its benefits in terms of understanding and mitigating threats...The solution's technical support team seems to be pretty responsive."
"It enables us to move faster with new products because we have this layer of protection set up in our infrastructure."
"They have a fantastic tool for analyzing and viewing your traffic."
"Traffic filtering and WAF are valuable."
"I am finding SSL-TLS acceleration the most valuable function, with certificate management. It is easy to generate certificates and assign them to services"
"It is easy to expand. Our clients are enterprise-size."
"The GUI was a valuable feature. It was uncomplicated and easy to use."
"The command line interface is simple and very user-friendly."
"The most valuable aspect is that it establishes user security."
"The UI is user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its stability. During the time that I have been using it, it has not undergone a service failure... And with the integrated application protection, we have not suffered from attacks anymore."
"Radware has been characterized by being extremely robust. This gives us the confidence to offer our users a continuous service."
"There are some issues with pushing configurations across a network. It still takes about 20 minutes and that means to retract it's another 20 minutes."
"The performance of the cloud monitoring tool is low."
"Support and the pricing need to improve."
"The product should provide a secure NTP."
"It would be nice if Akamai Web Application Protector's price is lowered and made cheaper."
"Customer support has room for improvement."
"We are experimenting with EdgeWorkers to write our own code at the Edge level. It could grow to be much better."
"The interface is a little bit clunky and can be improved."
"Their support can be better. The Radware management is very proactive. We can connect to anybody in Radware Management in India. We can even connect with the MD of Radware India. However, their lower level staff should be more proactive towards the customers."
"The community portal does not have a place to find scripts."
"I would like to see future enhancements in security, specifically in threat protection."
"I would like for the load balancing to work with premier and the cloud, a mix of premium and cloud."
"Support is very important because if we get good support, we'll be able to sell and supply more numbers."
"We don't integrate anything with it because most things don't integrate with Radware. If it were F5, we could integrate it. We can integrate F5 with practically anything that integrates with a load balancer, but that's not the case with Alteon."
"Recently our team was talking about the things you can customize in Alteon and the level of programming that doing so demands. I would like to see more information on how to customize the programming and troubleshoot."
"The solution could be more open to additional third-party add-ons being integrated into it."
Akamai App and API Protector is ranked 8th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 27 reviews while Radware Alteon is ranked 10th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 33 reviews. Akamai App and API Protector is rated 8.4, while Radware Alteon is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Akamai App and API Protector writes "Easy to learn and gives us a report of traffic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Radware Alteon writes "It's a good fit for a small team because the maintenance is easier and you don't need to know how to code". Akamai App and API Protector is most compared with Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Prolexic and AWS Shield, whereas Radware Alteon is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Citrix NetScaler, HAProxy, A10 Networks Thunder ADC and F5 Advanced WAF. See our Akamai App and API Protector vs. Radware Alteon report.
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