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Akamai App and API Protector vs NGINX App Protect comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
3.5
Customer service is excellent, while technical support has mixed reviews with praise for expertise but needs improved availability.
No sentiment score available
NGINX App Protect customer support has mixed reviews, with varying responsiveness and cost opinions, and issues with occasional slow responses.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
6.3
Akamai App and API Protector needs enhancements in flexibility, UI, customer support, documentation, and advanced protection features.
Sentiment score
4.2
NGINX App Protect faces issues with configuration, costs, support, integration, documentation, upgrades, security, automation, and communication about features.
 

Scalability Issues

No sentiment score available
Akamai App and API Protector excels in scalability, seamlessly handling extensive user demands and large-scale deployments with stability.
Sentiment score
8.0
NGINX App Protect's scalability is mixed, with good results for small groups but issues with larger deployments and management.
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
3.8
Akamai App and API Protector is expensive yet considered worth the cost by large enterprises for its quality services.
No sentiment score available
NGINX App Protect pricing ranges from $3,000 to $40,000+ annually based on architecture, usage, and renewal costs.
 

Stability Issues

No sentiment score available
Akamai App and API Protector is highly stable and reliable, with no reported outages or issues over years of use.
Sentiment score
8.5
NGINX App Protect is reliable and efficient, scoring highly in stability, but could improve in HTML5 availability.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
9.0
Akamai App and API Protector delivers scalable security, ease of use, and cost-effective protection with advanced features like DDoS defense.
Sentiment score
7.8
Users value NGINX App Protect for flexible deployment, security features, robust functionality, and seamless integration into CICD pipelines.
 

Categories and Ranking

Akamai App and API Protector
Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
8th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection (4th), Cloud and Data Center Security (10th)
NGINX App Protect
Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
16th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
Container Security (21st), API Security (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category, the mindshare of Akamai App and API Protector is 4.0%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NGINX App Protect is 2.2%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
 

Featured Reviews

Deepesh  Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Bot Manager and different features to manage threats
As a product, it has good capabilities, including professional support. However, it's risky for us to rely on AI for real-time traffic management. We use in-house analytics but avoid automatic actions due to their high impact. For example, I live in a developing country. Everyone has different types of phones, apps, and everything else. So, if someone is using a legacy phone, that is still a use case here. If AI decides that this is an end-of-life phone or end-of-life Android operating system, it starts blocking that traffic. We may potentially lose millions or probably thousands and hundreds of thousands of hits per second. Everything is all about how well we serve payments because we're into payments. So, AI is used for analytics but not for real-time decisions. We can't afford to block traffic based on AI models due to the variety of devices and operating systems our users have.
Tomaz Sobczak - PeerSpot reviewer
Signature-based detection, DOS protection, and bot protection
NGINX App Protect is easier to automate and configure, or manage from an API. This is good for securing applications. However, it's not suitable for more complex tasks. NGINX App Protect positively impacted performance changes. There's a cache or it works like a proxy, so it can speed up applications. It can also offload some functions from servers, which NGINX can handle faster.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
5%
Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Akamai Web Application Protector?
The price is higher than others. It could be about 80% to 70% more expensive than other tools. So, it’s not just a slight difference.
What needs improvement with Akamai Web Application Protector?
It could have better analytics and reporting visibility in the OEM console.
What needs improvement with NGINX App Protect?
The product's price is high, making it an area of concern where improvements are required. The tool's licensing model is also not good. The product should have more documentation, especially like t...
 

Also Known As

Akamai Web Application Protector, Akamai Kona Site Defender, Akamai Kona DDoS Defender
NGINX WAF, NGINX Web Application Firewall
 

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Sample Customers

Douglas Omaha Technology Commission, ZALORA, PrintPlanet
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