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Akamai App and API Protector vs Wallarm NG WAF 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.
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Users praise Wallarm NG WAF for its responsive, knowledgeable support, effective solutions, clear communication, and consistent customer service quality.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
6.3
Akamai App and API Protector needs enhancements in flexibility, UI, customer support, documentation, and advanced protection features.
No sentiment score available
Users desire better documentation, support responsiveness, fewer false positives, smoother integration, flexible pricing, and frequent updates for Wallarm NG WAF.
 

Scalability Issues

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Akamai App and API Protector excels in scalability, seamlessly handling extensive user demands and large-scale deployments with stability.
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Wallarm NG WAF efficiently scales to handle substantial traffic, integrates smoothly, and offers flexible cloud and on-premise deployment options.
 

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
<p>Wallarm NG WAF offers flexible, cost-effective subscription pricing with customizable options for scalable enterprise security needs.</p>
 

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.
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Wallarm NG WAF is praised for stability, effective threat detection, seamless integration, robust scalability, and strong support.
 

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.
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Wallarm NG WAF is praised for real-time threat detection, API protection, scalability, easy deployment, and detailed analytics.
 

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)
Wallarm NG WAF
Ranking in Web Application Firewall (WAF)
35th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
API Security (12th)
 

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 Wallarm NG WAF is 0.4%, up from 0.4% 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.
it_user662952 - PeerSpot reviewer
Active threat detection and adaptive rules are the most valuable for us.
I would say that the active threat detection feature and adaptive rules are the most valuable for us. With active threat detection, we are no longer over-swamped with tons of useless events. As all the payloads from malicious requests are analysed with a cloud scanner, we don’t need to do this manually. We also built up an incident management process when Wallarm confirmed that some of the attacks are exposing actual vulnerabilities. Adaptive security rules allowed us to use WAF in blocking mode which was almost impossible previously.
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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
18%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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.
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Also Known As

Akamai Web Application Protector, Akamai Kona Site Defender, Akamai Kona DDoS Defender
Wallarm NG-WAF
 

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Sample Customers

Douglas Omaha Technology Commission, ZALORA, PrintPlanet
Panasonic. Miro. Rappi. Wargaming. Gannett. Omio. Acronis. Workforce Software. Tipalti. SEMRush.
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