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Akamai Bot Manager vs Cequence Security comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Akamai Bot Manager
Ranking in Bot Management
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Cequence Security
Ranking in Bot Management
6th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (26th), API Security (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Bot Management category, the mindshare of Akamai Bot Manager is 27.8%, down from 29.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cequence Security is 6.4%, up from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Gavin Pinho - PeerSpot reviewer
May 8, 2024
Offers a good user experience and has a straightforward initial setup phase
The features of the tool are associated with the licensing part, so my company uses Akamai Bot Manager for account takeovers. The aforementioned area consists of functionality related to the product, which is available straight out of the box. The product is very straightforward. One of the features of the product is associated with the fact that it allows us to automate the blocking of countries, like Russia, that have some serious criminal records or where the crimes are high, so my company uses IP geo protection as a function. VPNs from areas that are used by some bots to potentially launch attacks are blocked by automating certain processes through Akamai. Akamai has a database of blacklisted IPs, URLs, and users.
HR
Sep 3, 2024
Detect and mitigate attacks with API protection
We use the solution to detect and mitigate attacks. It helps prevent them while also protecting APIs and effectively managing API inventory It uses machine learning algorithms to detect attacks and manage API inventory. A unique feature is its ability to block rogue APIs without third-party…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Akamai Bot Manager has two valuable features: BMS (Bot Manager Standard) and BMP (Bot Manager Premier)."
"In terms of the security provided, the benefits from the use of the product are immediately visible."
"Akamai Bot Manager has more advanced rules that allow it to detect and block bot scrapers."
"Based on the telemetry, Akamai Bot Manager gives a rough estimate of all the hits and requests we get, which are suspected bots."
"The best feature is the BNP. That is what Manager Premium does, protection of transactional endpoints."
"Akamai Bot Manager is very easy to scale. Adding new domains or subdomains is a super easy process."
"The most valuable features of Akamai Bot Manager are the seamless integration and accuracy with which it detects the bots that can make attacks."
"It uses machine learning algorithms to detect attacks and manage API inventory."
 

Cons

"There is a clear need for improvement. Over the past year or so, we've observed an increase in the sophistication of attacks, with some occurring at the start of this year or even extending back one and a half years. Despite having ample resources, particularly with the advent of advanced AI, these entities can now execute basic bot attacks."
"I feel that customer support has certain concerns where improvements are required."
"We cannot block illegitimate web scrapers because Akamai Bot Manager does not provide detailed information about various origins and remote VPNs they come through."
"In my opinion, the UI of Akamai Bot Manager is a bit unconventional and not as intuitive as one might expect."
"Akamai Bot Manager Premier has some additional functionalities, particularly for web telemetry, but they don't have it for app telemetry."
"Akamai Bot Manager can improve by having better SDK integration. SDK would be required to integrate with any mobile applications and if they are able to make that more seamless, it will help."
"I would say there is definitely a need of improvement because I think some start of this year or even, like one and a half years. But now have enough resources at their end especially with the, advanced AI and everything. So they have enough resources to launch basic bot attacks. And whenever we do some type of fine tuning, they are always somehow able to evade it or just fly under the threshold. And from our end, we also have to maintain those threshold so that we still do not start blocking the real general customer. So every time when they try to do something else, we have to see their traffic patterns and then find you in our solution.When these bot attacks happen, what we have to do is we have to check their, traffic patterns, their IT sees and then do the proper analysis. And based on that, the fine tuning is done. So I would say, like, based on these bot traffic, if there is a automatic fine tuning. With the help of machine learning at all, then that would be much more easier of beneficial. So this needs improvement."
"There are other rules that are user-friendly, however, many of the things have a learning curve. This is not something you enter into lightly."
"It is expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Akamai Bot Manager is a very expensive solution."
"Akamai Bot Manager requires a separate license that sits on top of Kona or Akamai Web Application Protector."
"You buy a license of the product based on a certain volume, but if you hit the volume and go above it, then you are charged additional for each GB you use. I think you need to pay 20,000 per month."
"The price of Akamai Bot Manager could improve."
"We have to pay a bundled cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
24%
Computer Software Company
12%
Retailer
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Real Estate/Law Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Akamai Bot Manager?
The best feature is the BNP. That is what Manager Premium does, protection of transactional endpoints.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Akamai Bot Manager?
You buy a license of the product based on a certain volume, but if you hit the volume and go above it, then you are charged additional for each GB you use. I think you need to pay 20,000 per month.
What needs improvement with Akamai Bot Manager?
In terms of the need for improvement, I feel that it is a continuous cycle where Akamai keeps updating the databases. There are new emerging threats, risks, and sources from which threats can emerg...
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Also Known As

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Cequence ASP, Cequence Unified API Protection Platform
 

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Sample Customers

Luisa Via Roma, Gymgrossisten, Rakuten, U.S. News & World Report, Japan Airlines
American Express, Lbrands, Ulta Beauty
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