We performed a comparison between Akamai and Imperva Bot Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cloudflare, Akamai, Microsoft and others in CDN."If an attacker conducts an attack, we can check what query he is running and whether he wants to see our password or any other files."
"Akamai provides low-latency throughput."
"This solution can be used for web , video and media caching and streaming."
"The most valuable feature of Akamai is its ease of use and simple integration. Additionally, the solution has new aspects added to it regularly."
"It's a scalable and reliable solution."
"Akamai has a very established network of PoPs globally."
"The worldwide reach of the Akamai CDN is one of the key values of this CDN and the agreements worldwide that they keep running."
"The solution is very sustainable and flexible."
"I am impressed with the product's automatic bot mechanism. It also gives us the control to create our own custom bot rules."
"The stability of the product is good since I haven't had any problems with the solution."
"Local connectivity would be great linked to our own telecom/Cablevision CDN."
"Caching strategy is an area with certain shortcomings in the solution where improvements are required."
"The solution could offer more integrations."
"It would be better if we could be notified about specific attacks."
"I would like to see improvements in the security aspect. The web application firewall needs to be enhanced and offers more customization options."
"The product's scalability can be improved since certain shortcomings regarding the security part of the solution currently exist."
"The fact that it is an expensive product is its only shortcoming."
"Their support is very slow. If you file a support ticket, it takes a long time before it gets resolved."
"The tool needs to include artificial intelligence and machine learning. It also needs to improve profiling."
"Sometimes, it takes a bit of time for the technical staff of the solution to get back to our company with a resolution for our problems."
Akamai is ranked 3rd in CDN with 18 reviews while Imperva Bot Management is ranked 4th in Bot Management with 2 reviews. Akamai is rated 9.0, while Imperva Bot Management is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Akamai writes "An easy to setup product offering multiple useful functionalities under a single package". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Imperva Bot Management writes "A product that offers advanced bot detection capabilities and reporting features". Akamai is most compared with Cloudflare, Azure Front Door, Imperva DDoS and Amazon CloudFront, whereas Imperva Bot Management is most compared with Cloudflare, Cequence Security, DataDome, Human Defense Platform and Fortinet FortiWeb.
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