We performed a comparison between Akamai App and API Protector and Tenable.io Web Application Scanning based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), F5, Microsoft and others in Web Application Firewall (WAF)."The product has a good UI."
"The most valuable feature is the DDoS protection, which is the main reason we got it."
"The dashboard is the most interesting feature of the Akamai portal where you can have a detailed analysis of all the attacks that are happening. You can drill down an issue and see exactly what is happening, who are the bad guys attacking your website, and how Akamai is protecting the website. That is the most valuable feature."
"It enables us to move faster with new products because we have this layer of protection set up in our infrastructure."
"We are getting security for each and every API."
"The solution can scale extremely well."
"I have contacted the support team of Akamai... I am happy with their responses and answers to my problems."
"The features are powerful and better than F5."
"We can get detailed information about vulnerabilities."
"Tenable provides the end analysis results covering all the published vulnerabilities and information on the market."
"All the features are valuable to us as they offer cutting-edge scanning methods and address the latest issues with a contemporary approach. Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is highly stable. I rate it a nine out ten. Since the solution works on the Cloud, it's highly scalable. I rate the scalability a nine out of ten. The setup of the solution is straightforward. The Return on Investment is substantial. I recommend the solution to all."
"The most valuable features of Tenable.io Web Application Scanning are the integration into specific use cases and scanning. All of the features of the solution are useful."
"The solution's instant reports feature is the most effective for detecting threats."
"It is fully automated."
"We use the tool for our websites. We have a vulnerable subdomain. The tool helps to scan it for vulnerabilities."
"The most effective feature of the product is the ability to scan the entire environment."
"The product should provide a secure NTP."
"It would be better if there weren't any issues with latency. We had latency issues, but I think they are all solved now."
"The WAF features definitely have a lot of room for improvement. A lot of the WAF is really basic. For some products or some of our solutions, we need to run a second layer of more advanced WAF. If it had better layer seven protection then we would not need a second WAF."
"It would be nice if Akamai Web Application Protector's price is lowered and made cheaper."
"The pricing could be reduced a bit."
"I do not see any area for improvement. Akamai is already maintaining its own databases for the security concerns, vulnerabilities, and attacks that are there. If anything, they should have a solution in the infrastructure security area as well. They should not be only in cloud cybersecurity; they should also be in infrastructure security."
"Support and the pricing need to improve."
"In terms of precedence of Akamai rules, the last one is implemented. That is the one that is operational. If two rules contradict, the last one is implemented. We had a clash, but it was really tough to find that out. I would like to have a rulebook because, in their architecture documentation, it is not mentioned anywhere that if two rules clash, the last one works, and if it does not work, then what to do. This is something we were debating today with their tech support. With AWS, we get documents for the issues so that they do not occur in the future. Akamai's support and knowledge base needs to be improved."
"The dashboard could be more user-friendly."
"I would like for them to add proxy filtering, where you can transfer and alter the package. It is fully automated. Other web application testers programs are actually proxy software, and the proxy software gives you the flexibility of modifying the outgoing package, which will actually help you in exploiting any vulnerability in detail."
"The platform's technical support services could be better."
"It isn't easy to manage vulnerabilities in Tenable."
"The cloud and the on-premises versions have their own controllers, and there is no way to centrally manage controllers."
"It would be great if there were a dashboard that is more user-friendly."
"The reporting has a very limited customization capability."
"Tenable.io Web Application Scanning conducts a general scan, which wastes time. The scan needs to be specific."
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Akamai App and API Protector is ranked 8th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 27 reviews while Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is ranked 24th in Application Security Tools with 14 reviews. Akamai App and API Protector is rated 8.4, while Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is rated 7.6. 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 Tenable.io Web Application Scanning writes "Highly Recommended Solution with Latest Scanning Methods". Akamai App and API Protector is most compared with Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Prolexic and AWS Shield, whereas Tenable.io Web Application Scanning is most compared with Acunetix, Qualys Web Application Scanning, Fortify on Demand, SonarQube and PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional.
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