We performed a comparison between Akamai App and API Protector and Google Cloud Armor based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about VMware, Cisco, Akamai and others in Cloud and Data Center Security."All the solution's features are very good."
"Akamai Web Application Protector is a good solution that provides basic web application protection."
"It is scalable for DDoS."
"We are getting security for each and every API."
"Adaptive stream delivery and WAF protection are valuable."
"The product has a good UI."
"The CDN and the WAF features are the best."
"The solution easily identifies, delays, or allows business traffic."
"We utilize Google Cloud Armor alongside our Cloud Load Balancer to safeguard against DDoS attacks. This setup acts as a local Layer 7 proxy provided by Google, allowing us to predict and mitigate DDoS threats effectively."
"The interface is a little bit clunky and can be improved."
"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."
"It would be nice if Akamai Web Application Protector's price is lowered and made cheaper."
"We are experimenting with EdgeWorkers to write our own code at the Edge level. It could grow to be much better."
"It's fine for a simple tool, but as I recall, if you encounter a lot of bots, scrapers, and other things, you'll need this tool bot and this other thing they offer called Bot Manager."
"The solution could offer even more integrations."
"It would be better if there weren't any issues with latency. We had latency issues, but I think they are all solved now."
"Customer support has room for improvement."
"I believe Google Cloud Armor can benefit from enhancements of AI and automation."
Akamai App and API Protector is ranked 10th in Cloud and Data Center Security with 27 reviews while Google Cloud Armor is ranked 14th in Cloud and Data Center Security with 1 review. Akamai App and API Protector is rated 8.4, while Google Cloud Armor is rated 8.0. 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 Google Cloud Armor writes "Improved our web application security". Akamai App and API Protector is most compared with Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Prolexic and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Google Cloud Armor is most compared with .
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