We performed a comparison between Akamai App and API Protector and Checkmarx One based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, F5 and others in Web Application Firewall (WAF)."I can attest to its benefits in terms of understanding and mitigating threats...The solution's technical support team seems to be pretty responsive."
"It is scalable for DDoS."
"Akamai Web Application Protector is a good solution that provides basic web application protection."
"We are getting security for each and every API."
"The CDN and the WAF features are the best."
"The product is user-friendly."
"Adaptive stream delivery and WAF protection are valuable."
"I have contacted the support team of Akamai... I am happy with their responses and answers to my problems."
"I like that you don't have to compile the code in order to execute static code analysis. So, it's very handy."
"We use the solution for dynamic application testing."
"Most valuable features include: ease of use, dashboard. interface and the ability to report."
"The process of remediating software security vulnerabilities can now be performed (ongoing) as portions of the application are being built in advance of being compiled."
"Checkmarx has helped us deliver more secure products. We are able to do static code analysis with the tool before shipping our code to production. When the integration is in the pipeline, this tool gives us early notifications on code fixes."
"The main benefit to using this solution is that we find vulnerabilities in our software before the development cycle is complete."
"The most valuable features of Checkmarx are difficult to pinpoint because of the way the functionalities and the features are intertwined, it's difficult to say which part of them I prefer most. You initiate the scan, you have a scan, you have the review set, and reporting, they all work together as one whole process. It's not like accounting software, where you have the different features, et cetera."
"The solution allows us to create custom rules for code checks."
"There are some issues with pushing configurations across a network. It still takes about 20 minutes and that means to retract it's another 20 minutes."
"Support and the pricing need to improve."
"The interface is a little bit clunky and can be improved."
"The performance of the cloud monitoring tool is low."
"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 product should provide a secure NTP."
"It would be nice if Akamai Web Application Protector's price is lowered and made cheaper."
"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."
"C, C++, VB and T-SQL are not supported by this product. Although, C and C++ were advertised as being supported."
"The integration could improve by including, for example, DevSecOps."
"The lack of ability to review compiled source code. It would then be able to compete with other scanning tools, such as Veracode."
"Checkmarx could improve the REST APIs by including automation."
"If it is a very large code base then we have a problem where we cannot scan it."
"Checkmarx needs to improve the false positives and provide more accuracy in identifying vulnerabilities. It misses important vulnerabilities."
"It would be really helpful if the level of confidence was included, with respect to identified issues."
"The resolutions should also be provided. For example, if the user faces any problem regarding an installation due to the internal security policies of their company, there should be a resolution offered."
Akamai App and API Protector is ranked 8th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 27 reviews while Checkmarx One is ranked 3rd in Application Security Tools with 67 reviews. Akamai App and API Protector is rated 8.4, while Checkmarx One 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 Checkmarx One writes "The report function is a great, configurable asset but sometimes yields false positives". Akamai App and API Protector is most compared with Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Prolexic and AWS Shield, whereas Checkmarx One is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Fortify on Demand, Snyk and Coverity.
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