We performed a comparison between Akamai App and API Protector and F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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 gives us a report of traffic. It gives us a report of the day-to-day URL traffic, and it also gives an individual report. If we reach out to Akamai, they give us the IPs as well."
"The solution easily identifies, delays, or allows business traffic."
"Akamai Web Application Protector is a good solution that provides basic web application protection."
"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."
"Everything will be handled by Akamai's system before it reaches our infrastructure."
"It enables us to move faster with new products because we have this layer of protection set up in our infrastructure."
"It blocks various attacks and mitigates disasters from occurring."
"Its performance and ease of use are valuable."
"We use three main features. The first one is access control. The second feature we use is called IP intelligence. Finally, we have a DDoS safety feature."
"The most valuable feature of F5 BIG-IP AFM is all of my workers enjoy using it."
"The most valuable features of F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) are the web gateway, load balancing, services, and applications available."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that the blocking of IP's."
"I find the signature base is very helpful to see traffic"
"It is stable."
"The pricing could be reduced a bit."
"Could integrate more features for each security."
"The interface is a little bit clunky and can be improved."
"Customer support has room for improvement."
"The custom rules must be improved."
"Akamai needs to focus on quickly responding to risks, even those that may potentially be of zero threat..Maybe some of the documentation is a little confusing. They have a lot of different places where you can go to get information, and some of the information is quite out of date."
"It would be better if there weren't any issues with latency. We had latency issues, but I think they are all solved now."
"If we talk about application layer attacks, including WAF, CloudFlare is leading. Akamai can focus a bit more on the application layer attacks and how to protect them."
"Some spam can go by the firewall."
"It doesn't compare to next generation firewalls"
"The product is expensive."
"There is room for improvement in Advanced Firewall Manager's dashboard statistics, especially during attacks."
"The web gateway feature could improve in F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)."
"The initial setup of F5 BIG-IP AFM in a complex environment was simple. However, the full deployment took us approximately one year."
"The solution’s initial setup is not easy."
"The solution's UI could be improved."
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Akamai App and API Protector is ranked 3rd in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 27 reviews while F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is ranked 8th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 21 reviews. Akamai App and API Protector is rated 8.4, while F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is rated 8.4. 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 F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) writes "Straightforward setup with very good granularity and performance". Akamai App and API Protector is most compared with Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Prolexic and AWS Shield, whereas F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is most compared with Arbor DDoS, AWS Shield and Radware DefensePro. See our Akamai App and API Protector vs. F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) report.
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