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Product	Akamai App & API Protector by Akamai View product	HCL AppScan RASP by HCLSoftware View product
Overview
What it is	Akamai App & API Protector by Akamai: API discovery. Ideal for API exploit prevention. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top DDoS Protection alternatives.	HCL AppScan RASP by HCLSoftware: low latency overhead. Ideal for zero-day exploit neutralization. Deployment: agent-based. See how it compares with top RASP alternatives.
Product type	Web Application & API Protection (WAAP)	Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Engine
Best for	Financial Services, Retail, Government, High Tech, Healthcare, E-commerce, Banking, Travel, Media & Entertainment, Public Sector	Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, SaaS Enterprise, Retail, Banking, Public Sector, SaaS Providers
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS / Edge Distributed; Cloud SaaS; Edge Platform	Server-Side Micro-Agent / Application Runtime Integration; Server-Side Runtime Micro-Agent
Data residency	Global edge network; Regional compliance options	Customer production host sovereignty
Key features
What it offers	Adaptive security engine OWASP Top 10 mitigation Layer 7 DDoS protection Automated rule tuning API discovery Credential abuse defense Web application firewall defense Layer 7 DDoS mitigation	Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) In-memory exploit interception Zero-day virtual patching Low latency overhead Third-party library protection Zero-day exploit neutralization Legacy application protection Open-source dependency defense
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Web ApplicationsCloud WorkloadsRESTful APIsMobile Backends	Application ServersProduction WorkloadsMicroservicesContainers
Compliance	PCI-DSSSOC 2 Type IIISO/IEC 27001FedRAMPHIPAA	PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	TerraformAkamai CLISplunkDatadogMicrosoft SentinelAWS CloudWatch	KubernetesDockerJava.NETSplunkHCL AppScan 360
Industries	Financial ServicesRetailGovernmentHigh TechHealthcareE-commerce+4 more	Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentSaaS EnterpriseRetailBanking+2 more
Regions	Global Akamai Connected Cloud	Global enterprise deployments
Vendor
Company	Akamai	HCLSoftware
Headquarters	Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA	Noida, India
Company size	10,001+	10,000+
Founded	1998	2017

Akamai App & API Protector

by Akamai

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HCL AppScan RASP

by HCLSoftware

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Overview

What it is

Akamai App & API Protector

Akamai App & API Protector by Akamai: API discovery. Ideal for API exploit prevention. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top DDoS Protection alternatives.

HCL AppScan RASP

HCL AppScan RASP by HCLSoftware: low latency overhead. Ideal for zero-day exploit neutralization. Deployment: agent-based. See how it compares with top RASP alternatives.

Product type

Akamai App & API Protector

Web Application & API Protection (WAAP)

HCL AppScan RASP

Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Engine

Best for

Akamai App & API Protector

Financial Services, Retail, Government, High Tech, Healthcare, E-commerce, Banking, Travel, Media & Entertainment, Public Sector

HCL AppScan RASP

Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, SaaS Enterprise, Retail, Banking, Public Sector, SaaS Providers

Pricing

Pricing model

Akamai App & API Protector

Contact Vendor

HCL AppScan RASP

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Akamai App & API Protector

HCL AppScan RASP

Deployment

Deployment options

Akamai App & API Protector

SaaSCloud

HCL AppScan RASP

Cloud

Deployment details

Akamai App & API Protector

Cloud SaaS / Edge Distributed; Cloud SaaS; Edge Platform

HCL AppScan RASP

Server-Side Micro-Agent / Application Runtime Integration; Server-Side Runtime Micro-Agent

Data residency

Akamai App & API Protector

Global edge network; Regional compliance options

HCL AppScan RASP

Customer production host sovereignty

Key features

What it offers

Akamai App & API Protector

Adaptive security engine
OWASP Top 10 mitigation
Layer 7 DDoS protection
Automated rule tuning
API discovery
Credential abuse defense
Web application firewall defense
Layer 7 DDoS mitigation

HCL AppScan RASP

Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP)
In-memory exploit interception
Zero-day virtual patching
Low latency overhead
Third-party library protection
Zero-day exploit neutralization
Legacy application protection
Open-source dependency defense

Platform & access

API access

Akamai App & API Protector

HCL AppScan RASP

Single sign-on (SSO)

Akamai App & API Protector

HCL AppScan RASP

Role-based access (RBAC)

Akamai App & API Protector

HCL AppScan RASP

Multi-tenant

Akamai App & API Protector

HCL AppScan RASP

Mobile app

Akamai App & API Protector

HCL AppScan RASP

Supported platforms

Akamai App & API Protector

Web ApplicationsCloud WorkloadsRESTful APIsMobile Backends

HCL AppScan RASP

Application ServersProduction WorkloadsMicroservicesContainers

Compliance

Akamai App & API Protector

PCI-DSSSOC 2 Type IIISO/IEC 27001FedRAMPHIPAA

HCL AppScan RASP

PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Akamai App & API Protector

TerraformAkamai CLISplunkDatadogMicrosoft SentinelAWS CloudWatch

HCL AppScan RASP

KubernetesDockerJava.NETSplunkHCL AppScan 360

Industries

Akamai App & API Protector

Financial ServicesRetailGovernmentHigh TechHealthcareE-commerce+4 more

HCL AppScan RASP

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentSaaS EnterpriseRetailBanking+2 more

Regions

Akamai App & API Protector

Global Akamai Connected Cloud

HCL AppScan RASP

Global enterprise deployments

Vendor

Company

Akamai App & API Protector

Akamai

HCL AppScan RASP

HCLSoftware

Headquarters

Akamai App & API Protector

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

HCL AppScan RASP

Noida, India

Company size

Akamai App & API Protector

10,001+

HCL AppScan RASP

10,000+

Founded

Akamai App & API Protector

1998

HCL AppScan RASP

2017