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Product	Akamai App & API Protector by Akamai View product	HCL AppScan RASP by HCLSoftware View product	Contrast Assess by Contrast Security 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.	Free trial available. Contrast Assess by Contrast Security offers dataflow tracking. Compare features, use cases and leading Application Security Testing alternatives.
Product type	Web Application & API Protection (WAAP)	Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Engine	Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) Solution
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	Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Banking & Finance, Insurance
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	Cloud	SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS / Edge Distributed; Cloud SaaS; Edge Platform	Server-Side Micro-Agent / Application Runtime Integration; Server-Side Runtime Micro-Agent	Cloud SaaS; On-premises; Hybrid; SaaS; Self-hosted enterprise
Data residency	Global edge network; Regional compliance options	Customer production host sovereignty	US; EU; Customer private cloud
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	Continuous runtime instrumentation Zero-false-positive IAST Exact line-of-code diagnosis Dataflow tracking Automated CI/CD pipeline gating Developer IDE integration DevSecOps integration Continuous security testing
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Web ApplicationsCloud WorkloadsRESTful APIsMobile Backends	Application ServersProduction WorkloadsMicroservicesContainers	Web applicationsMicroservicesAPIs
Compliance	PCI-DSSSOC 2 Type IIISO/IEC 27001FedRAMPHIPAA	PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAA	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI DSS Section 6.5OWASP Top 10 compliance
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	TerraformAkamai CLISplunkDatadogMicrosoft SentinelAWS CloudWatch	KubernetesDockerJava.NETSplunkHCL AppScan 360	JenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CIJiraAzure DevOpsIntelliJVS Code
Industries	Financial ServicesRetailGovernmentHigh TechHealthcareE-commerce+4 more	Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentSaaS EnterpriseRetailBanking+2 more	Financial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareTelecommunicationsBanking & FinanceInsurance
Regions	Global Akamai Connected Cloud	Global enterprise deployments	Global
Vendor
Company	Akamai	HCLSoftware	Contrast Security
Headquarters	Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA	Noida, India	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Company size	10,001+	10,000+	501-1,000
Founded	1998	2017	2014

Akamai App & API Protector

by Akamai

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HCL AppScan RASP

by HCLSoftware

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Contrast Assess

by Contrast Security

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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.

Contrast Assess

Free trial available. Contrast Assess by Contrast Security offers dataflow tracking. Compare features, use cases and leading Application Security Testing alternatives.

Product type

Akamai App & API Protector

Web Application & API Protection (WAAP)

HCL AppScan RASP

Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Engine

Contrast Assess

Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) Solution

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

Contrast Assess

Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Banking & Finance, Insurance

Pricing

Pricing model

Akamai App & API Protector

Contact Vendor

HCL AppScan RASP

Contact Vendor

Contrast Assess

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Akamai App & API Protector

HCL AppScan RASP

Contrast Assess

Deployment

Deployment options

Akamai App & API Protector

SaaSCloud

HCL AppScan RASP

Cloud

Contrast Assess

SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise

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

Contrast Assess

Cloud SaaS; On-premises; Hybrid; SaaS; Self-hosted enterprise

Data residency

Akamai App & API Protector

Global edge network; Regional compliance options

HCL AppScan RASP

Customer production host sovereignty

Contrast Assess

US; EU; Customer private cloud

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

Contrast Assess

Continuous runtime instrumentation
Zero-false-positive IAST
Exact line-of-code diagnosis
Dataflow tracking
Automated CI/CD pipeline gating
Developer IDE integration
DevSecOps integration
Continuous security testing

Platform & access

API access

Akamai App & API Protector

HCL AppScan RASP

Contrast Assess

Single sign-on (SSO)

Akamai App & API Protector

HCL AppScan RASP

Contrast Assess

Role-based access (RBAC)

Akamai App & API Protector

HCL AppScan RASP

Contrast Assess

Multi-tenant

Akamai App & API Protector

HCL AppScan RASP

Contrast Assess

Mobile app

Akamai App & API Protector

HCL AppScan RASP

Contrast Assess

Supported platforms

Akamai App & API Protector

Web ApplicationsCloud WorkloadsRESTful APIsMobile Backends

HCL AppScan RASP

Application ServersProduction WorkloadsMicroservicesContainers

Contrast Assess

Web applicationsMicroservicesAPIs

Compliance

Akamai App & API Protector

PCI-DSSSOC 2 Type IIISO/IEC 27001FedRAMPHIPAA

HCL AppScan RASP

PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAA

Contrast Assess

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI DSS Section 6.5OWASP Top 10 compliance

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Akamai App & API Protector

TerraformAkamai CLISplunkDatadogMicrosoft SentinelAWS CloudWatch

HCL AppScan RASP

KubernetesDockerJava.NETSplunkHCL AppScan 360

Contrast Assess

JenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CIJiraAzure DevOpsIntelliJVS Code

Industries

Akamai App & API Protector

Financial ServicesRetailGovernmentHigh TechHealthcareE-commerce+4 more

HCL AppScan RASP

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentSaaS EnterpriseRetailBanking+2 more

Contrast Assess

Financial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareTelecommunicationsBanking & FinanceInsurance

Regions

Akamai App & API Protector

Global Akamai Connected Cloud

HCL AppScan RASP

Global enterprise deployments

Contrast Assess

Global

Vendor

Company

Akamai App & API Protector

Akamai

HCL AppScan RASP

HCLSoftware

Contrast Assess

Contrast Security

Headquarters

Akamai App & API Protector

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

HCL AppScan RASP

Noida, India

Contrast Assess

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company size

Akamai App & API Protector

10,001+

HCL AppScan RASP

10,000+

Contrast Assess

501-1,000

Founded

Akamai App & API Protector

1998

HCL AppScan RASP

2017

Contrast Assess

2014