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Product	Akamai App & API Protector by Akamai View product	Prisma Cloud WAAS by Palo Alto Networks 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.	See what Prisma Cloud WAAS offers: rate limiting. It is built for API threat mitigation, supports cloud or hybrid deployment and competes with other Cloud Security tools.
Product type	Web Application & API Protection (WAAP)	Web Application and API Security (WAAS)
Best for	Financial Services, Retail, Government, High Tech, Healthcare, E-commerce, Banking, Travel, Media & Entertainment, Public Sector	Cross-industry, E-commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, SaaS Providers
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	CloudHybrid
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS / Edge Distributed; Cloud SaaS; Edge Platform	Cloud; Hybrid; Multi-cloud; Embedded cloud workload module; Container / host Defender
Data residency	Global edge network; Regional compliance options	Region-specific cloud hosting (US, EU, APAC)
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	Web application firewall API discovery and protection OWASP Top 10 mitigation Automated bot protection Rate limiting File upload inspection Web application protection API threat mitigation
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	AWSAzureGCPKubernetesDocker
Compliance	PCI-DSSSOC 2 Type IIISO/IEC 27001FedRAMPHIPAA	OWASP Top 10, PCI DSS, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	TerraformAkamai CLISplunkDatadogMicrosoft SentinelAWS CloudWatch	Prisma Cloud DefendersKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCPEnvoyNGINX
Industries	Financial ServicesRetailGovernmentHigh TechHealthcareE-commerce+4 more	Cross-industryE-commerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareSaaS Providers
Regions	Global Akamai Connected Cloud	Global
Vendor
Company	Akamai	Palo Alto Networks
Headquarters	Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA	Santa Clara, California, USA
Company size	10,001+	15,000+
Founded	1998	2005

Akamai App & API Protector

by Akamai

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Prisma Cloud WAAS

by Palo Alto Networks

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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.

Prisma Cloud WAAS

See what Prisma Cloud WAAS offers: rate limiting. It is built for API threat mitigation, supports cloud or hybrid deployment and competes with other Cloud Security tools.

Product type

Akamai App & API Protector

Web Application & API Protection (WAAP)

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Web Application and API Security (WAAS)

Best for

Akamai App & API Protector

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

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Cross-industry, E-commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, SaaS Providers

Pricing

Pricing model

Akamai App & API Protector

Contact Vendor

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Akamai App & API Protector

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Deployment

Deployment options

Akamai App & API Protector

SaaSCloud

Prisma Cloud WAAS

CloudHybrid

Deployment details

Akamai App & API Protector

Cloud SaaS / Edge Distributed; Cloud SaaS; Edge Platform

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Cloud; Hybrid; Multi-cloud; Embedded cloud workload module; Container / host Defender

Data residency

Akamai App & API Protector

Global edge network; Regional compliance options

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Region-specific cloud hosting (US, EU, APAC)

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

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Web application firewall
API discovery and protection
OWASP Top 10 mitigation
Automated bot protection
Rate limiting
File upload inspection
Web application protection
API threat mitigation

Platform & access

API access

Akamai App & API Protector

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Single sign-on (SSO)

Akamai App & API Protector

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Role-based access (RBAC)

Akamai App & API Protector

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Multi-tenant

Akamai App & API Protector

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Mobile app

Akamai App & API Protector

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Supported platforms

Akamai App & API Protector

Web ApplicationsCloud WorkloadsRESTful APIsMobile Backends

Prisma Cloud WAAS

AWSAzureGCPKubernetesDocker

Compliance

Akamai App & API Protector

PCI-DSSSOC 2 Type IIISO/IEC 27001FedRAMPHIPAA

Prisma Cloud WAAS

OWASP Top 10, PCI DSS, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Akamai App & API Protector

TerraformAkamai CLISplunkDatadogMicrosoft SentinelAWS CloudWatch

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Prisma Cloud DefendersKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCPEnvoyNGINX

Industries

Akamai App & API Protector

Financial ServicesRetailGovernmentHigh TechHealthcareE-commerce+4 more

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Cross-industryE-commerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareSaaS Providers

Regions

Akamai App & API Protector

Global Akamai Connected Cloud

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Global

Vendor

Company

Akamai App & API Protector

Akamai

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Palo Alto Networks

Headquarters

Akamai App & API Protector

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Santa Clara, California, USA

Company size

Akamai App & API Protector

10,001+

Prisma Cloud WAAS

15,000+

Founded

Akamai App & API Protector

1998

Prisma Cloud WAAS

2005