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Product	Akamai App & API Protector by Akamai View product	Radware Cloud WAF by Radware 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.	Radware Cloud WAF from Radware focuses on OWASP Top 10. Key capabilities: bot mitigation and API protection. Compare it with the leading WAF alternatives.
Product type	Web Application & API Protection (WAAP)	Cloud-Native Web Application Firewall
Best for	Financial Services, Retail, Government, High Tech, Healthcare, E-commerce, Banking, Travel, Media & Entertainment, Public Sector	Multi-Cloud, SaaS Providers, E-commerce
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS / Edge Distributed; Cloud SaaS; Edge Platform	Cloud (SaaS); Cloud SaaS platform
Data residency	Global edge network; Regional compliance options	US; EU; APAC; Global
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	Auto-policy generation Zero-day web exploit defense Bot mitigation API protection OWASP Top 10 rules WAF Web Security OWASP Top 10
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	Cloud SaaSAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetes
Compliance	PCI-DSSSOC 2 Type IIISO/IEC 27001FedRAMPHIPAA	SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSGDPRHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	TerraformAkamai CLISplunkDatadogMicrosoft SentinelAWS CloudWatch	AWSAzureGoogle CloudKubernetes
Industries	Financial ServicesRetailGovernmentHigh TechHealthcareE-commerce+4 more	Multi-CloudSaaS ProvidersE-commerce
Regions	Global Akamai Connected Cloud	GlobalUSEUAPAC
Vendor
Company	Akamai	Radware
Headquarters	Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA	Mahwah, New Jersey, USA
Company size	10,001+	1,001-5,000
Founded	1998	1996

Akamai App & API Protector

by Akamai

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Radware Cloud WAF

by Radware

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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.

Radware Cloud WAF

Radware Cloud WAF from Radware focuses on OWASP Top 10. Key capabilities: bot mitigation and API protection. Compare it with the leading WAF alternatives.

Product type

Akamai App & API Protector

Web Application & API Protection (WAAP)

Radware Cloud WAF

Cloud-Native Web Application Firewall

Best for

Akamai App & API Protector

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

Radware Cloud WAF

Multi-Cloud, SaaS Providers, E-commerce

Pricing

Pricing model

Akamai App & API Protector

Contact Vendor

Radware Cloud WAF

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Akamai App & API Protector

Radware Cloud WAF

Deployment

Deployment options

Akamai App & API Protector

SaaSCloud

Radware Cloud WAF

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Akamai App & API Protector

Cloud SaaS / Edge Distributed; Cloud SaaS; Edge Platform

Radware Cloud WAF

Cloud (SaaS); Cloud SaaS platform

Data residency

Akamai App & API Protector

Global edge network; Regional compliance options

Radware Cloud WAF

US; EU; APAC; Global

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

Radware Cloud WAF

Auto-policy generation
Zero-day web exploit defense
Bot mitigation
API protection
OWASP Top 10 rules
WAF
Web Security
OWASP Top 10

Platform & access

API access

Akamai App & API Protector

Radware Cloud WAF

Single sign-on (SSO)

Akamai App & API Protector

Radware Cloud WAF

Role-based access (RBAC)

Akamai App & API Protector

Radware Cloud WAF

Multi-tenant

Akamai App & API Protector

Radware Cloud WAF

Mobile app

Akamai App & API Protector

Radware Cloud WAF

Supported platforms

Akamai App & API Protector

Web ApplicationsCloud WorkloadsRESTful APIsMobile Backends

Radware Cloud WAF

Cloud SaaSAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudKubernetes

Compliance

Akamai App & API Protector

PCI-DSSSOC 2 Type IIISO/IEC 27001FedRAMPHIPAA

Radware Cloud WAF

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSGDPRHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Akamai App & API Protector

TerraformAkamai CLISplunkDatadogMicrosoft SentinelAWS CloudWatch

Radware Cloud WAF

AWSAzureGoogle CloudKubernetes

Industries

Akamai App & API Protector

Financial ServicesRetailGovernmentHigh TechHealthcareE-commerce+4 more

Radware Cloud WAF

Multi-CloudSaaS ProvidersE-commerce

Regions

Akamai App & API Protector

Global Akamai Connected Cloud

Radware Cloud WAF

GlobalUSEUAPAC

Vendor

Company

Akamai App & API Protector

Akamai

Radware Cloud WAF

Radware

Headquarters

Akamai App & API Protector

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Radware Cloud WAF

Mahwah, New Jersey, USA

Company size

Akamai App & API Protector

10,001+

Radware Cloud WAF

1,001-5,000

Founded

Akamai App & API Protector

1998

Radware Cloud WAF

1996