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Product	Akamai App & API Protector by Akamai View product	Traceable WAF by Traceable 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.	Traceable WAF helps teams with Web Security. Explore features like next-gen WAF and OWASP Top 10 blocking, cloud deployment and the closest WAF competitors.
Product type	Web Application & API Protection (WAAP)	Cloud-Native Web Application & API Firewall
Best for	Financial Services, Retail, Government, High Tech, Healthcare, E-commerce, Banking, Travel, Media & Entertainment, Public Sector	Digital Enterprise, FinTech, 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); In-Line & Envoy Proxy; Cloud SaaS; In-line & Envoy proxy
Data residency	Global edge network; Regional compliance options	US; EU; 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	Next-gen WAF OWASP Top 10 blocking Zero-day exploit defense Automated rule tuning Low false-positive rate WAF Web Security Threat Prevention
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	KubernetesEnvoyNGINXAWSAzureGCPDocker
Compliance	PCI-DSSSOC 2 Type IIISO/IEC 27001FedRAMPHIPAA	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI-DSSGDPRHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	TerraformAkamai CLISplunkDatadogMicrosoft SentinelAWS CloudWatch	KubernetesEnvoyNGINXAWS ALBDatadogSplunk
Industries	Financial ServicesRetailGovernmentHigh TechHealthcareE-commerce+4 more	Digital EnterpriseFinTechSaaS ProvidersE-commerce
Regions	Global Akamai Connected Cloud	GlobalUSEU
Vendor
Company	Akamai	Traceable
Headquarters	Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA	San Francisco, California, USA
Company size	10,001+	201-500
Founded	1998	2014

Akamai App & API Protector

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Traceable WAF

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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.

Traceable WAF

Traceable WAF helps teams with Web Security. Explore features like next-gen WAF and OWASP Top 10 blocking, cloud deployment and the closest WAF competitors.

Product type

Akamai App & API Protector

Web Application & API Protection (WAAP)

Traceable WAF

Cloud-Native Web Application & API Firewall

Best for

Akamai App & API Protector

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

Traceable WAF

Digital Enterprise, FinTech, SaaS Providers, E-commerce

Pricing

Pricing model

Akamai App & API Protector

Contact Vendor

Traceable WAF

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Akamai App & API Protector

Traceable WAF

Deployment

Deployment options

Akamai App & API Protector

SaaSCloud

Traceable WAF

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Akamai App & API Protector

Cloud SaaS / Edge Distributed; Cloud SaaS; Edge Platform

Traceable WAF

Cloud (SaaS); In-Line & Envoy Proxy; Cloud SaaS; In-line & Envoy proxy

Data residency

Akamai App & API Protector

Global edge network; Regional compliance options

Traceable WAF

US; EU; 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

Traceable WAF

Next-gen WAF
OWASP Top 10 blocking
Zero-day exploit defense
Automated rule tuning
Low false-positive rate
WAF
Web Security
Threat Prevention

Platform & access

API access

Akamai App & API Protector

Traceable WAF

Single sign-on (SSO)

Akamai App & API Protector

Traceable WAF

Role-based access (RBAC)

Akamai App & API Protector

Traceable WAF

Multi-tenant

Akamai App & API Protector

Traceable WAF

Mobile app

Akamai App & API Protector

Traceable WAF

Supported platforms

Akamai App & API Protector

Web ApplicationsCloud WorkloadsRESTful APIsMobile Backends

Traceable WAF

KubernetesEnvoyNGINXAWSAzureGCPDocker

Compliance

Akamai App & API Protector

PCI-DSSSOC 2 Type IIISO/IEC 27001FedRAMPHIPAA

Traceable WAF

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI-DSSGDPRHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Akamai App & API Protector

TerraformAkamai CLISplunkDatadogMicrosoft SentinelAWS CloudWatch

Traceable WAF

KubernetesEnvoyNGINXAWS ALBDatadogSplunk

Industries

Akamai App & API Protector

Financial ServicesRetailGovernmentHigh TechHealthcareE-commerce+4 more

Traceable WAF

Digital EnterpriseFinTechSaaS ProvidersE-commerce

Regions

Akamai App & API Protector

Global Akamai Connected Cloud

Traceable WAF

GlobalUSEU

Vendor

Company

Akamai App & API Protector

Akamai

Traceable WAF

Traceable

Headquarters

Akamai App & API Protector

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Traceable WAF

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

Akamai App & API Protector

10,001+

Traceable WAF

201-500

Founded

Akamai App & API Protector

1998

Traceable WAF

2014