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Product	Akamai App & API Protector by Akamai View product	Wallarm WAAP by Wallarm 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.	Wallarm WAAP covers API protection, bot mitigation, L7 DDoS defense and unified cloud-native WAAP for Bot Management and L7 DDoS Defense. Compare top WAAP tools.
Product type	Web Application & API Protection (WAAP)	Cloud-Native Web App & API Protection (WAAP)
Best for	Financial Services, Retail, Government, High Tech, Healthcare, E-commerce, Banking, Travel, Media & Entertainment, Public Sector	Global Enterprise, SaaS Providers, FinTech
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	SaaSCloudHybrid
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS / Edge Distributed; Cloud SaaS; Edge Platform	Cloud (SaaS); Hybrid Mesh; Cloud SaaS; Hybrid edge mesh
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	Unified cloud-native WAAP API protection Bot mitigation L7 DDoS defense Automated policy generation WAAP WAF API Security
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	AWSAzureGCPKubernetesEnvoyNGINXCloudflareDatadog
Compliance	PCI-DSSSOC 2 Type IIISO/IEC 27001FedRAMPHIPAA	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI-DSSGDPRHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	TerraformAkamai CLISplunkDatadogMicrosoft SentinelAWS CloudWatch	AWSAzureGCPKubernetesPrometheus
Industries	Financial ServicesRetailGovernmentHigh TechHealthcareE-commerce+4 more	Global EnterpriseSaaS ProvidersFinTech
Regions	Global Akamai Connected Cloud	GlobalUSEU
Vendor
Company	Akamai	Wallarm
Headquarters	Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA	San Francisco, California, USA
Company size	10,001+	201-500
Founded	1998	2014

Akamai App & API Protector

by Akamai

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Wallarm WAAP

by Wallarm

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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.

Wallarm WAAP

Wallarm WAAP covers API protection, bot mitigation, L7 DDoS defense and unified cloud-native WAAP for Bot Management and L7 DDoS Defense. Compare top WAAP tools.

Product type

Akamai App & API Protector

Web Application & API Protection (WAAP)

Wallarm WAAP

Cloud-Native Web App & API Protection (WAAP)

Best for

Akamai App & API Protector

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

Wallarm WAAP

Global Enterprise, SaaS Providers, FinTech

Pricing

Pricing model

Akamai App & API Protector

Contact Vendor

Wallarm WAAP

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Akamai App & API Protector

Wallarm WAAP

Deployment

Deployment options

Akamai App & API Protector

SaaSCloud

Wallarm WAAP

SaaSCloudHybrid

Deployment details

Akamai App & API Protector

Cloud SaaS / Edge Distributed; Cloud SaaS; Edge Platform

Wallarm WAAP

Cloud (SaaS); Hybrid Mesh; Cloud SaaS; Hybrid edge mesh

Data residency

Akamai App & API Protector

Global edge network; Regional compliance options

Wallarm WAAP

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

Wallarm WAAP

Unified cloud-native WAAP
API protection
Bot mitigation
L7 DDoS defense
Automated policy generation
WAAP
WAF
API Security

Platform & access

API access

Akamai App & API Protector

Wallarm WAAP

Single sign-on (SSO)

Akamai App & API Protector

Wallarm WAAP

Role-based access (RBAC)

Akamai App & API Protector

Wallarm WAAP

Multi-tenant

Akamai App & API Protector

Wallarm WAAP

Mobile app

Akamai App & API Protector

Wallarm WAAP

Supported platforms

Akamai App & API Protector

Web ApplicationsCloud WorkloadsRESTful APIsMobile Backends

Wallarm WAAP

AWSAzureGCPKubernetesEnvoyNGINXCloudflareDatadog

Compliance

Akamai App & API Protector

PCI-DSSSOC 2 Type IIISO/IEC 27001FedRAMPHIPAA

Wallarm WAAP

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI-DSSGDPRHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Akamai App & API Protector

TerraformAkamai CLISplunkDatadogMicrosoft SentinelAWS CloudWatch

Wallarm WAAP

AWSAzureGCPKubernetesPrometheus

Industries

Akamai App & API Protector

Financial ServicesRetailGovernmentHigh TechHealthcareE-commerce+4 more

Wallarm WAAP

Global EnterpriseSaaS ProvidersFinTech

Regions

Akamai App & API Protector

Global Akamai Connected Cloud

Wallarm WAAP

GlobalUSEU

Vendor

Company

Akamai App & API Protector

Akamai

Wallarm WAAP

Wallarm

Headquarters

Akamai App & API Protector

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Wallarm WAAP

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

Akamai App & API Protector

10,001+

Wallarm WAAP

201-500

Founded

Akamai App & API Protector

1998

Wallarm WAAP

2014