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Product	Akamai RASP by Akamai View product	Fastly Next-Gen WAF by Fastly View product
Overview
What it is	Akamai built Akamai RASP for zero-day exploit neutralization. Explore zero signature tuning, review cloud deployment and compare similar RASP products.	Fastly Next-Gen WAF from Fastly focuses on Next-Gen WAF. Key capabilities: automated production blocking. Compare it with the leading WAF alternatives.
Product type	Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP)	SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform
Best for	Financial Services, Healthcare, High Tech, E-commerce, Banking, Software & Cloud, Government	Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud SaaS / Server-Side Micro-Agent; Cloud SaaS Management; Embedded Runtime Agent	Edge Cloud; Envoy/NGINX Sidecar; Kubernetes Ingress; Cloud Edge; Container Sidecar; Web Server Plugin
Data residency	Global edge cloud; Regional hosting available	Global / Edge Network
Key features
What it offers	In-memory execution monitoring Zero-day exploit blocking SQLi and deserialization defense Zero signature tuning Open-source dependency auditing Zero-day exploit neutralization Legacy application defense Supply chain vulnerability mitigation	SmartParse threshold detection Automated production blocking Virtually zero false positives Flexible edge/agent/sidecar deployment Next-Gen WAF Automated OWASP Top 10 blocking API security micro-firewalling
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	Application ServersMicroservicesContainersServerless Functions	Multi-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge
Compliance	PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAA	SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	KubernetesDockerJava.NETNode.jsSplunkDatadog	Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP
Industries	Financial ServicesHealthcareHigh TechE-commerceBankingSoftware & Cloud+1 more	Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech
Regions	Global Akamai Connected Cloud	Global
Vendor
Company	Akamai	Fastly
Headquarters	Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA	San Francisco, California, USA
Company size	10,001+	1,000+
Founded	1998	2011

Akamai RASP

by Akamai

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Fastly Next-Gen WAF

by Fastly

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Overview

What it is

Akamai RASP

Akamai built Akamai RASP for zero-day exploit neutralization. Explore zero signature tuning, review cloud deployment and compare similar RASP products.

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly Next-Gen WAF from Fastly focuses on Next-Gen WAF. Key capabilities: automated production blocking. Compare it with the leading WAF alternatives.

Product type

Akamai RASP

Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP)

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SmartParse Runtime Application & API Web Security Platform

Best for

Akamai RASP

Financial Services, Healthcare, High Tech, E-commerce, Banking, Software & Cloud, Government

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial Services, Retail, SaaS, High-Tech

Pricing

Pricing model

Akamai RASP

Contact Vendor

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Akamai RASP

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Deployment

Deployment options

Akamai RASP

SaaSCloud

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Cloud

Deployment details

Akamai RASP

Cloud SaaS / Server-Side Micro-Agent; Cloud SaaS Management; Embedded Runtime Agent

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Edge Cloud; Envoy/NGINX Sidecar; Kubernetes Ingress; Cloud Edge; Container Sidecar; Web Server Plugin

Data residency

Akamai RASP

Global edge cloud; Regional hosting available

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global / Edge Network

Key features

What it offers

Akamai RASP

In-memory execution monitoring
Zero-day exploit blocking
SQLi and deserialization defense
Zero signature tuning
Open-source dependency auditing
Zero-day exploit neutralization
Legacy application defense
Supply chain vulnerability mitigation

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SmartParse threshold detection
Automated production blocking
Virtually zero false positives
Flexible edge/agent/sidecar deployment
Next-Gen WAF
Automated OWASP Top 10 blocking
API security micro-firewalling

Platform & access

API access

Akamai RASP

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Single sign-on (SSO)

Akamai RASP

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Role-based access (RBAC)

Akamai RASP

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Multi-tenant

Akamai RASP

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Mobile app

Akamai RASP

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Supported platforms

Akamai RASP

Application ServersMicroservicesContainersServerless Functions

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Multi-CloudKubernetesEnvoyWeb ServersEdge

Compliance

Akamai RASP

PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAA

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

SOC 2 Type IIPCI-DSS Level 1HIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Akamai RASP

KubernetesDockerJava.NETNode.jsSplunkDatadog

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly EdgeEnvoyNGINXKubernetesAWSAzureGCP

Industries

Akamai RASP

Financial ServicesHealthcareHigh TechE-commerceBankingSoftware & Cloud+1 more

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Financial ServicesRetailSaaSHigh-Tech

Regions

Akamai RASP

Global Akamai Connected Cloud

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Global

Vendor

Company

Akamai RASP

Akamai

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly

Headquarters

Akamai RASP

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

Akamai RASP

10,001+

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

1,000+

Founded

Akamai RASP

1998

Fastly Next-Gen WAF

2011