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| Product | Illumio Core by Illumio View product | Akamai Guardicore Segmentation by Akamai View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | Looking for Zero Trust software? Illumio Core by Illumio provides ransomware containment for ransomware lateral movement containment. Compare features and alternatives. | Looking for Microsegmentation software? Akamai Guardicore Segmentation by Akamai provides legacy OS support for legacy server security. Compare features and alternatives. |
| Product type | Enterprise Zero Trust Microsegmentation & Workload Protection Platform | Microsegmentation & Zero Trust Network Defense |
| Best for | Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Manufacturing, Retail, Energy, Critical Infrastructure | Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Tech, Retail, Banking & Finance, E-commerce, Technology |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: no | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | SaaSCloudHybridOn-Premise | SaaSCloudHybrid |
| Deployment details | On-premises; Cloud SaaS; Hybrid; Virtual Appliance; On-premises PCE cluster; Illumio-managed Cloud SaaS; Hybrid | Cloud SaaS / Agent-Based Hybrid; Cloud SaaS Console; Lightweight Host Agent |
| Data residency | Customer datacenter; US; EU; Asia-Pacific | Global cloud hosting; On-premises management options |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| 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 | Bare metal serversVMware vSphereNutanixOpenShiftAWSAzureGCP | Virtual MachinesContainersBare-Metal ServersMulti-Cloud VPCs |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2PCI DSSHIPAASWIFT CSP | PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO/IEC 27001HIPAANIST 800-207 |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | ServiceNowSplunkIBM QRadarHashiCorp TerraformQualysTenable | KubernetesOpenShiftVMwareAWSAzureSplunkServiceNow |
| Industries | Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentManufacturingRetailEnergy+1 more | Financial ServicesHealthcareManufacturingTechRetailBanking & Finance+2 more |
| Regions | Global | Global edge cloud & customer data centers |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Illumio | Akamai |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California, USA | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Company size | 1,000+ | 10,001+ |
| Founded | 2013 | 1998 |
Overview
What it is
Illumio Core
Looking for Zero Trust software? Illumio Core by Illumio provides ransomware containment for ransomware lateral movement containment. Compare features and alternatives.Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Looking for Microsegmentation software? Akamai Guardicore Segmentation by Akamai provides legacy OS support for legacy server security. Compare features and alternatives.Product type
Illumio Core
Enterprise Zero Trust Microsegmentation & Workload Protection PlatformAkamai Guardicore Segmentation
Microsegmentation & Zero Trust Network DefenseBest for
Illumio Core
Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Manufacturing, Retail, Energy, Critical InfrastructureAkamai Guardicore Segmentation
Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Tech, Retail, Banking & Finance, E-commerce, TechnologyPricing
Pricing model
Illumio Core
Contact VendorAkamai Guardicore Segmentation
Contact VendorFree trial
Illumio Core
Free trial: noAkamai Guardicore Segmentation
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Illumio Core
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Deployment details
Illumio Core
On-premises; Cloud SaaS; Hybrid; Virtual Appliance; On-premises PCE cluster; Illumio-managed Cloud SaaS; HybridAkamai Guardicore Segmentation
Cloud SaaS / Agent-Based Hybrid; Cloud SaaS Console; Lightweight Host AgentData residency
Illumio Core
Customer datacenter; US; EU; Asia-PacificAkamai Guardicore Segmentation
Global cloud hosting; On-premises management optionsKey features
What it offers
Illumio Core
- Real-time application dependency mapping
- Policy modeling and simulation
- Host-based firewall orchestration
- Automated workload labeling
- Ransomware containment
- Tamper-proof VEN agent
- Ransomware lateral movement containment
- Data center microsegmentation
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
- Process-level microsegmentation
- Visual network topology mapping
- Automated policy generation
- Legacy OS support
- Built-in deception
- Zero Trust control
- Ransomware blast radius reduction
- PCI-DSS scope reduction
Platform & access
API access
Illumio Core
API access: yesAkamai Guardicore Segmentation
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Illumio Core
SSO: yesAkamai Guardicore Segmentation
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Illumio Core
RBAC: yesAkamai Guardicore Segmentation
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Illumio Core
Multi-tenant: yesAkamai Guardicore Segmentation
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Illumio Core
Mobile app: noAkamai Guardicore Segmentation
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Illumio Core
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Compliance
Illumio Core
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Illumio Core
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Industries
Illumio Core
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Regions
Illumio Core
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Vendor
Company
Illumio Core
IllumioAkamai Guardicore Segmentation
AkamaiHeadquarters
Illumio Core
Sunnyvale, California, USAAkamai Guardicore Segmentation
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USACompany size
Illumio Core
1,000+Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
10,001+Founded
Illumio Core
2013Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
1998