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Product	Prisma Cloud WAAS by Palo Alto Networks View product	Azure API Management by Microsoft View product	Akamai API Security by Akamai View product
Overview
What it is	See what Prisma Cloud WAAS offers: rate limiting. It is built for API threat mitigation, supports cloud or hybrid deployment and competes with other Cloud Security tools.	Azure API Management: API gateway, API policies and authentication and authorization. Built for API publishing. Compare Application Security alternatives.	Akamai API Security covers automated API discovery, shadow API detection and OWASP API Top 10 protection for shadow API discovery. Compare top API Security tools.
Product type	Web Application and API Security (WAAS)	API Management Platform	API Security & Threat Protection Platform
Best for	Cross-industry, E-commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, SaaS Providers	Cross-industry	E-commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, Travel, Media, Telecommunications
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybrid	CloudHybridOn-Premise	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Hybrid; Multi-cloud; Embedded cloud workload module; Container / host Defender	Cloud; Hybrid; Self-hosted; Azure cloud; Self-hosted gateway; Hybrid	Cloud SaaS / Edge Platform; Cloud SaaS; Edge Integration
Data residency	Region-specific cloud hosting (US, EU, APAC)	Depends on Azure region selected	Global distributed edge; Multi-region data privacy
Key features
What it offers	Web application firewall API discovery and protection OWASP Top 10 mitigation Automated bot protection Rate limiting File upload inspection Web application protection API threat mitigation	API gateway API policies Authentication and authorization Rate limiting Developer portal Analytics Monitoring API versioning	Automated API discovery Shadow API detection OWASP API Top 10 protection Sensitive data classification Behavioral anomaly detection API risk scoring Shadow API discovery Sensitive data leak prevention
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	AWSAzureGCPKubernetesDocker	CloudREST APIsSOAP APIsKubernetes	Cloud API GatewaysContainersServerless ArchitecturesMicroservices
Compliance	OWASP Top 10, PCI DSS, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001	Azure compliance portfoliovaries by region/service	PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Prisma Cloud DefendersKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCPEnvoyNGINX	Azure servicesMicrosoft Entra IDApplication InsightsAzure Monitordeveloper tools	Akamai Connected CloudApigeeKongAWS API GatewaySplunkServiceNow
Industries	Cross-industryE-commerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareSaaS Providers	Cross-industry	E-commerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareTravelMediaTelecommunications
Regions	Global	Global	Global edge network130+ countries
Vendor
Company	Palo Alto Networks	Microsoft	Akamai
Headquarters	Santa Clara, California, USA	Redmond, Washington, USA	Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Company size	15,000+	200,000+	10,001+
Founded	2005	1975	1998

Prisma Cloud WAAS

by Palo Alto Networks

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Azure API Management

by Microsoft

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Akamai API Security

by Akamai

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Overview

What it is

Prisma Cloud WAAS

See what Prisma Cloud WAAS offers: rate limiting. It is built for API threat mitigation, supports cloud or hybrid deployment and competes with other Cloud Security tools.

Azure API Management

Azure API Management: API gateway, API policies and authentication and authorization. Built for API publishing. Compare Application Security alternatives.

Akamai API Security

Akamai API Security covers automated API discovery, shadow API detection and OWASP API Top 10 protection for shadow API discovery. Compare top API Security tools.

Product type

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Web Application and API Security (WAAS)

Azure API Management

API Management Platform

Akamai API Security

API Security & Threat Protection Platform

Best for

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Cross-industry, E-commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, SaaS Providers

Azure API Management

Cross-industry

Akamai API Security

E-commerce, Financial Services, Healthcare, Travel, Media, Telecommunications

Pricing

Pricing model

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Contact Vendor

Azure API Management

Contact Vendor

Akamai API Security

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Azure API Management

Akamai API Security

Deployment

Deployment options

Prisma Cloud WAAS

CloudHybrid

Azure API Management

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Akamai API Security

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Cloud; Hybrid; Multi-cloud; Embedded cloud workload module; Container / host Defender

Azure API Management

Cloud; Hybrid; Self-hosted; Azure cloud; Self-hosted gateway; Hybrid

Akamai API Security

Cloud SaaS / Edge Platform; Cloud SaaS; Edge Integration

Data residency

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Region-specific cloud hosting (US, EU, APAC)

Azure API Management

Depends on Azure region selected

Akamai API Security

Global distributed edge; Multi-region data privacy

Key features

What it offers

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Web application firewall
API discovery and protection
OWASP Top 10 mitigation
Automated bot protection
Rate limiting
File upload inspection
Web application protection
API threat mitigation

Azure API Management

API gateway
API policies
Authentication and authorization
Rate limiting
Developer portal
Analytics
Monitoring
API versioning

Akamai API Security

Automated API discovery
Shadow API detection
OWASP API Top 10 protection
Sensitive data classification
Behavioral anomaly detection
API risk scoring
Shadow API discovery
Sensitive data leak prevention

Platform & access

API access

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Azure API Management

Akamai API Security

Single sign-on (SSO)

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Azure API Management

Akamai API Security

Role-based access (RBAC)

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Azure API Management

Akamai API Security

Multi-tenant

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Azure API Management

Akamai API Security

Mobile app

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Azure API Management

Akamai API Security

Supported platforms

Prisma Cloud WAAS

AWSAzureGCPKubernetesDocker

Azure API Management

CloudREST APIsSOAP APIsKubernetes

Akamai API Security

Cloud API GatewaysContainersServerless ArchitecturesMicroservices

Compliance

Prisma Cloud WAAS

OWASP Top 10, PCI DSS, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001

Azure API Management

Azure compliance portfoliovaries by region/service

Akamai API Security

PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Prisma Cloud DefendersKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCPEnvoyNGINX

Azure API Management

Azure servicesMicrosoft Entra IDApplication InsightsAzure Monitordeveloper tools

Akamai API Security

Akamai Connected CloudApigeeKongAWS API GatewaySplunkServiceNow

Industries

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Cross-industryE-commerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareSaaS Providers

Azure API Management

Cross-industry

Akamai API Security

E-commerceFinancial ServicesHealthcareTravelMediaTelecommunications

Regions

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Global

Azure API Management

Global

Akamai API Security

Global edge network130+ countries

Vendor

Company

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Palo Alto Networks

Azure API Management

Microsoft

Akamai API Security

Akamai

Headquarters

Prisma Cloud WAAS

Santa Clara, California, USA

Azure API Management

Redmond, Washington, USA

Akamai API Security

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Company size

Prisma Cloud WAAS

15,000+

Azure API Management

200,000+

Akamai API Security

10,001+

Founded

Prisma Cloud WAAS

2005

Azure API Management

1975

Akamai API Security

1998