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Akamai App & API Protector vs. FortiWeb

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Akamai App & API Protector
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Akamai Akamai App & API Protector offers protection for websites, web applications and APIs. An evolution of Kona Site Defender, a web application security platform designed to protect web and mobile assets from targeted web application attacks and DDoS attacks while improving performance.N/A
FortiWeb
Score 9.8 out of 10
N/A
FortiWeb is Fortinet's web application security system (or web application firewall, WAF) featuring advanced vulnerability management and threat detection and prevention, available in deployment as an appliance or virtual appliance, also as a hosted or a cloud-based virtual solution.N/A
Pricing
Akamai App & API ProtectorFortiWeb
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Akamai App & API ProtectorFortiWeb
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Akamai App & API ProtectorFortiWeb
Considered Both Products
Akamai App & API Protector

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FortiWeb
Mohamed Taha | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mohamed Taha
Cyber Security Division Manager
Chose FortiWeb
Most of them have the same features but not for FREE. The second point was the total cost of ownership for 3 and 5 years. Fortinet supported us with the best prices for 3 years and 5 years as well with advanced hardware replacement against the others.
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User Ratings
Akamai App & API ProtectorFortiWeb
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Akamai App & API ProtectorFortiWeb
Likelihood to Recommend
Akamai Kona Site Defender KSD, works fine for any website or mobile application (Native/JDK), it can be used as a WAF, a rate limiting tool, or a bot management tool all in one, plus you will get all the benefits of the Akamai CDN (Content distribution network) as well
Randy Varela | TrustRadius Reviewer
Randy Varela
Offensive Security Engineer Lead
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Regarding my experience, I prefer to deploy FortiWeb in a reverse proxy to have the full features and protection. The other mode will be useful for special cases as will it will not have the full range of features and protection. Like offline Sniffing, it will be used in special cases.
Mohamed Taha | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mohamed Taha
Cyber Security Division Manager
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Pros
  • Web Security
  • Bot managment
  • Rate Control
Randy Varela | TrustRadius Reviewer
Randy Varela
Offensive Security Engineer Lead
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  • API protection
  • Bot mitigation
  • Web application protection
  • Application delivery
Mohamed Taha | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mohamed Taha
Cyber Security Division Manager
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Cons
  • Custom rules might be hard to configure
  • For some cases you will need to contact the Akamai team to adjust the backend
  • Interface might feel laggy if used in a non-powerful PC
Randy Varela | TrustRadius Reviewer
Randy Varela
Offensive Security Engineer Lead
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  • Built-in vulnerability scanner should be better in next release
  • Predefined security policies for other web application not listed
Mohamed Taha | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mohamed Taha
Cyber Security Division Manager
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Alternatives Considered
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Most of them have the same features but not for FREE. The second point was the total cost of ownership for 3 and 5 years. Fortinet supported us with the best prices for 3 years and 5 years as well with advanced hardware replacement against the others.
Mohamed Taha | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mohamed Taha
Cyber Security Division Manager
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Return on Investment
  • Fair Security investment
  • An attack impact would be higher
  • Support contract is not cheap
Randy Varela | TrustRadius Reviewer
Randy Varela
Offensive Security Engineer Lead
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  • ROI for last three years was 60%
Mohamed Taha | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mohamed Taha
Cyber Security Division Manager
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