Why Move to Fastly?
Fastly's Next-Gen Web Application Firewall (WAF) offers superior security features compared to Akamai, ensuring real-time threat detection, increased performance, and smooth integration. With Fastly, users can experience faster incident response, extensive support, and unmatched flexibility on a global network.
Key Advantages of Fastly over Akamai
Fastly's Next-Gen WAF has several advantages over Akamai, such as reducing false positives by utilizing a SmartParse detection engine, improving visibility with Signals for deep traffic behavior insight, deploying in multiple environments rather than just the cloud, being DevSecOps-friendly, offering easy management with rapid deployment, and providing simplified bot management for enhanced control over bot traffic.
Fastly's Superior Support
Fastly's exceptional support includes a 98% customer satisfaction score, leading the industry in customer service. The Managed Security Services ensure comprehensive coverage and responsiveness with industry-leading service commitments, enhancing the overall security posture and peace of mind for users.
Comparison of Capabilities: Fastly vs. Akamai
Fastly excels in various capabilities compared to Akamai, including detection accuracy, bot management, API security, DDoS protection controls, edge and access controls, IP reputation, rate limiting, OWASP Top 10 coverage, custom rules, architecture efficiency, management, deployment options, configurability, integrations, and support responsiveness and threat hunting capabilities.
Customer Testimonials
Customers praise Fastly for its advanced technology, such as the Next-Gen WAF's signals-based approach that enables targeted blocking, Bot Management solution offering granular traffic control, and Managed Security Service expanding security capabilities. Testimonials highlight the efficiency, effectiveness, and value that Fastly's security solutions provide.