Akamai Named a Customers' Choice for Cloud WAAP in 2023 Gartner® Peer Insights™

Akamai Named a Customers' Choice for Cloud WAAP in 2023 Gartner® Peer Insights™


Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers' Choice designation is based on feedback and ratings from end-user professionals with real-world experience with the product or service

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as: Akamai) (NASDAQ: AKAM), in January 2023 Gartner Peer Insights "Voice of the Customer": Cloud Web Application and API Protection (Cloud Web Application and API Protection) API Protection, WAAP ) has won the title of "Customer's Choice" for four consecutive years. 

 Gartner® defines a web application and API protection platform in the cloud as: Defending against all types of runtime attacks, with a particular focus on the Top 10 web application threats, automated threats, and API-specific attacks published by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) attack.  Cloud WAAP services are delivered through cloud platforms and primarily protect public-facing web applications and APIs.

 The Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice designation recognizes vendors and products that are highly rated by customers.  The data collected summarizes the top vendor software products that are most valued by IT enterprise professionals. 

 "Akamai's mission is to protect our customers and their All web applications from an ever-expanding range of threats. We are proud of the recognition our customers have for our tireless efforts to secure applications and safeguard businesses in an ever-changing threat landscape."

 Here are some testimonials from Akamai customers cited in this report:

 "I have been using Akamai API Protector for several months and am extremely happy with its performance and functionality." - Information Security Associate, Banking 

"The security product is great and fully integrated with the other Akamai products in its suite." - IT Staff, Manufacturing

 "Akamai AAP is a full-featured WAF solution, including web attack detection, DDoS protection, bot management, and API protection. In addition to having a great product, they have a very professional service team that responds quickly." - Security Engineering department staff, IT services

 "A powerful security engine with a wide range of configurations" - ICT Manager, Manufacturing