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Akamai
App and API security, DDoS defence and zero trust on the same edge that delivers content and runs Akamai Cloud— Akamai’s WAAP, bot, API and DDoS protection, microsegmentation, zero trust access, CDN and compute, and how each one is bought. This hub covers fifteen Akamai products.
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Quick answer
Fifteen intel pages. App and API security, DDoS, zero trust, microsegmentation, delivery and cloud.
Akamai’s line, product by product — every linked card is a full intel page, from App & API Protector, Bot Manager and Prolexic to Guardicore Segmentation, Enterprise Application Access, Ion and Akamai Cloud.
App & API Protector
WAF, L7 DDoS, bot visibility and API discovery.
Self-tuning WAF with an Adaptive Security Engine, Behavioral DDoS Engine and auto-pushed zero-day rules; Hybrid edition runs on-prem.
Bot Manager
Scores every request from 0 human to 100 bot.
AI behaviour models, browser fingerprinting and a known-bot directory; Cautious, Strict or Aggressive responses can slow bots down.
Account Protector
Risk-scores a user from sign-up to post-login.
Scores users from device, IP, network, bot and reputation signals plus behaviour profiles, and includes all of Bot Manager.
API Security
Finds shadow and zombie APIs, then tests them.
From the 2024 Noname Security deal: discovery from traffic, code and specs, OWASP API and PCI DSS posture checks, runtime detection.
Prolexic
Scrubs attack traffic under a zero-second SLA.
Dedicated capacity in 32+ scrubbing centres, Mumbai and Chennai among them; routed, IP Protect, on-premises or hybrid deployment.
Client-Side Protection & Compliance
Watches page JavaScript for Magecart-style theft.
Analyses how scripts behave on payment pages in real time to stop data exfiltration, aimed at PCI DSS v4.0’s script rules.
Firewall for AI
Screens the prompts and outputs of AI apps.
Blocks prompt injection, jailbreaks, toxic output and data leaks against the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs; runs at the edge or via REST API.
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Maps east-west flows and stops lateral movement.
Agent or agentless, in the cloud or on-premises, with AI policy suggestions scored for confidence; patch the agent to 7.4 or later.
Enterprise Application Access
Reaches private web, RDP and SSH apps by identity.
Outbound connectors on VMware, Hyper-V, AWS, Azure, GCP or Docker; SAML, OIDC and SCIM; posture from CrowdStrike and Carbon Black.
Secure Internet Access Enterprise
Recursive DNS filtering with an optional proxy.
Formerly Enterprise Threat Protector: DNS-only, selective or full web proxy, with clients for Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, ChromeOS.
Akamai MFA
Turns a phone into a FIDO2 security key.
Push, TOTP, SMS and passkeys besides FIDO2; integrates with Okta, Ping, Entra ID and LDAP/AD, and with RADIUS for VPN logins.
Akamai Workforce Protector
Governs AI prompts and uploads in any browser.
An extension for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari: shadow-AI discovery, copy-paste and upload DLP, and risk scores for extensions.
Akamai Ion
Speeds up websites and apps from the edge.
Machine-learning adaptive acceleration, Adaptive Image Compression, HTTP/3, third-party script control and mPulse real-user data.
Adaptive Media Delivery
Streams live and on-demand video at scale.
HLS, DASH, CMAF, HDS and MSS with token auth, geo-blocking and watermarking; JioCinema streamed IPL on it in 2024; Rooter uses it.
Akamai Cloud (formerly Linode)
Compute, Kubernetes and databases, priced openly.
Shared plans from $5 a month, dedicated from $36, GPUs from $0.52/hr and managed databases from $16; Chennai, Mumbai and Mumbai 2.
Edge DNS
Platform & engineAkamai’s authoritative DNS, which answers queries for your own domains rather than filtering where users browse. It is a separate catalogue product from Secure Internet Access and is not protective DNS, so TechBag lists it here and does not page it yet
Akamai Functions and EdgeWorkers
Platform & engineServerless code that runs on Akamai’s platform. Akamai acquired Fermyon, a WebAssembly function-as-a-service company, on 1 December 2025, and its founders joined Akamai’s Cloud Technology Group. Mentioned here; no separate TechBag page yet
Akamai Inference Cloud
Platform & engineA newer AI and GPU line listed under Cloud Computing in Akamai’s catalogue. It is covered alongside GPU instances on the Akamai Cloud page rather than on a page of its own
The rest of the catalogue
Platform & engineAbout 47 products in all, including Content Protector, Brand Guardian, DNS Posture Management, Global Traffic Management, Image & Video Manager, Download Delivery, API Acceleration, mPulse and CloudTest. Listed for completeness; TechBag pages the fifteen above
Akamai sells across 2 of the products TechBag carries in network security & SASE. The Network Security & SASE guide shows how the category splits and which part is yours. →
Also sold in Identity & Access (1 product).
Why “security on the delivery edge” is the whole story
Most security vendors inspect traffic; Akamai also delivers it. App & API Protector, Bot Manager and Client-Side Protection run on the same edge as Ion and Adaptive Media Delivery, so protection and performance sit on one path to your users, with Prolexic behind them for network-scale DDoS. For buyers who already use Akamai to deliver, adding security there is the reason to shortlist it.
Akamai edge platform
Ion, Adaptive Media Delivery, App & API Protector and Client-Side Protection all run on Akamai’s edge, so caching and inspection share one path to users.
Prolexic scrubbing network
32+ scrubbing centres with 20+ Tbps of dedicated capacity, always-on or on-demand, watched by a 24/7 SOCC of 225+ frontline defenders.
Akamai Zero Trust Client
Its Access module supersedes the EAA Client and its Threat Protection module supersedes the ETP Client; it can also carry Guardicore segmentation.
Akamai Cloud
25+ core regions with a 99.99% uptime guarantee, three of them in India, hosting compute, Kubernetes, managed databases and Akamai Inference Cloud.
Start with the job — apps and APIs, DDoS, staff access or delivery — then check which products overlap before you buy.
Peer & market recognition
Every claim on this hub traces to one of these public signals.
Leader, Microsegmentation Wave, Q3 2026
one of 10 vendors evaluated, with the highest possible scores in 11 criteria, among them asset discovery and ZTNA integration
Leader, WAF Solutions Wave, Q1 2025
10 vendors across 22 criteria; top possible scores for detection models, Layer 7 DDoS protection and data-leak protection
Leader and Fast Mover, Microsegmentation Radar 2026
listed on Akamai’s awards page for Guardicore Segmentation, alongside the Forrester recognition
Overall Leader, API Security & Management 2025
the Leadership Compass of 24 July 2025, which also rated Akamai a Leader for Product, Innovation and Market
Customers’ Choice for WAAP, sixth year
a Gartner Peer Insights award built from customer reviews, not an analyst placement
Customers’ Choice 2026, microsegmentation and edge
for Network Security Microsegmentation and Edge Distribution Platforms; again a review award from users
LayerX acquisition closed
for about $205M, announced 14 May 2026; the browser product now sells as Akamai Workforce Protector (formerly LayerX)
Guardicore agent advisory, Sep 2026
upgrade the Guardicore Platform Agent to 7.4 or later; CVE-2026-50218 is rated High, CVSS 8.5
The company in six figures
See the platform, hear the pitch
Learn how the Akamai Edge Platform Works
A December 2020 explainer of how Akamai’s edge delivers content, made before the Noname, Fermyon and LayerX deals.
Here’s how Akamai empowers billions of people worldwide, every day
An April 2021 brand spot; it sets the tone, but shows no product.
Akamai India E-tail Conclave Highlights
Highlights from Akamai’s 2022 e-tail conclave in India, where more than 20 e-commerce leaders met on building and securing scale.
Where Akamai sits — the grids
Two company-level views you won’t find on any vendor site — tap any dot for the rationale. The category-level grid lives on the product page.
Akamai Across Its Solution Areas
Each dot is a Akamai solution area: competitive position vs category momentum.
Forrester named App & API Protector a WAF Leader in Q1 2025; Bot Manager and Account Protector add bot and fraud layers on the same edge.
Delivery & Cloud Depth × Security Breadth
How much content delivery and compute each vendor runs vs how broad its application and network security is.
Fifteen products span app and API security, DDoS, zero trust, CDN and public-priced compute, with Prolexic scrubbing and three cloud regions in India.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform standings and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
New to this? Learn it properly.
Zero-jargon starting points, in reading order. Each links into the deep education on the product page.
Where should you start with Akamai?
Answer three questions; we’ll point you at the right starting product. No email required — this isn’t that kind of quiz.
1. What problem is forcing the decision?
2. Where must it run?
3. Who will own it?
Fifteen products, four jobs
Protect apps and APIs, absorb DDoS, give staff zero trust access, or deliver and compute: begin with the job, then pick the product.
Read →Bot Manager or Account Protector?
Account Protector contains everything in Bot Manager and adds user risk scoring across sign-up, login and password reset. Buy one, not both.
Read →Names that changed
Linode is now Akamai Cloud, Enterprise Threat Protector is Secure Internet Access, Noname became API Security and LayerX Workforce Protector.
Read →What has a public price?
Only Akamai Cloud lists prices. The rest are quoted; MFA, SIA and EAA offer trials, and App & API Protector up to 9 months free.
Read →India data, product by product
Prolexic scrubs in Mumbai and Chennai and Akamai Cloud has three Indian regions; for SIA and EAA, Akamai documents no Indian site.
Read →Where Secure Internet Access fits
The Network Security & SASE category’s Secure Web & DNS guide compares DNS filtering and web gateways, the market in which Akamai’s Secure Internet Access Enterprise competes.
Read →The acronym decoder
Every term on these pages, in one place- WAAP
- Web application and API protection: a WAF extended with bot, DDoS and API defences.
- WAF
- Web application firewall: inspects HTTP requests to block injection and similar attacks.
- Bot score
- Bot Manager’s 0-to-100 rating of each request, from human to automated.
- Account takeover
- Criminals logging in as a real user, often with credentials stolen elsewhere.
- Shadow API
- An API that is live in production but missing from any inventory or spec.
- Scrubbing centre
- A site that filters DDoS traffic out and forwards only clean traffic to you.
- Microsegmentation
- Policy between individual workloads, so one breached server cannot reach the rest.
- ZTNA
- Zero trust network access: users reach a named app after identity and posture checks.
- Protective DNS
- A resolver that refuses lookups for malicious domains before a connection opens.
- Authoritative DNS
- The servers that answer for your own domains; Akamai sells this as Edge DNS.
- CDN
- Content delivery network: caches and serves content from servers near the viewer.
- Magecart
- Skimming attacks that inject script into checkout pages to steal card details.
Buy it like you’ve done this before
The procurement playbook TechBag runs with IT buyers — steps, licensing cheat-sheet, and the pitfalls that cost quarters.
Start from the job, not the catalogue
Akamai lists about 47 products. Name the problem first, such as bots, DDoS or VPN sprawl, and shortlist only the two or three that answer it.
Avoid buying the same thing twice
Account Protector already includes Bot Manager, and App & API Protector has bot visibility and API discovery. Check overlaps before adding SKUs.
Use the trials and free months
MFA, Secure Internet Access and EAA offer trials, and App & API Protector offers up to 9 months free to new customers. Prove fit before you sign.
Pin down where data is handled
Prolexic scrubs in Mumbai and Chennai and Akamai Cloud has three Indian regions. For other products, put the India data question in the contract.
Patch the agents
Move the Guardicore Platform Agent to 7.4 or later (advisory of 10 September 2026) and keep Akamai Zero Trust Client builds current.
Get it priced in rupees
Security and delivery are quote-only and Cloud is billed in USD. TechBag scopes apps, traffic and users and quotes the total in INR with GST.
The licensing cheat-sheet
| Product | Licensing model | How you enter | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| App & API Protector | Quote · Hybrid edition for on-prem and multi-CDN · licensing unit not published | Up to 9 months free (new customers) | WAF and layer 7 DDoS |
| Bot Manager | Quote · demo offered, no trial | Quote | Bot traffic |
| Account Protector | Quote · includes all Bot Manager capabilities | Quote | Account takeover and fake sign-ups |
| API Security | Quote · SaaS, hybrid or on-prem · free nonintrusive assessment | Quote | API inventory and abuse |
| Prolexic | Quote · always-on or on-demand · routed, IP Protect, on-premises or hybrid | Quote | Network DDoS |
| Client-Side Protection | Quote · ask whether it needs Akamai as your CDN | Quote | PCI DSS script controls |
| Firewall for AI | Quote · edge or REST API · no public pricing | Quote | LLM apps |
| Guardicore Segmentation | Quote · agent and agentless · cloud or on-premises | Quote | Lateral movement |
| Enterprise Application Access | Quote · clientless or Zero Trust Client | Free trial | VPN replacement |
| Secure Internet Access | Quote · SIA Intelligence and SIA Advanced Threat licences add proxy depth | Free trial | DNS and web filtering |
| Akamai MFA | Separate SKU · price not published | Free 30-day trial | Phishing-resistant staff MFA |
| Workforce Protector | Quote · browser extension · no pricing published | Demo on request | AI and SaaS use in the browser |
| Ion | Quote · 100% availability SLA | Quote | Web performance |
| Adaptive Media Delivery | Quote · live and VOD · 100% availability SLA | Quote | OTT video |
| Akamai Cloud | Published USD prices · hourly up to a monthly cap · no Indian-region uplift | From $5/month | Compute in India |
Akamai’s security and delivery products are quote-only; App & API Protector offers new customers up to 9 months free, and Akamai MFA, Secure Internet Access and Enterprise Application Access have trials. Akamai Cloud publishes USD prices from $5 a month, with no uplift for Indian regions. TechBag gets the quote itemised in INR with GST.
Five pitfalls that cost buyers quarters
Counting Bot Manager twice
Account Protector includes all of Bot Manager’s capabilities. Buying both for the same site pays twice for the same bot detection.
Borrowing Prolexic’s Indian sites
Mumbai and Chennai are Prolexic scrubbing centres and Akamai Cloud regions. Akamai documents no Indian site for SIA resolvers or EAA PoPs.
Reading a review award as a quadrant
Customers’ Choice for WAAP is a Gartner Peer Insights review award. Akamai’s analyst wins are from Forrester, GigaOm and KuppingerCole.
Treating Edge DNS as a DNS filter
Edge DNS is authoritative DNS for your own domains. Filtering where users browse is the job of Secure Internet Access Enterprise.
Using a public-sector schedule as list price
Discounted US public-sector prices for SIA circulate online. They are not Akamai’s list price; ask for a quote that matches your user count.
The evaluation kit
Each intel page carries an 8-question vendor checklist and a value calculator:
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Four trends with momentum scores (TechBag’s read of analyst and market signals) — and what each means for your next decision.
Category momentum — estimated market growth
Illustrative CAGR synthesis**TechBag’s illustrative estimate, not a quoted analyst figure. The takeaway: buyers are moving spend towards API security and microsegmentation — which is where Akamai’s 2025 and 2026 analyst recognition sits.
APIs as the main attack surface
Akamai closed its Noname Security deal in June 2024, and API Security now sees shadow, zombie and MCP-linked APIs.
What it means for you
Count your APIs before you choose an API security tool.
AI apps need their own firewall
Firewall for AI targets the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, and the LayerX deal added browser controls over AI prompts in July 2026.
What it means for you
Govern both the AI apps you build and the AI tools staff use.
Segmentation goes mainstream
Forrester named Akamai a microsegmentation Leader in Q3 2026, and GigaOm called it a Leader and Fast Mover the same year.
What it means for you
Plan segmentation by application, not by network subnet.
From delivery to cloud
In Q2 2026 Akamai’s cloud infrastructure revenue grew 39% while delivery and other cloud apps fell 6%.
What it means for you
Expect Akamai to sell compute next to its CDN and security.
Questions buyers ask about Akamai
Ready to shortlist Akamai?
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