🆚 Akamai Bot Manager vs. Imperva WAF

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Akamai Bot Manager is slightly more popular than Imperva WAF.
🌎 Akamai Bot Manager is more popular in the United States, Germany, and China.
🌍 Imperva WAF is more popular in the United Kingdom, Japan, and Spain.

Type

Bot mitigation technology

About

Akamai Bot Manager effectively detects bot traffic and mitigates malicious bots. It assigns a bot score to each request using AI and behavioral analysis, allowing customized responses such as challenges, rate limiting, or alternate content based on risk level.

The platform maintains a database of over 1,300 known bot signatures, dynamically detects unknown bots, supports customizable policies per endpoint, protects mobile and API traffic, and offers real-time reporting and analytics.

Imperva Cloud WAF protects websites from automated vulnerability scans, Layer 7 DDoS attacks, and malicious bots. It also provides advanced bot protection using device fingerprinting with over 200 attributes, threat intelligence feeds, managed rules, and attack analytics to block or control suspicious traffic.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

San Mateo, California, United States

Website

akamai.com #18,159

imperva.com #54,632

Pricing

Free version ❌

$4,000+/month

Free version ❌Free 30-day trial

SecureSphere WAF$7,000+/year

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Akamai Bot Manager technology is 1.3 times more popular than Imperva WAF.

Total websites

Market share

Bot Mitigation

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Akamai Bot Manager is more popular in the United States, Germany, and China, while Imperva WAF is more popular in the United Kingdom, Japan, and Spain.

United States

United Kingdom

Japan

Spain

Australia

France

Canada

Germany

Italy

Brazil

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Bot Mitigation category.
🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Bot Mitigation category.
🥈 Second most popular in Sweden in the Bot Mitigation category.
🥈 Second most popular in India in the Bot Mitigation category.
🥈 Second most popular in Korea in the Bot Mitigation category.

🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Bot Mitigation category.
🥈 Second most popular in Japan in the Bot Mitigation category.
🥈 Second most popular in Spain in the Bot Mitigation category.
🥈 Second most popular in Australia in the Bot Mitigation category.
🥈 Second most popular in France in the Bot Mitigation category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Akamai Bot Manager is more popular among sites focused on marketing and merchandising, online shopping, and travel, while Imperva WAF is more commonly used on business, finance and banking, and sports sites.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Finance/Banking

Sports

Travel

Entertainment

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Health