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

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) has been recognized as a Customers’ Choice for the fourth consecutive year in the January 2023 Gartner Peer Insights "Voice of the Customer": Cloud Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) category.

Gartner® defines cloud-based web application and API protection platforms as protection against all types of runtime attacks, with a particular focus on the top 10 web application threats published by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), automated threats, and attacks specifically targeting APIs. Cloud-based 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 regarded by customers. The data collected summarizes the top vendor software products that IT business professionals value most.

“Akamai’s mission is to protect our customers and all of their web applications from an ever-expanding range of threats using leading capabilities in application and API protection, adaptive security engine, DDoS mitigation, bot management, and more,” said Rupesh Chokshi, senior vice president and general manager of Application Security at Akamai. “We are proud to be recognized by our customers for our continued efforts to secure applications and protect businesses in an ever-changing threat landscape.”

Here are some Akamai customer testimonials from the report:

"I have been using Akamai API Protector​ for several months and have been very pleased with its performance and functionality." - Information Security Assistant, Banking

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

"Akamai AAP is a full-featured WAF solution that includes web attack detection, DDoS protection, bot management, and API protection. In addition to having an excellent product, they also have a very professional service team that responds very quickly." - Security Engineering Staff, IT Services

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