Akamai API Security
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Est 1998|Valuation $16.6B|Raised $361.8M
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day
Published Oct 21, 2026
Akamai release notes show ongoing quarterly enhancements (for example, UI navigation changes and features described as "APIs from Code"). Buyers should confirm GA status of roadmap items relevant to their purchase.
Direct evidence of churn for this specific product is limited in public sources. Common decision drivers in this category include:
Budget and time-to-value are likely churn risks for mid-market buyers.
Observed reasons based on accessible sources:
Note: Many of these items are vendor- or analyst-claimed and should be validated in a PoC.
Akamai publishes customer stories that reference the Noname platform (now integrated), including a beverage company and Aflac.
Considerations:
An AWS Marketplace reviewer reported discovering hundreds of endpoints during initial onboarding, consistent with vendor messaging that organizations often underestimate API counts.
Akamai/Noname communications include vendor-stated averages (for example, a cited notable percentage of undiscovered APIs), which should be treated as vendor-reported metrics unless independently verified.
Best-fit organizations:
Based on available materials and reviewer claims:
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Note: Many of these items are vendor- or analyst-claimed and should be validated in a PoC.
“We were also surprised to discover there were a large number of endpoints that we are using across the organization…”
Same review highlights governance reporting:
“We are showing the reports from Akamai API Security to HITRUST compliance and HIPAA compliance certifications. We are also using PCI…”
“The best features that Akamai API Security offers are the information and aggregation we get, as well as the alerts that we receive.”
And indicates time savings:
“...it is definitely saving a lot of time.”
“Akamai API Security is stable.”
“The main challenges we had with Akamai API Security were how to set it up on the AWS cloud environment and how to access this portal.”
This aligns with a broader pattern across Akamai tools: advanced features with non-trivial setup.
“The tool is blocking and only the person who has access to the tool can actually see how many DDoS attacks were blocked.”
This may reflect role and access design; organizations should validate reporting and role distribution during evaluation.
“Requires specialized training for basic use.” “Not very intuitive to configure.”
These signals suggest a learning curve and that logging/telemetry expectations should be validated during a proof of concept (PoC).
Akamai API Security is an enterprise API protection platform designed to secure APIs across their lifecycle (development through production). Its core capabilities include:
Akamai describes the offering as supporting multiple deployment models (multi-cloud, hybrid, multi-CDN, multi-gateway) and as capable of observing both north–south and east–west traffic patterns.
Akamai targets API Security primarily at:
The product is described as intended to complement WAAP/WAF capabilities. Akamai indicates API Security can be used without other Akamai products, and it can be integrated with Akamai App & API Protector for in-line blocking at the edge.