# Akamai App & API Protector alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 200 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Akamai App & API Protector holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/akamai-app-api-protector/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Cloudflare WAF: 117
- Sucuri WAF: 6
- Imperva Cloud WAF: 5
- ModSecurity: 4
- AWS WAF: 3
- Barracuda Web Application Firewall: 2

## Web application firewalls

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Akamai App & API Protector (Akamai App & API Protector is #5 of 9 at 2%).

- Cloudflare WAF: first choice in 66 of those 82
- Sucuri WAF: first choice in 6 of those 82
- AWS WAF: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Barracuda WAF: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Cloudflare Application Security: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Cloudflare's Pro/Business plans: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Indusface AppTrana: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Akamai App & API Protector (Akamai App & API Protector is #7 of 11 at 0%).

- Cloudflare WAF: first choice in 31 of those 67
- ModSecurity: first choice in 4 of those 67
- Barracuda Web Application Firewall: first choice in 2 of those 67
- OWASP Core Rule Set: first choice in 2 of those 67
- AWS WAF: first choice in 1 of those 67
- BunkerWeb: first choice in 1 of those 67
- Check Point CloudGuard: first choice in 1 of those 67
- Check Point CloudGuard WAF: first choice in 1 of those 67

**Enterprise**: 51 of 84 answers did not name Akamai App & API Protector (Akamai App & API Protector is #2 of 9 at 16%).

- Cloudflare WAF: first choice in 20 of those 51
- Imperva Cloud WAF: first choice in 5 of those 51
- AWS WAF: first choice in 1 of those 51
- Akamai Adaptive Application Firewall: first choice in 1 of those 51
- Akamai App & API Protector / WAAP: first choice in 1 of those 51
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 1 of those 51
- F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP: first choice in 1 of those 51
- NetScaler Web Application Firewall: first choice in 1 of those 51

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