# Cequence Unified API Protection alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 228 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Cequence Unified API Protection 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/cequence-unified-api-protection/alternatives/

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

- Salt Security: 23
- 42Crunch: 20
- Akamai API Security: 18
- Wallarm API Security: 12
- OWASP ZAP: 11
- StackHawk: 10

## API security platforms

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Cequence Unified API Protection.

- 42Crunch: first choice in 13 of those 84
- StackHawk: first choice in 8 of those 84
- Zuplo: first choice in 8 of those 84
- Cloudflare API Shield: first choice in 6 of those 84
- OWASP ZAP: first choice in 6 of those 84
- Wallarm API Security: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Postman: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Akto: first choice in 3 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Cequence Unified API Protection (Cequence Unified API Protection is #12 of 13 at 0%).

- Aikido Security: first choice in 6 of those 74
- Salt Security: first choice in 6 of those 74
- 42Crunch: first choice in 5 of those 74
- OWASP ZAP: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Wallarm API Security: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Akamai API Security: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Noname Security: first choice in 3 of those 74
- StackHawk: first choice in 2 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Cequence Unified API Protection (Cequence Unified API Protection is #4 of 12 at 2%).

- Salt Security: first choice in 17 of those 70
- Akamai API Security: first choice in 14 of those 70
- Tyk: first choice in 3 of those 70
- 42Crunch: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Wallarm API Security: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Apigee: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Check Point CloudGuard WAF: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Gravitee: first choice in 1 of those 70

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