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Why Akamai leads the pack in 2025 Cloud WAAP CyberRisk Comparative Vendor Report


Whitepaper

Akamai led in this 2025 Security Efficacy Testing Report, outperforming AWS, Azure, and Cloudflare in critical metrics. Tested against 1,360+ realworld attacks, Akamai protected against OWASP Web and API Top 10 threats, achieved 100% resiliency, and passed 100% of legitimate traffic. With seamless protection across WAF, bot management and APIs, Akamai continues to set the standard in modern WAAP performance.

Download the testing report to see these key results:


  • Top performer in security efficacy: Akamai outperformed Cloudflare by 40% and AWS by 109%.
  • 100% OWASP coverage: Only Akamai protects against attacks from every OWASP Web and API Top 10 category.
  • Bot and Layer 7 DDoS defense: Only Akamai delivered perfect scores across all advanced threat vectors.
  • Zero false positives: Akamai passed 100% of legitimate user traffic with no customer friction.
  • Protocol coverage: Akamai provided full protection for SOAP, REST, gRPC, and GraphQL; others missed or failed key protocols.
  • Resilient by design: Akamai maintained 100% efficacy during failovers, DDoS spikes, and outages.

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