Pro Intelligently recognizes bots to counter layer 7 attacks
Incapsula has a bot recognition engine to achieve a low rate of false positives on layer 7 attacks. These attacks are notoriously hard to detect as they are designed to look like regular network traffic. Their always-on recognition solution automatically triggers layer 7 protection without user i...
Pro Instant propagation of security rules
Rules configured through IncapRules are able to instantly propagate to Incapsula's reverse proxy based global network. This is in contrast to DNS based systems that are subject to TTL/DNS cache delays, which slow down the propagation of custom security rules.
Pro Real time dashboard
Incapsula provides a dashboard that shows traffic data in real time, allowing you to respond to threats immediately as they happen, and see the results of your response as quickly as possible.
Con Scripting language and rules for IncapRules has steep learning curve
While there is a rules editor that offers a shortcut into rule definition, the learning curve to master how to utilize in full IncapRules is pretty steep.
Con Enterprise package pricing not listed
Potential enterprise customers will need to call Incapsula to find out the pricing for their enterprise plans as they are not listed on the site and appear to be priced on a case by case basis.
Pro Large scale point of presence
Being one of the worlds largest CDNs, Akamai's large scale gives it a huge point of presence (PoP) to handle volumetric attacks.
Pro Deeply customizable rules
The Kona Site Defender rules are all customizable, with continuous updates from Akamai. This means you can see how they are protecting your site under the hood, and adjust them to your needs.
Pro Lots of dedicated bandwidth specifically for DDoS absorption
Through Prolexic's PLXedge, Akamai provides their customers with a total of 2.3 Tbps of dedicated DDoS absorption bandwidth.
Con Slower security rule propagation
Because of Akamai's large CDN structure, it can take some time for security rules to propagate, making it harder to adjust security responses on the fly.
Con Expensive
Akami's services cost more than triple comparative packages from other security companies. At 13k a month for DDoS protection, there are many other choices out there that cost less for the same protection.
Pro Dynamic scaling
CloudFront will allocate more hardware resources when needed automatically. It will take care of traffic spikes and accommodate product's growth without needing manual input from the user.
Pro Any type of content
CloudFront can deliver dynamic, static and streaming content.
Pro Transparent, pay-as-you-go pricing
Traffic prices are as low as $0.04/GB and volume pricing starts at 10TB/month.
Pro HTTP/2 Support
One of the 1st providers to support HTTP/2
Pro Simple and easy setup
CDN configuration is instantly deployed.
Con Config changes take 5-10 minutes
Any config change is queued for several minutes before being applied, without any time estimate. Combined with caching and DNS delays, it can make debugging a bit more difficult.
Pro 100% uptime
MaxCDN promises an uptime of 100%.
Pro Multi-CDN
jsDelivr uses multiple CDN providers resulting in better uptime and performance.
Pro Free and open source
jsDelivr offers free CDN services for developers.
Pro Signature analysis, dynamic profiling and filtering of the OSI stack are used to detect DDoS attacks
Verisign uses a multitude of tools simultaneously to detect security breaches and DDoS attacks. By using signature analysis and dynamic profiling along with filtering of the OSI stack (in order to detect DDoS attacks that are not coming from the network layer) Verisign can easily detect attacks to...
Pro Thorough and customized set up process
Verisign uses a very thorough set up process that can take weeks. This allows them to customize the payees service to their site/s in order to provide the best protection possible.
Con No 24/7 live chat
Verisign does not offer 24/7 live chat for customer service, only 24/7 telephone and e-mail support.
Pro Cost-effective monthly plans
You can choose between Pay-As-You-Go and Worldwide Monthly Plans - with fixed price for all locations, starting at $19/TB it's the best price I have found.
Pro Very easy to use
CDN77 is organized into a few tabs (dashboard, CDN, reports, support), which can quickly be accessed through buttons top dead center of the page. Setting it up is very easy as well, with just a few basic steps - create your storage, show CDN77 where your files are, then start using it.
Pro Only pay for the data you use
Pricing starts at 49¢/GB, and will drop down to 35¢/GB if you receive lots of traffic. See Pay As You Go plan details here. If you have lots of traffic, instead you can opt for monthly plans which offer up to 2PB for just under $18,000/month. Check out High Volume plans here.
Con Doesn't allow for much user-customization
CDN77 lacks any advanced configuration options, making it a poor choice for any users wanting to do anything out-of-the-norm.
Pro Standard version available for free for AWS users
If you already use AWS services, AWS Shield Standard is available for no extra costs. You can choose to upgrade to AWS Shield Advanced for a higher degree of protection.
Pro A versatile tool
AWS Shield offers several options to deal enforce cyber security. You can block specific requests, or block all requests except the ones you specify, e.g. by IP addresses.
Pro Flat pricing
Easy to understand the pricing of their CDNs.
Pro Free WAF and DDoS
Hard to beat the value for some security and CDN.
Con Not many services yet
Not really a con, just really good secure content delivery right now, but hopefully they will add more services soon.
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