Compare Akamai Prolexic vs. EdgeWorkers

Akamai Prolexic is a DDoS protection solution that helps organizations protect internet-facing infrastructure from attacks that can cause outages, service degradation, and network congestion. The platform supports cloud, on-premises, and hybrid deployments and can operate continuously or be activated on demand depending on an organization's requirements. Incoming traffic is routed through Prolexic, where mitigation controls inspect traffic, identify malicious activity, remove attack traffic, and forward clean traffic to the customer's infrastructure. Akamai provides 32 global anycast scrubbing centers and more than 20 Tbps of dedicated DDoS defense capacity within its broader network infrastructure of more than 1 Pbps. Prolexic includes dynamic mitigation controls for IPv4 and IPv6 traffic, network-wide access control lists, and firewall capabilities through Prolexic Network Cloud Firewall. Organizations can also use Prolexic over Akamai Direct Connect to establish private, high-performance connectivity between their origins and Akamai's DDoS protection infrastructure. Akamai provides a 100% Prolexic platform availability SLA and a zero-second mitigation SLA, with 24/7/365 support and optional managed security operations services. The service is backed by more than 225 frontline Security Operations Command Center defenders who assist customers before, during, and after attacks. Prolexic is intended for enterprises, network operators, cloud and hosting companies, and SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS providers requiring high-capacity DDoS protection across distributed infrastructure.

Akamai's EdgeWorkers is a serverless computing solution that allows developers to implement custom JavaScript code at the network edge, thereby enhancing user experiences by executing processes closer to where users are located. This method effectively reduces latency by minimizing slow calls to origin servers, which not only boosts performance but also enhances security by relocating sensitive client-side logic closer to the edge. EdgeWorkers caters to a variety of applications, such as AB testing, delivering content based on geolocation, ensuring data protection and privacy compliance, personalizing dynamic websites, managing traffic, and customizing experiences based on device type. Developers can write their JavaScript code and deploy it through various means, including API, command-line interface, or graphical user interface, taking full advantage of Akamai's robust infrastructure that automatically scales to handle increased demand or traffic surges. Additionally, the platform seamlessly integrates with Akamai's EdgeKV, a distributed key-value store, which facilitates the development of data-driven applications with swift data retrieval capabilities. This versatility makes EdgeWorkers an essential tool for modern developers aiming to create responsive and secure web applications.