Compare Akamai Prolexic vs. Arbor Edge Defense

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.

Arbor Edge Defense is a network-edge DDoS mitigation solution built to stop modern, multi-vector attacks automatically. Positioned inline at the perimeter, it delivers real-time protection before malicious traffic reaches critical infrastructure. AED uses AI-powered analysis backed by NETSCOUT’s global threat intelligence to identify and block attacks with precision. Its stateless architecture allows it to stop state-exhaustion attacks without impacting legitimate user sessions. The solution excels at mitigating application-layer attacks that traditional cloud defenses often miss. By filtering attack traffic early, AED preserves firewall performance and reduces security stack overload. Automated mitigation significantly lowers downtime and mean time to recovery. The platform adapts continuously as attack methods evolve. AED integrates seamlessly with NETSCOUT’s broader DDoS protection ecosystem. It provides resilient, always-on protection for organizations with high availability requirements.