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Akamai Site Shield vs. Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP)

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAkamai Site Shield

by Akamai Technologies

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP)

by Microsoft

Overall rating4.64.4
Review count2115
Ease of use9.09.2
Ease of setup9.39.3
Quality of support9.18.8
Meets requirements9.09.2
NPS7558.333333
Small Business14.3%53.3%
Mid-Market28.6%33.3%
Enterprise57.1%13.3%
Total page views11142
Total LLM citations32834

Akamai Site Shield

Akamai Site Shield is a security solution designed to protect web applications by concealing origin servers from direct internet access. By routing all incoming traffic through Akamai's globally distributed network, Site Shield ensures that only legitimate requests reach the origin, effectively mitigating threats such as Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks and other malicious activities. Key Features and Functionality: - Origin Cloaking: Removes web applications from publicly accessible IP address space, preventing attackers from targeting the origin directly.

Pros

  • Streaming Services
  • Ease of Use
  • Implementation Ease

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP)

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) is an agentless, automated, multi-product planning and assessment tool for quicker and easier desktop, server and cloud migrations.

Pros