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AWS Shield vs. Fastly's Web Application and API Security

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

MetricAWS Shield

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Fastly's Web Application and API Security

by Fastly

Overall rating4.04.2
Review count1530
Ease of use8.59.3
Ease of setup8.69.2
Quality of support8.59.3
Meets requirements8.99.1
NPS26.66666744.827586
Small Business40.0%13.3%
Mid-Market26.7%50.0%
Enterprise33.3%36.7%
Total page views161438
Total LLM citations232656

AWS Shield

AWS Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards web applications running on AWS. AWS Shield provides always-on detection and automatic inline mitigations that minimize application downtime and latency.

Pros

    Fastly's Web Application and API Security

    Fastly’s AppSec solutions empower teams to mitigate threats and control bots while helping the business move faster, confidently. Protect Your Apps and APIs While Accelerating Growth with Fastly’s Next-Gen WAF, DDoS Protection, Bot Management, API Security, and more. Our solutions are designed to help you stop cyber threats from derailing your biggest moments, accelerate innovation while minimizing new risk, and govern bots without increasing user friction.

    Pros

    • Security
    • Ease of Use
    • Protection
    • DDoS Protection
    • API Management
    • Easy Integrations