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CGlobal network for CDN, DDoS protection, Zero Trust and serverless compute
Free, from $5/mo
Akamai vs HUMAN Security
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Akamai if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: enterprises, media and streaming companies
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Choose HUMAN Security if…
- you're in its core audience: enterprise security teams, e-commerce companies
Side by side
Feature Akamai HUMAN Security
Pricing modelPaidContact for pricing
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
CategoryCDN & edgeBot protection
CompanyAkamai TechnologiesHUMAN Security
Full feature lists
A Akamai
- Adaptive Media Delivery for streaming and large files
- EdgeWorkers for serverless code at the edge
- Web application and API security
- Edge DNS
- Zero Trust Network Access
- Guardicore microsegmentation
- Akamai Cloud compute with Linode API and CLI
- Terraform and Postman support
H HUMAN Security
- Bot protection for web and mobile applications
- Account takeover and credential stuffing protection
- Ad fraud and click fraud protection
- Client-side defense against malicious scripts
- Behavioral analytics and machine learning detection
- Portal with customizable analytics dashboards
- More than 40 integrations, including Okta
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Akamai
Compute (1 GB VM, pay-as-you-go)$0.0075/hr
Managed Services (Infrastructure management)$100 per compute instance, per month
HUMAN Security
Contact for pricing. Plan details aren't published.
Strengths and limitations
Akamai
- Covers delivery, security and cloud compute on one platform
- Automation through APIs, CLI, Terraform and Postman
- Zero trust and segmentation products alongside the WAF
- The large product range is complex to configure for small projects
HUMAN Security
- Covers bots, account fraud, ad fraud and client-side threats in one platform
- Detection combines behavioral analytics and machine learning
- More than 40 integrations
- No public pricing; quotes come from sales
- Built for enterprises rather than small sites
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Global network for CDN, DDoS protection, Zero Trust and serverless compute
DDoS protection & WAFFree plan
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From $3830/mo
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 10, 2026. Editorial policy