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DDoS Protection

Score 19.7 / 100 15 providers 9 APIs Search apis.io →
Variants seen in the corpus: DDoS ProtectionDdos Protection

Providers using this tag (15)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 3 Solid coverage with minor gaps
IBMAPI ManagementArtificial IntelligenceBillingCloud Computing55 APIs62.6CloudflareAI GatewayAPI GatewayArtificial IntelligenceCDN87 APIs62.0FastlyCDNEdge CloudEdge ComputeWebAssembly80 APIs60.8
Developing 6 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Amazon WAFBot ManagementSecurityWAF3 APIs50.3Amazon ShieldNetworkingSecurity7 APIs48.1F5 NetworksAPI GatewayApplication DeliveryAutomationEdge Computing14 APIs47.2Google Cloud ArmorFirewallGoogle CloudSecurity2 APIs46.5Azure NetworkingAzureCloudInfrastructureMicrosoft25 APIs45.7ImpervaSecurityCybersecurityWAF15 APIs42.5
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
A10 NetworksApplication DeliveryLoad BalancingApplication Delivery Controller6 APIs35.5AWS WAFSecurityWeb Application FirewallBot Management2 APIs32.2F5 Distributed Cloud ServicesApplication SecurityWeb Application FirewallAPI SecurityMulti-Cloud Networking3 APIs30.7
Emerging 3 Early or largely undocumented
NetscoutCybersecurityNetwork MonitoringNetwork Performance8 APIs26.0Arbor NetworksCompanyNetwork SecurityCybersecurity2 APIs20.6ChinaCache (EdgeNext)CompanyCDNContent Delivery NetworkEdge Computing1 API17.8

APIs with this tag (9)

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Strong 5 Solid coverage with minor gaps
IBM Cloud Internet ServicesProvide DDoS protection, global load balancing, DNS management, WAF, and CDN capabilities for internet-faci...62.6Cloudflare DDoS Protection APIThe Cloudflare DDoS Protection API provides managed rulesets for mitigating DDoS attacks at both the applic...62.0Cloudflare Magic Transit APIThe Cloudflare Magic Transit API provides endpoints for managing network security and performance for on-pr...62.0Cloudflare Spectrum APICloudflare Spectrum extends Cloudflare's DDoS protection and performance benefits to any TCP or UDP applica...62.0Fastly DDoS Protection APIOperations for enabling, configuring, and managing DDoS Protection on Fastly services.60.8
Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
F5 Essential App Protect APIAPI for managing F5's application security services including WAF policies, bot defense, and API protection.47.2Azure DDoS Protection APIManage DDoS protection plans that provide enhanced DDoS mitigation capabilities for Azure Virtual Network r...45.7
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
Netscout Arbor Edge Defense APIREST API for Arbor Edge Defense (AED), an inline security appliance deployed at the network perimeter that ...26.0Netscout Arbor Sightline SP REST APIREST API for DDoS detection, mitigation, and threat intelligence on the Arbor Sightline platform. Provides ...26.0

Score breakdown

Frequency
36.6
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.4
spread across providers
Quality lift
50.6
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
2.2
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Web Application Firewall 7 co-occurrences WAF 7 co-occurrences CDN 5 co-occurrences Network Security 6 co-occurrences Networking 6 co-occurrences Security 12 co-occurrences

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