# Akamai Kona Site Defender: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/akamai-kona-site-defender

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Web application firewalls](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/web-application-firewalls/index.md) | 0% | 64 | 50% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Known for its high performance and global reach." (Mistral Small, WAF)

## And against it

- "Higher cost but comprehensive" (Claude Haiku 4.5, WAF)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Akamai Kona Site Defender, from 3 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- imperva.com: 2
- linkedin.com: 2
- atomicorp.com: 1
- aws.amazon.com: 1
- bleepingcomputer.com: 1
- ca.insight.com: 1
- cloudflare.com: 1
- comparitech.com: 1
- developers.cloudflare.com: 1
- docs.aws.amazon.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://atomicorp.com/web-application-firewall-waf-costs-shouldnt-exclude-you: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-hi4pzmnlcgpy4: 1
- https://bleepingcomputer.com/sysadmin/guides/best-web-application-firewalls: 1
- https://ca.insight.com/en_CA/shop/product/FC210WBVMS5820236/fortinet/FC2-10-WBVMS-582-02-36/FortiWeb-Advanced-Bundle-for-FortiWebVM02-subscription-license-renewal-3-years-2-CPU: 1
- https://cloudflare.com/products/waf: 1
- https://comparitech.com/net-admin/best-web-application-firewall: 1
- https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf: 1
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/waf: 1

## In its own words

What Akamai Kona Site Defender's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: This behavior assigns an account-wide firewall configuration, named `WAF Security File`, to legacy customers' web traffic. (https://techdocs.akamai.com/property-mgr/reference/ga-web-application-firewall)
- For: legacy customers who apply a single firewall for all hostnames (https://techdocs.akamai.com/property-mgr/reference/ga-web-application-firewall)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.