# Akamai WAF: how AI models rank it, November 2026

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

## 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% | 48 | 0% | 1 |

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 WAF, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- wafplanet.com: 3
- aws.amazon.com: 2
- cloudflare.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- gane.ai/index: 2
- softwaretestinghelp.com: 2
- appsentinels.ai: 1
- atomicorp.com: 1
- aws.github.io: 1
- bleepingcomputer.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/web-application-firewalls/smb: 2
- https://softwaretestinghelp.com/web-application-firewall-waf: 2
- https://wafplanet.com/waf/imperva: 2
- https://appsentinels.ai/blog/top-25-web-application-firewalls-wafs-and-best-alternatives-for-cloudflare: 1
- https://atomicorp.com/web-application-firewall-waf-costs-shouldnt-exclude-you: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-hi4pzmnlcgpy4: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/waf/faqs: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/waf/pricing: 1

## In its own words

What Akamai WAF'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.