WAF vendor

Websites using Akamai (edge)

53 of the 1005 top sites we tested are protected by Akamai (edge) (5.3%). Below is the full list. Detection is at the homepage, so deep pages are usually more protected — check the exact URL you plan to scrape.

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Top alternatives in the same category

Cloudflare333 sites Imperva (Incapsula)15 sites AWS WAF5 sites Citrix NetScaler4 sites DDoS-Guard1 sites Qrator1 sites

Typical approach

What it takes to reach Akamai (edge) sites.

Headless browser

Needs a headless browser that runs the site's JavaScript challenge.

The lightest transport that reached these sites — a point-in-time snapshot, not a guarantee. How we score it →

Difficulty across Akamai (edge) sites

Easy36

Medium14

Hard3

The list

53 sites using Akamai (edge)

Site	Category	Protected	Anti-bot / WAF
tiktok.com	Social media	Protected	TikTok (proprietary VM) + 1 more
vudu.com	Video & streaming	Protected	Akamai (edge)
weather.com	Other	Protected	Akamai (edge)