Akamai Web Application Protector vs Really Simple SSL & Security
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
Akamai Web Application Protector · Really Simple SSL & Security · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
Akamai Web Application Protector · Really Simple SSL & Security · share of sites in each country using one or the other
United States
703
97,418
Brazil
374
48,788
Spain
347
47,706
Japan
335
42,353
France
381
40,734
Italy
344
36,640
United Kingdom
414
35,181
Germany
380
32,992
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | Akamai Web Application Protector | Really Simple SSL & Security |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.2 s | 2.4 s |
| INP | 100 ms | 50 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 900 ms | 1300 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.
All Akamai Web Application Protector sites · All Really Simple SSL & Security sites