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StackPath WAF: Retired June 2024

Akamai announced on 24 August 2023 that it had bought roughly 100 enterprise customer contracts from StackPath, without StackPath's staff or technology, after StackPath decided to leave the CDN business. The CDN itself switched off on 22 November 2023 and the remaining StackPath services shut down in June 2024. stackpath.com is now a blank placeholder. There is no 2026 StackPath WAF to buy. This page exists for anyone still searching for the product after the shutdown.

Last verified 23 September 2026

Retired product

StackPath WAF

Retired

This product is retired

Akamai announced on 24 August 2023 that it had acquired roughly 100 enterprise customer contracts from StackPath, without StackPath's personnel or technology, following StackPath's decision to cease CDN operations. The CDN switched off on 22 November 2023 and the remaining StackPath services shut down in June 2024. stackpath.com is now a blank placeholder. There is no 2026 StackPath WAF to buy.

What it costs

StackPath WAF prices on a discontinued, all services shut down june 2024 basis. The cheapest published entry point is Not available, product retired. Full tier list below, taken from the live vendor pricing page.

StackPath WAF pricing tiers

Tier 1StackPath WAF
Retired June 2024

Source: https://www.akamai.com/newsroom/press-release/akamai-acquires-stackpath-cdn-customers - retrieved 2026-09-23

What this vendor is best for

Not applicable. Former customers should migrate to an active vendor.

Not applicable. Former customers should already be on an active vendor.
Search engines that still surface the legacy StackPath WAF product page should be pointed here.
Account teams still receiving renewal queries should redirect to migration options below.

Hidden costs to watch

The line items most buyers miss

No live SKU as of 2026. Any quote referencing StackPath WAF in 2026 is for a separate Akamai-acquired account that does not match the original product. Akamai's own announcement states the transaction did not include StackPath personnel or technology, so nothing of the StackPath WAF itself carried over.
Migration cost is real: re-tuning rule sets on a new vendor, re-pointing DNS, re-issuing TLS certificates, re-training internal staff.
Lost edge configuration if the StackPath admin console exports were not retained before the June 2024 shutdown.

Direct answer

What does StackPath WAF actually cost at 100M requests per month?

Use the cost calculator on the homepage to assemble a realistic monthly bill across all published-rate vendors. The default profile (100M req/mo, 1 protected app, 10 custom rules, bot management on) is labelled as an illustrative example so it can be re-run with your own numbers.

Source: https://www.akamai.com/newsroom/press-release/akamai-acquires-stackpath-cdn-customers, retrieved 2026-09-23

Migration options

Cloudflare and Fastly are the closest like-for-like edge replacements for StackPath. AWS WAF or Cloud Armor make sense if the underlying app is already on AWS or GCP. Akamai App & API Protector is the right pick if your StackPath contract was one of the accounts Akamai took on in late 2023.

Why we keep this page live

Search engines still surface the legacy StackPath WAF product page for relevant queries. Keeping a dated “retired” entry on this site directs former customers to active alternatives instead of a dead link.

Closest alternatives

Two published-rate vendors with the most similar pricing model and product fit.

Cloudflare WAF

Flat monthly plan, WAF included on every paid tier

Free plan, WAF rules included

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Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Three security packages, all priced quote-only

Quote only, contact vendor

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Source

Every number on this page is taken from https://www.akamai.com/newsroom/press-release/akamai-acquires-stackpath-cdn-customers, retrieved 2026-09-23. Re-check before signing a contract; vendors change pricing without notice.

Last verified 23 September 2026