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Akamai Cloud vs AWS

Akamai Cloud offers simpler pricing and a more developer-friendly experience at lower cost, while AWS provides a larger catalog of managed services, global infrastructure, and enterprise features.

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What's good about...

Akamai Cloud logo Akamai Cloud

  • Wide range of VPS configurations including including GPU instances
  • Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kubernetes, and Object Storage
  • Competitive pricing with generous per-instance egress allowances
  • 30+ data center locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America

Amazon Web Services logo AWS

  • Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
  • Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
  • 30+ datacenter locations around the world

Price comparison

How do Akamai Cloud's prices compare against AWS?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)
Amazon Web Services AWS
$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$180.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (G8 Dedicated)
Amazon Web Services AWS
$248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$10.00 / mo 100 GB
Amazon Web Services AWS
$8.00 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$20.00 / mo 1 TB
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.63 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$10.00 / mo
Amazon Web Services AWS
$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$63.00 / mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Shared, 1 node)
Amazon Web Services AWS
$57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium)

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
--
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
--
Amazon Web Services AWS
$36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration

Free egress allowance

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
1-20 TB / mo per instance
Amazon Web Services AWS
100 GB / mo

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$5.00 $0.005 / GB
Amazon Web Services AWS
$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$0.52/hr
Amazon Web Services AWS
$0.19/hr

Billing Options

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
On-Demand
Amazon Web Services AWS
On-DemandReserved (36mo)Reserved (12mo)

Available Models

Akamai Cloud offers 3 GPU models, while AWS offers 15.

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
RTX Pro 6000(3) RTX 4000 Ada(9) Quadro RTX 6000(4)
Amazon Web Services AWS
H100(6) A100(6) H200(1) L40S(24) B200(1) RTX Pro 6000(6) V100(6) L4(24) B300(1) T4(21)
View all 15 GPUs

Heads up: We do our best to keep these prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Akamai Cloud and AWS offer:

Service Akamai Cloud AWS
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
www.akamai.com
Amazon Web Services AWS
aws.amazon.com
Headquarters
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
United States of America
Amazon Web Services AWS
United States of America
Founded
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
2003
Amazon Web Services AWS
2006
Data Center Locations
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
31
Amazon Web Services AWS
31
Example Customers
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
Panasonic, Best Buy, Wayfair and Giphy
Amazon Web Services AWS
Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro

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Our data for Akamai Cloud was last updated on June 9, 2026, and for AWS on June 9, 2026.

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