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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

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

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

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

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$10.00 / mo 100 GB
Amazon Web Services AWS
$8.00 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$20.00 / mo 1 TB
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.63 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$10.00 / mo
Amazon Web Services AWS
$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer

Managed PostgreSQL

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®*

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
--
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)

Serverless 25M Executions

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

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
Amazon Web Services AWS
RTX PRO 6000 $2.50 $4.14

Billing Options

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

Available Models

Akamai Cloud offers 3 GPU models, while AWS offers 18.

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
RTX PRO 6000(3) RTX 4000 Ada(9) Quadro RTX 6000(4)
Amazon Web Services AWS
H100(6) A100(6) RTX PRO 6000(6) H200(1) L40S(24) B200(1) B300(1) V100(6) L4(30) T4(21)
View all 18 GPUs →

Heads up: Prices are estimates from published rates for common setups and vary by region and usage; verify 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 US flag
Amazon Web Services AWS
United States of America US flag
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

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Akamai Cloud was last updated on Aug. 28, 2026, and for AWS on Aug. 28, 2026.