Akamai Cloud
vs
Civo
Both sell VPS and managed Kubernetes. Akamai Cloud runs datacenters on five continents, while Civo rents H100 to B300 GPUs with free egress.
What's good about each
- 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
- Free egress and ingress
- Kubernetes control plane at no cost
- Deploy to locations in Europe and Asia
- GPUs from L40S to B300, reservable for up to 36 months
- API serving open models from the UK
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Akamai Cloud | Civo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | 8% cheaper on Akamai Cloud |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | 9% cheaper on Civo |
| Large VM | $144.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Dedicated 16GB) | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | Within 5% |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | 8% cheaper on Akamai Cloud |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | 46% cheaper on Civo |
| PostgreSQL | $63.00 /mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 58 GB storage (Shared, 1 node) | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | 31% cheaper on Civo |
| Load balancer | $10.00 /mo | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | 8% cheaper on Akamai Cloud |
| Egress allowance | 1-20 TB / mo per instance | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $5.00 /TB $0.005 / GB | Free and unlimited |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Akamai Cloud offers 3 GPU models, while Civo offers 6. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Akamai Cloud | Civo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
$3.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Akamai Cloud only |
|
RTX 4000 Ada
9 configs
|
$0.52 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Akamai Cloud only |
|
Quadro RTX 6000
4 configs
|
$1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Akamai Cloud only |
|
H100
10 configs
|
-- | $2.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Civo only |
|
B300
4 configs
|
-- | $5.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Civo only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
-- | $3.79 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Civo only |
|
H200
10 configs
|
-- | $2.99 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Civo only |
|
A100
40 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Civo only |
|
L40S
20 configs
|
-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Civo only |
Akamai Cloud bills on-demand; Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Akamai Cloud | Civo |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Yes | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Yes | -- |
| FedRAMP | Yes | -- |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Akamai Cloud | Civo |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | USA | UK |
| Locations | 31 | 6 |
| Example customers | Panasonic, Best Buy, Wayfair and Giphy | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine |
| Website | www.akamai.com | civo.com |
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Our data for Akamai Cloud was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Civo on Oct. 1, 2026.