Akamai Cloud
vs
Cloudflare
Akamai Cloud pairs its CDN with virtual machines and Kubernetes in fixed regions, while Cloudflare's compute is serverless and runs in every city on its network.
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
- Every service runs in every datacenter, 300+ cities
- No egress fees on R2 object storage or Workers
- Free tier covers CDN, DNS, WAF and DDoS mitigation
- One platform for serverless compute, storage, SQL and vector search
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Akamai Cloud | Cloudflare | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $144.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Dedicated 16GB) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | $15.81 /mo 1 TB (R2 Standard) | 21% cheaper on Cloudflare |
| PostgreSQL | $63.00 /mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 58 GB storage (Shared, 1 node) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $10.00 /mo | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $82.50 /mo 25M invocations, 150 ms CPU time | |
| Egress allowance | 1-20 TB / mo per instance | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $5.00 /TB $0.005 / GB | Free for most services |
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. We track no GPU listings from Cloudflare. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Akamai Cloud | Cloudflare | 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 |
Akamai Cloud bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Akamai Cloud | Cloudflare |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 | 2009 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 31 | 312 |
| Example customers | Panasonic, Best Buy, Wayfair and Giphy | Shopify, DoorDash, Discord, Intercom, Zendesk |
| Website | www.akamai.com | cloudflare.com |
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Our data for Akamai Cloud was last updated on Sept. 15, 2026, and for Cloudflare on Sept. 15, 2026.