Akamai Cloud
vs
Cloudflare
Both sell object storage and load balancers. Akamai Cloud rents VMs, Kubernetes and GPUs in fixed regions, while Cloudflare charges less for storage and runs serverless compute 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.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Akamai Cloud | Cloudflare |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Yes | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Enterprise only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Yes | Level 1, some products |
| FedRAMP | Yes | High, Cloudflare for Government |
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 | 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 Oct. 5, 2026, and for Cloudflare on Sept. 18, 2026.