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Akamai Cloud vs Cloudways

Similar to DigitalOcean, Akamai Cloud offers unmanaged IaaS (compute, storage, networking). Cloudways can utilize Akamai Cloud infrastructure for its Flexible plan, adding a management layer.

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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

Cloudways logo Cloudways

  • Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
  • Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
  • Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups

Price comparison

How do Akamai Cloud's prices compare against Cloudways?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
Cloudways Cloudways
$11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)
Cloudways Cloudways
$88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB)

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)
Cloudways Cloudways
$149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB)

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
Cloudways Cloudways
--

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
Cloudways Cloudways
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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
Cloudways Cloudways
--

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)
Cloudways Cloudways
--

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
--
Cloudways Cloudways
Included depending on plan

Free egress allowance

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
1-20 TB / mo per instance
Cloudways Cloudways
1-12 TB / mo

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$5.00 $0.005 / GB
Cloudways Cloudways
$20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider)

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$0.52/hr
Cloudways Cloudways
--

Billing Options

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
On-Demand
Cloudways Cloudways
--

Available Models

Akamai Cloud offers 3 GPU models.

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
RTX Pro 6000(3) RTX 4000 Ada(9) Quadro RTX 6000(4)
Cloudways Cloudways
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Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & 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 & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

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

Service Akamai Cloud Cloudways
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
www.akamai.com
Cloudways Cloudways
www.cloudways.com
Headquarters
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
United States of America
Cloudways Cloudways
United States of America
Founded
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
2003
Cloudways Cloudways
2012
Data Center Locations
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
31
Cloudways Cloudways
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Example Customers
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
Panasonic, Best Buy, Wayfair and Giphy
Cloudways Cloudways
Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko

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Our data for Akamai Cloud was last updated on June 23, 2026, and for Cloudways on Feb. 12, 2026.

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Per-second billing. Pay only for what you use.
50+ GPU models from RTX 3060 to B200, from $0.04/hr
No minimums, no long-term contracts.
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Learn more