Akamai Cloud vs CoreWeave

What's good about...

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

CoreWeave

Access to latest NVIDIA GPU generations
Kubernetes-native cloud platform for easy orchestration
Transparent pricing with up to 60% savings on reserved capacity
Purpose-built for AI and ML workloads

Price comparison

How do Akamai Cloud's prices compare against CoreWeave?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.

Akamai Cloud

$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)

CoreWeave

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.

Akamai Cloud

$48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)

CoreWeave

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).

Akamai Cloud

$180.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (G8 Dedicated)

CoreWeave

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.

Akamai Cloud

$10.00 / mo 100 GB

CoreWeave

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.

Akamai Cloud

$20.00 / mo 1 TB

CoreWeave

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

$10.00 / mo

CoreWeave

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

$63.00 / mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Shared, 1 node)

CoreWeave

Free egress allowance

Akamai Cloud

1-20 TB / mo per instance

CoreWeave

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Akamai Cloud

$5.00 $0.005 / GB

CoreWeave

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Akamai Cloud

$0.52/hr

CoreWeave

$0.78/hr

Billing Options

Akamai Cloud

On-Demand

CoreWeave

On-DemandSpot

Available Models

Akamai Cloud offers 3 GPU models, while CoreWeave offers 10.

Akamai Cloud

RTX Pro 6000(3)

RTX 4000 Ada(9)

Quadro RTX 6000(4)

CoreWeave

H100(2)

A100(2)

H200(2)

L40S(2)

RTX Pro 6000(2)

B200(2)

B300(1)

L40(2)

GB200(1)

GH200(1)

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.

Which services do they offer

Service

Akamai Cloud

CoreWeave

Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

	Akamai Cloud	CoreWeave
Website	www.akamai.com	coreweave.com
Headquarters	United States of America	United States of America
Founded	2003	2017
Data Center Locations	31	13
Example Customers	Panasonic, Best Buy, Wayfair and Giphy	Jane Street, OpenAI, MistralAI, NovelAI

Website

Akamai Cloud

www.akamai.com

CoreWeave

coreweave.com

Headquarters

Akamai Cloud

United States of America

CoreWeave

United States of America

Founded

Akamai Cloud

2003

CoreWeave

2017

Data Center Locations

Akamai Cloud

CoreWeave

Example Customers

Akamai Cloud

Panasonic, Best Buy, Wayfair and Giphy

CoreWeave

Jane Street, OpenAI, MistralAI, NovelAI

Akamai Cloud vs CoreWeave

What's good about...

Akamai Cloud

CoreWeave

Price comparison

VM Small

VM Medium

VM Large

Block Storage

Object Storage

Load Balancer

Managed PostgreSQL

Free egress allowance

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Billing Options

Available Models

Which services do they offer

Company details

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