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
Fal.ai
- Optimized for fast inference, especially for generative media
- Cost-effective, pay-as-you-go pricing model
- Offers both serverless GPU instances
Price comparison
How do Akamai Cloud's prices compare against Fal.ai?
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VM Large
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Block Storage
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Object Storage
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Load Balancer
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Managed PostgreSQL
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Free egress allowance
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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Fal.ai Pricing Details
Fal.ai uses a usage-based pricing model, ensuring you only pay for the compute you consume. It offers two main structures:
- GPU Pricing: Billed per second for deploying custom applications on their GPU fleet.
- Output-Based Pricing: For models hosted by Fal.ai, billing is based on the output generated, such as per image, per megapixel, or per second of video.
GPU Fleet Overview
Billing Options
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Available Models
Akamai Cloud offers 3 GPU models, while Fal.ai offers 5.
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Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Akamai Cloud and Fal.ai offer:
Company details
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| Website | www.akamai.com | fal.ai |
| Headquarters |
United States of America 
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United States of America
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| Founded | 2003 | 2021 |
| Data Center Locations | 31 | -- |
| Example Customers | Panasonic, Best Buy, Wayfair and Giphy | PlayAI, Quora Poe, Genspark, Hedra |
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Our data for Akamai Cloud was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Fal.ai on Aug. 31, 2026.