Akamai Cloud
vs
Runpod
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
- Deploy affordable GPUs in under a minute
- Scale across 30+ regions worldwide
- SOC 2 Type II certified, 99.9% uptime SLA
- Flexible billing: pay by the second, no commitments
- Multi-node Clusters scale to thousands of GPUs
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Akamai Cloud | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 8.6x more expensive on Runpod |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 44% cheaper on Akamai Cloud |
| Large VM | $144.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Dedicated 16GB) | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 17% cheaper on Akamai Cloud |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | Identical |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $63.00 /mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 58 GB storage (Shared, 1 node) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $10.00 /mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 1-20 TB / mo per instance | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | $5.00 /TB $0.005 / GB | Free and unlimited |
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, while Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Akamai Cloud | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 7 configs
|
$3.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | 44% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX 4000 Ada
9 configs · 3 configs
|
$0.52 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 2.6x more expensive on Akamai Cloud |
|
Quadro RTX 6000
4 configs
|
$1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Akamai Cloud only |
|
H100
12 configs
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
B300
4 configs
|
-- | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
B200
4 configs
|
-- | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
H200
7 configs
|
-- | $4.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 5090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
A100
9 configs
|
-- | $1.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 4090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
Akamai Cloud bills on-demand; Runpod bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Akamai Cloud | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 31 | 32 |
| Example customers | Panasonic, Best Buy, Wayfair and Giphy | Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor |
| Website | www.akamai.com | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Akamai Cloud was last updated on Sept. 12, 2026, and for Runpod on Sept. 12, 2026.