Akamai Cloud
vs
Vast.ai
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
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Akamai Cloud | Vast.ai | 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 | -- 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 | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $5.00 /TB $0.005 / GB | -- Not listed |
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 Vast.ai offers 16. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Akamai Cloud | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 7 configs
|
$3.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | 2.6x more expensive on Akamai Cloud |
|
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 |
|
H100
32 configs
|
-- | $0.24 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B300
6 configs
|
-- | $6.94 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B200
8 configs
|
-- | $5.01 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
H200
20 configs
|
-- | $1.32 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 5090
18 configs
|
-- | $0.67 /GPU/hr Reserved (6 mo) | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 4090
9 configs
|
-- | $0.27 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 3090
7 configs
|
-- | $0.13 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
Akamai Cloud bills on-demand; Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6 or 12 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Akamai Cloud | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 31 | 10 |
| Example customers | Panasonic, Best Buy, Wayfair and Giphy | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | www.akamai.com | vast.ai |
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Our data for Akamai Cloud was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Sept. 11, 2026.