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 65. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Akamai Cloud | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 100 configs
|
$3.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | 64% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
RTX 4000 Ada
9 configs · 14 configs
|
$0.52 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | 61% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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Quadro RTX 6000
4 configs · 17 configs
|
$1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | 91% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
H100
50 configs
|
-- | $0.42 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
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B300
2 configs
|
-- | $5.20 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
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B200
8 configs
|
-- | $5.94 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
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H200
36 configs
|
-- | $1.32 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
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RTX 5090
177 configs
|
-- | $0.30 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
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A100
103 configs
|
-- | $0.19 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
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RTX 4090
168 configs
|
-- | $0.20 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
Akamai Cloud bills on-demand; Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Akamai Cloud | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Yes | Type II, platform only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | Yes | Secure Cloud tier only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Yes | -- |
| FedRAMP | Yes | -- |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
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 Oct. 1, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Oct. 2, 2026.