Akamai Cloud
vs
Vercel
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
- Superb developer experience, from git push to deployed globally in seconds
- First class support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
- Great API to issue custom domains for SaaS projects
- Very active community and plenty of learning resources
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Akamai Cloud | Vercel | 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 | $23.90 /mo 1 TB (Vercel Blob) | 16% cheaper on Akamai Cloud |
| PostgreSQL | $63.00 /mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 58 GB storage (Shared, 1 node) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $10.00 /mo | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $153.85 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 1-20 TB / mo per instance | 100 GB (Hobby) to 1 TB (Pro) | |
| Egress | $5.00 /TB $0.005 / GB | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB (Fast Data Transfer) | 30x more expensive on Vercel |
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. We track no GPU listings from Vercel. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Akamai Cloud | Vercel | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
$3.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Akamai Cloud only |
|
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 |
Akamai Cloud bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Akamai Cloud | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 31 | 18 |
| Example customers | Panasonic, Best Buy, Wayfair and Giphy | Box, Runway, Sonos, eBay, The Washington Post |
| Website | www.akamai.com | vercel.com |
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Our data for Akamai Cloud was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Vercel on July 27, 2026.