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Akamai Cloud vs Vultr

Akamai Cloud and Vultr offer comparable VPS and managed services at competitive prices; Akamai Cloud benefits from Akamai's CDN and edge network, while Vultr offers a broader selection of instance types including bare metal.

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What's good about...

Akamai Cloud logo 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

Vultr logo Vultr

  • Good selection VPS configurations (GPU, dedicated, high memory)
  • Offers managed services (databases, Kubernetes, object storage)
  • Competitive pricing, generous egress
  • 30+ data center locations around the world

Price comparison

How do Akamai Cloud's prices compare against Vultr?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
Vultr Vultr
$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)
Vultr Vultr
$40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$180.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (G8 Dedicated)
Vultr Vultr
$160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$10.00 / mo 100 GB
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$20.00 / mo 1 TB
Vultr Vultr
$18.00 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$10.00 / mo
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 / mo

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$63.00 / mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Shared, 1 node)
Vultr Vultr
$60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
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Vultr Vultr
$15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

Free egress allowance

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
1-20 TB / mo per instance
Vultr Vultr
2 TB / mo for most services

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$5.00 $0.005 / GB
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 $0.01 / GB

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
$0.52/hr
Vultr Vultr
$0.47/hr

Billing Options

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
On-Demand
Vultr Vultr
On-DemandReserved (36mo)Reserved (24mo)

Available Models

Akamai Cloud offers 3 GPU models, while Vultr offers 10.

Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
RTX Pro 6000(3) RTX 4000 Ada(9) Quadro RTX 6000(4)
Vultr Vultr
H100(2) A100(7) L40S(5) B200(1) MI300X(1) A40(2) MI355X(1) A16(5) GH200(1) MI325X(1)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Akamai Cloud and Vultr offer:

Service Akamai Cloud Vultr
Block Storage
Container Registry
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
www.akamai.com
Vultr Vultr
www.vultr.com
Headquarters
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
United States of America
Vultr Vultr
United States of America
Founded
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
2003
Vultr Vultr
2014
Data Center Locations
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
31
Vultr Vultr
32
Example Customers
Akamai Cloud Akamai Cloud
Panasonic, Best Buy, Wayfair and Giphy
Vultr Vultr
Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield

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Our data for Akamai Cloud was last updated on June 15, 2026, and for Vultr on March 20, 2026.

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