Akamai Cloud vs Contabo
Contabo comes out ahead of Akamai Cloud on 5 of the 8 things that decide this, going by what each company publishes and what independent review sites report. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
Contabo takes it, 5–3 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, Contabo takes 5 of 8 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose Akamai Cloud if…
- • You want Akamai Cloud's edge on the uptime promise and where you can deploy
Choose Contabo if…
- • You want Contabo's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move
Round by round
- Round 1What the entry plan includesContabo winsAkamai Cloud5/10
1 GB RAM
the Nanode, one vCPU and 25 GB storage
- 1 GB RAM, against 8 GB RAM
Source: akamai.com ↗
Contabo wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2How much data you can moveContabo winsContabo8/10
Unlimited inbound and outbound
Traffic limit
- outgoing traffic included, incoming unlimited
Source: contabo.com ↗
Contabo wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3The uptime promiseAkamai Cloud winsAkamai Cloud8/10
99.99%
monthly uptime for covered services in general availability
Source: akamai.com ↗
Akamai Cloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4Where you can deployAkamai Cloud winsContabo5/10
11 data centers
across the US, Europe and Asia
- 11 data centers, against 25+ core regions
Source: contabo.com ↗
Akamai Cloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5What customers say on TrustpilotContabo winsAkamai Cloud5/10
2.5 out of 5
TrustScore from 207 reviews on Trustpilot
- 2.5 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
Contabo wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 6How many CPU cores you getContabo wins
Contabo wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 7How much disk space you getContabo wins
Contabo wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 8How fast the network port isAkamai Cloud wins
Akamai Cloud wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- live support around the clock, with phone numbers listed
- Nanode 1 GB
- Cloud VPS 10, with 75 GB NVMe
- outgoing traffic included, incoming unlimited
- 8 GB RAM for €4.50 a month
- $5, against $4
- 2.5 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
- 1 GB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 1 TB, against 20 TB
- 99.9%, against 99.99%
- 1-month minimum contract, against Per-second billing
- €4.50, against €3.49
- 99.9%, against 100%