Akamai Cloud vs OVHcloud
OVHcloud comes out ahead of Akamai Cloud on 6 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
OVHcloud takes it, 6–2 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, OVHcloud takes 6 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 how fast the network port is
Choose OVHcloud if…
- • You want OVHcloud's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move
Round by round
- Round 1What the entry plan includesOVHcloud winsAkamai Cloud5/10
1 GB RAM
the Nanode, one vCPU and 25 GB storage
- 1 GB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
Source: akamai.com ↗
OVHcloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2How much data you can moveOVHcloud winsAkamai Cloud5/10
1 TB
included transfer on the Nanode
- 1 TB, against Unlimited traffic
Source: akamai.com ↗
OVHcloud 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 ↗
OVHcloud5/1099.9%
service level agreement for VPS hardware availability
- 99.9%, against 99.99%
Source: ovhcloud.com ↗
Akamai Cloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4How much memory a dollar buysOVHcloud winsAkamai Cloud5/10
0.2 GB per $1
1 GB RAM for $5 a month
- 0.2 GB per $1, against 0.88 GB per $1
Source: akamai.com ↗
OVHcloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5What customers say on TrustpilotOVHcloud winsAkamai Cloud5/10
2.5 out of 5
TrustScore from 207 reviews on Trustpilot
- 2.5 out of 5, against 3.8 out of 5
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
OVHcloud wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 6How many CPU cores you getOVHcloud wins
OVHcloud wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 7How much disk space you getOVHcloud wins
OVHcloud wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 8How fast the network port isAkamai Cloud winsOVHcloud5/10
500 Mbps bandwidth
VPS-1
- 500 Mbps bandwidth, against 1 Gbps outbound
Source: us.ovhcloud.com ↗
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
- datacentres the VPS range can be placed in
- $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
- $4.54, against $4
- 99.9%, against 99.99%
- 3.8 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
- $4.54, against $3.50