DigitalOcean vs Akamai Cloud
Akamai Cloud comes out ahead of DigitalOcean on 5 of the 7 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
Akamai Cloud takes it, 5–2 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, Akamai Cloud takes 5 of 7 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose DigitalOcean if…
- • You want DigitalOcean's edge on what the cheapest plan costs and what customers say on trustpilot
Choose Akamai Cloud if…
- • You want Akamai Cloud's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move
Round by round
- Round 1What the cheapest plan costsDigitalOcean wins
DigitalOcean wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2What the entry plan includesAkamai Cloud winsDigitalOcean5/10
512 MiB RAM
the $4 Droplet, one vCPU
- 512 MiB RAM, against 1 GB RAM
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Akamai Cloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How much data you can moveAkamai Cloud winsDigitalOcean5/10
500 GiB
included outbound transfer on the $4 Droplet
- 500 GiB, against 1 TB
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Akamai Cloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4Who picks up when the server is downAkamai Cloud winsDigitalOcean5/10
Free 24/7 tickets, answered within 24 hours
the free Starter plan; faster response is paid
- Free 24/7 tickets, answered within 24 hours, against 24/7 phone, ticket and email
Source: docs.digitalocean.com ↗
Akamai Cloud8/10Phone support
a call-support line, listed on the support page
- live support around the clock, with phone numbers listed
Source: akamai.com ↗
Akamai Cloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5How much memory a dollar buysAkamai Cloud winsDigitalOcean5/10
0.12 GB per $1
512 MiB RAM for $4 a month
- 0.12 GB per $1, against 0.2 GB per $1
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Akamai Cloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6What customers say on TrustpilotDigitalOcean winsDigitalOcean8/10
4.5
TrustScore on Trustpilot
- TrustScore from 2,584 reviews on Trustpilot
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
Akamai Cloud5/102.5 out of 5
TrustScore from 207 reviews on Trustpilot
- 2.5 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
DigitalOcean wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 7How much disk space you getAkamai Cloud winsDigitalOcean5/10
10 GiB SSD
Basic Droplet (Regular, 512 MiB)
- 10 GiB SSD, against 25 GB
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Akamai Cloud wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- TrustScore from 2,584 reviews on Trustpilot
- live support around the clock, with phone numbers listed
- Nanode 1 GB
- 512 MiB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 500 GiB, against 20 TB
- 1 vCPU, against 2 vCPU (AMD)
- 10 GiB SSD, against 40 GB NVMe
- $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