Vultr vs Akamai Cloud
Akamai Cloud comes out ahead of Vultr 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
Akamai Cloud takes it, 5–3 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, Akamai Cloud 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 Vultr if…
- • You want Vultr's edge on what the cheapest plan costs and the uptime promise
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 costsVultr wins
Vultr wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2What the entry plan includesAkamai Cloud wins
Akamai Cloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How much data you can moveAkamai Cloud wins
Akamai Cloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4The uptime promiseVultr winsAkamai Cloud5/10
99.99%
monthly uptime for covered services in general availability
- 99.99%, against 100%
Source: akamai.com ↗
Vultr wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5Where you can deployVultr winsAkamai Cloud5/10
25+ core regions
core compute regions worldwide
- 25+ core regions, against 33 regions
Source: techdocs.akamai.com ↗
Vultr wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6How much memory a dollar buysAkamai Cloud winsVultr5/10
0.14 GB per $1
0.5 GB RAM for $3.50 a month
- 0.14 GB per $1, against 0.2 GB per $1
Source: vultr.com ↗
Akamai Cloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 7What customers say on TrustpilotAkamai Cloud winsVultr5/10
1.6 out of 5
TrustScore from 584 reviews on Trustpilot
- 1.6 out of 5, against 2.5 out of 5
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
Akamai Cloud wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 8How much disk space you getAkamai Cloud winsVultr5/10
10 GB SSD
Regular Performance $3.50 (0.5 GB, with IPv4)
- 10 GB SSD, against 25 GB
Source: vultr.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
- 1.6 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
- DDoS protection +$10/mo, against Free DDoS protection
- 0.5 GB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 0.5 TB, against 20 TB
- $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