What is the difference between Akamai Cloud and Aquanode?

Akamai Cloud and Aquanode are both cloud GPU providers offering different pricing models, features, and GPU availability. Use our comparison tool to see real-time pricing and feature differences.

Which is cheaper: Akamai Cloud or Aquanode?

Pricing varies by GPU model and usage requirements. Check our real-time comparison table to find the best deals for your specific needs.

Can I switch between Akamai Cloud and Aquanode?

Yes, both providers offer flexible cloud GPU services. However, consider factors like data transfer costs, setup time, and specific features when switching between providers.

How many GPU models are available for comparison?

We track pricing for 39 different GPU models across both Akamai Cloud and Aquanode, with 0 models available from both providers.

Akamai Cloud vs Aquanode

Compare GPU pricing between Akamai Cloud and Aquanode. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

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Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $1.44/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 39Both available: 1Akamai Cloud: 1Aquanode: 39

Showing 15 of 39 GPUs

Last updated: 11/7/2026, 1:01:56 PM

GPU Model ↑	Akamai Cloud Price	Aquanode Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$1.32/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $1.32/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
A40 48GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.64/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
A40 48GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.64/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
B200 180GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$9.35/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
B200 180GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $9.35/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$3.00/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $3.00/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
H200 141GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$4.48/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
H200 141GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $4.48/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
L40 40GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.85/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
L40 40GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.85/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
L40S 48GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.95/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.95/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$3.29/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $3.29/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3060 12GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.11/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3060 12GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.11/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.27/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.27/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.13/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.13/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.13/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.13/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.20/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.20/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 4000 Ada 20GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.26/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 4000 Ada 20GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.26/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.32/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.32/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$1.32/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $1.32/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
A40 48GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.64/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
A40 48GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.64/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
B200 180GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$9.35/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
B200 180GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $9.35/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$3.00/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $3.00/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
H200 141GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$4.48/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
H200 141GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $4.48/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
L40 40GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.85/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
L40 40GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.85/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
L40S 48GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.95/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.95/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$3.29/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $3.29/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3060 12GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.11/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3060 12GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.11/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.27/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.27/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.13/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.13/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.13/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.13/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.20/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.20/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 4000 Ada 20GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.26/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 4000 Ada 20GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.26/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Aquanode	Not Available	$0.32/hr★ Best	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Aquanode $0.32/hour Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Aquanode GPU Price Index

Features Comparison

Akamai Cloud

RTX-Class GPU Plans
Blackwell Server Edition, Ada and Quadro RTX cards offered as GPU Linodes with dedicated vCPU cores
Multi-GPU Plans
Plans carry 1 to 8 RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell cards, with vNUMA exposed on the 8-card plans, and 1 to 4 cards on RTX 4000 Ada and Quadro RTX 6000 plans
Multiple Regions
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell plans are listed in 20 Akamai Cloud regions across Europe, Asia and North America; RTX 4000 Ada and Quadro RTX 6000 plans are listed in fewer

Aquanode

Multi-provider GPU marketplace
One live marketplace over the providers Aquanode supports, so the same GPU model can be compared across offers before deploying. Each offer is tagged on-demand or preemptible.
Pods
An Environment (image and installed software) and a Volume (code, checkpoints, data) that persist while the rented machine is released, and can restart on a different GPU, provider or country.
Per-second billing
The machine is billed by the second only while it runs, with no minimum term; a stopped pod rents no machine.
Auto-stop
Opt-in per pod: an idle GPU gets a warning, then its environment and volume are captured and the machine is released.
Jobs
Run a command on a GPU to completion, with automatic retry on a different machine if a provider takes the original one away.
Teams and workspaces
Shared deployments, volumes, API keys and a credit balance owned by the team, with owner, admin and member roles.

Pros & Cons

Akamai Cloud

Advantages

Predictable flat-rate pricing model
Global region coverage inherited from the Akamai network
Blackwell-generation RTX PRO 6000 available alongside older RTX SKUs

Considerations

Catalog focused on RTX cards; H100/H200/B200 are not part of the public lineup
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell and Quadro RTX 6000 plans are listed as limited deployment availability
A deposit may be required to deploy GPU Linodes on new or low-spend accounts

Aquanode

Advantages

Compares live offers for the same GPU model across several providers from one account and one balance
Billed per second with no minimum commitment, and a stopped pod does not rent a machine
Environment and volume persist across stops and can move to a different provider or region
Failover and automatic job retry on another machine if the chosen card is taken

Considerations

Capacity comes from third-party providers, so availability and network policy vary by offer
Marketplace rates are live minimums that can change between page loads
No spot bidding or committed-use reserved tier is offered

Compute Services

Akamai Cloud

Aquanode

Pricing Options

Akamai Cloud

Hourly Billing

GPU Linode plans are listed with hourly rates; review the pricing page for the full plan list

Aquanode

On-demand

Per-second billing while an instance runs, with no contract or minimum term

Preemptible

Lower-cost capacity from independent hosts, shown beside on-demand offers in the GPU Availability Index

Storage for pods

Environments and volumes are billed separately for the time they are held

Getting Started

Akamai Cloud

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up at the Akamai Cloud / Linode console
2
Choose a GPU Linode plan
Select RTX 4000 Ada, Quadro RTX 6000 or RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell with the desired GPU count
3
Deploy and connect
Provision the instance via Cloud Manager, CLI or API and connect over SSH

Aquanode

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up in the Aquanode console and add credit to the account or team balance.
2
Choose a GPU
Browse live offers in the marketplace and pick a GPU model, provider and region.
3
Launch a pod
Start from a template such as JupyterLab or ComfyUI, or an empty box, and connect by browser terminal, SSH or the aq CLI.
4
Stop when idle
Stop the pod to release the machine and stop the hourly charge; the Environment and Volume are kept and can be started again on another provider.

Support & Global Availability

Akamai Cloud

Global Regions

GPU plans are listed in selected Akamai Cloud regions in North America, Europe and Asia, varying by GPU; RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell has the widest list

Support

Documentation, a community forum, and Akamai compute support

Aquanode

Global Regions

Capacity is listed across many countries in Europe, Asia and Oceania, varying with live supply. The regions page notes some regions, such as the United States and Canada, can show no listed capacity at a given time.

Support

Documentation at docs.aquanode.io, a Discord community, and a Book a demo / Contact Sales option on the website.