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Top Akamai Essential Compute Alternatives and Competitors

Looking to upgrade or change your solution? Take away the guesswork and stay informed with end user feedback to identify and select the solution that best matches your needs.

Choose from right-sized Shared CPU, Dedicated CPU, and High Memory compute instances for everything from stateful application infrastructure to lightweight ephemeral workloads. Deploy via Cloud Manager UI, our API, CLI, and supported developer tools and easily resize as your application scales.

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Best Alternatives and Competitors to Akamai Essential Compute

Compare how Akamai Essential Compute stacks up to the competition in the areas that matter most to real users to short list options that will best fit your business needs.

Amazon

Amazon EC2

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Compared to Akamai Essential Compute, Amazon EC2 is:

Better at Integrating

More Respectful

Less Transparent

Less Efficient

Harder to Implement

Less Reliable

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines

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+91

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Compared to Akamai Essential Compute, Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines is:

Better at Integrating

Less Transparent

Less Efficient

Less Innovative

Less Reliable

Harder to Customize

Google

Google Cloud

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+94

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Compared to Akamai Essential Compute, Google Cloud is:

Better at Integrating

More Respectful

Harder to Customize

Less Efficient

Less Transparent

Harder to Implement

Oracle

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

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+90

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Compared to Akamai Essential Compute, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is:

More Respectful

Less Innovative

Less Transparent

Less Efficient

Less Reliable

Harder to Implement

DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean

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+90

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Compared to Akamai Essential Compute, DigitalOcean is:

Less Innovative

Worse at Support

Less Transparent

Less Reliable

Harder to Implement

Less Efficient

OpenMetal

OpenMetal Hosted Private Cloud

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+91

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Compared to Akamai Essential Compute, OpenMetal Hosted Private Cloud is:

Better at Integrating

Better at Support

More Inspiring

Less Efficient

Harder to Implement

Less Reliable

IBM

IBM Cloud Bare Metal

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Compared to Akamai Essential Compute, IBM Cloud Bare Metal is:

Better at Integrating

More Inspiring

More Caring

Easier to Use

Better at Training

Less Reliable

CloudSigma

CloudSigma

8.0

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+92

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24

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Compared to Akamai Essential Compute, CloudSigma is:

Better at Integrating

Easier to Use

Less Efficient

Less Reliable

Harder to Customize

Harder to Implement

Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud

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+87

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Compared to Akamai Essential Compute, Alibaba Cloud is:

Better at Integrating

Less Transparent

Less Innovative

Less Efficient

Harder to Implement

Less Reliable

OrionVM Pty Ltd

OrionVM Infrastructure as a Service

7.8

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+89

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Compared to Akamai Essential Compute, OrionVM Infrastructure as a Service is:

Better at Integrating

Less Transparent

Less Inspiring

Less Innovative

Less Efficient

Less Reliable

OVH US LLC

OVHcloud Public Cloud

7.7

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+96

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10

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Compared to Akamai Essential Compute, OVHcloud Public Cloud is:

More Inspiring

More Respectful

Harder to Customize

Harder to Implement

Less Transparent

Harder to Use

Lumen Technologies

Lumen Edge Private Cloud

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+77

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Compared to Akamai Essential Compute, Lumen Edge Private Cloud is:

Less Innovative

Less Respectful

Less Transparent

Less Efficient

Less Reliable

Harder to Use

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