Hosting Provider Akamai
United States
The international company has established itself as a reliable provider of cloud services. The website features a pricing plan for virtual servers suitable for projects of almost any complexity – from a personal blog to a large corporate project.
Security
Akamai's global server network is configured to effectively absorb malicious traffic, which in 100% of cases never reaches the intended target – the user's web resource or application. Edge DNS is provided – a secure DNS at the network edge, including a trust module, DNS as code, and global IP Anycast.
Virtual server plans include active DDoS attack protection, guaranteeing data security and the safety of client projects. The comprehensive approach to network attack protection makes Akamai one of the leading hosts in terms of virtual server security.
Pricing Policy
Overall, Akamai maintains a balance in its pricing policy – affordable rates fully justified by the quality of the rented servers. The minimum configuration includes 25 GB SSD, 1 GB RAM, 1 CPU core, and 1 TB of traffic.
To save costs, every client can utilize hourly billing – this allows using a VPS/VDS only when necessary for a couple of hours and then turning it off. A large number of Linux distributions are available for installation: CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Gentoo, openSUSE, Slackware, and installation from custom ISO images is also possible.
VPS plans here are divided into two categories: standard with balanced resources and those with increased RAM.
Infrastructure
Akamai's infrastructure is built on a decentralized principle and represents a global network of edge servers placed as close as possible to end users. This helps reduce latency and increase content delivery speed.
Key characteristics:
- more than 4,000 edge servers;
- presence in 135+ countries;
- 190+ cities worldwide;
- total throughput capacity – over 200 Tbit/s.
Data Centers
Akamai's server hardware is located in a number of major European capitals. The host has placed its equipment in advanced and technologically modern data centers in Germany, Spain, France, England, Italy, and the Netherlands. The company has also entered other markets – Japan, Canada, Australia.
In 2022, Akamai acquired Linode and significantly expanded its presence that same year, offering clients the opportunity to purchase cloud hosting with the most optimal geolocation. To achieve this, they utilized their CDN network and modern edge infrastructure, which significantly advanced Akamai ahead of its competitors.
Advantages
- hourly billing is available, which, according to many user reviews, is very convenient and economical;
- numerous secondary services are available, including object storage, load balancers, and GPU instances for secondary tasks;
- multiple locations, not only European but also Asian, with Oceania and America available;
- high speed and availability, low latency;
- configuration flexibility, ease of scaling;
- active DDoS protection is included in virtual server plans;
- full root access to servers is provided;
- there are additional tools for optimizing digital content.
Disadvantages
- according to user reviews, the system does not always correctly distinguish legitimate traffic from malicious;
- global orientation towards large businesses, hence somewhat inflated pricing;
- the variety of server settings can easily confuse a novice user;
- cloud services may seem expensive for small businesses.
Technologies Used
- global network of over 4,000 servers;
- DNS load balancing between servers;
- request routing based on geographic location, server status, and network conditions;
- Web Application Firewall (WAF) security technologies;
- protection of web applications from attacks (OWASP Top 10, injections, CSRF, etc.);
- filtering of malicious traffic at edge nodes;
- support for standard protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, etc.).
Customer Support
Users note the good work of technical support. Tech support responds quickly, without delays or frustrating answers, as is often the case.
You can ask a question to a technical specialist via the online chat on the official website or by writing to the email. The response time to an initial request is 5-7 minutes. And this is indeed a good indicator.
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1 vCore
RAM
1 GB
Storage
25 GB SSD NVMe
Network
1000 Mbps
Bandwidth
1.00 TB
IP
1 IPv4
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CPU
1 vCore
RAM
2 GB
Storage
50 GB SSD NVMe
Network
2000 Mbps
Bandwidth
2.00 TB
IP
1 IPv4
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CPU
2 vCore
RAM
4 GB
Storage
80 GB SSD NVMe
Network
4000 Mbps
Bandwidth
4.00 TB
IP
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$48.00
CPU
4 vCore
RAM
8 GB
Storage
160 GB SSD NVMe
Network
5000 Mbps
Bandwidth
5.00 TB
IP
1 IPv4
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CPU
2 vCore
RAM
24 GB
Storage
20 GB SSD NVMe
Network
5000 Mbps
Bandwidth
5.00 TB
IP
1 IPv4
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CPU
8 vCore
RAM
150 GB
Storage
200 GB SSD NVMe
Network
8000 Mbps
Bandwidth
8.00 TB
IP
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6 vCore
RAM
16 GB
Storage
320 GB SSD NVMe
Network
6000 Mbps
Bandwidth
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IP
1 IPv4
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CPU
2 vCore
RAM
48 GB
Storage
40 GB SSD NVMe
Network
6000 Mbps
Bandwidth
6.00 TB
IP
1 IPv4
Linode 32 GB
$192.00
CPU
8 vCore
RAM
32 GB
Storage
640 GB SSD NVMe
Network
7000 Mbps
Bandwidth
16.00 TB
IP
1 IPv4
Linode 90 GB
$240.00
CPU
4 vCore
RAM
90 GB
Storage
90 GB SSD NVMe
Network
7000 Mbps
Bandwidth
7.00 TB
IP
1 IPv4
Linode 64 GB
$384.00
CPU
16 vCore
RAM
64 GB
Storage
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Network
9000 Mbps
Bandwidth
20.00 TB
IP
1 IPv4
Linode 96 GB
$576.00
CPU
20 vCore
RAM
96 GB
Storage
1920 GB SSD NVMe
Network
10000 Mbps
Bandwidth
20.00 TB
IP
1 IPv4
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$768.00
CPU
24 vCore
RAM
128 GB
Storage
2560 GB SSD NVMe
Network
11000 Mbps
Bandwidth
20.00 TB
IP
1 IPv4
Linode 300 GB
$960.00
CPU
16 vCore
RAM
300 GB
Storage
340 GB SSD NVMe
Network
9000 Mbps
Bandwidth
9.00 TB
IP
1 IPv4
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$1,152.00
CPU
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RAM
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Storage
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Network
12000 Mbps
Bandwidth
20.00 TB
IP
1 IPv4
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