# 80% cost reduction vs. incumbent cloud

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2018-04-19
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Greg Osuri: The Akash Network (Block 2thefuture)
- **Watch at:** 00:00:45 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVVvEFkIaUU&t=45s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2018-04-19-80-cost-reduction-vs-incumbent-cloud-4bai/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "80% cost reduction vs. incumbent cloud," Greg Osuri: The Akash Network (Block 2thefuture), 19 Apr 2018, 00:00:45. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVVvEFkIaUU&t=45s

## Quote — verbatim

> Akash is a decentralized and open marketplace for cloud computing resources, and the value proposition to the customer is to 80% cost reduction than what you would pay for the cloud today.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Opening pitch of the talk; the cost claim is grounded in tapping idle data center capacity.