Cloud is built for hyperscale; Akash optimizes for thousands of nodes at a fraction of the cost
Overcoming the Challenges of Distributed Networks with Greg Osuri CEO Overclock Labs & Akash Network (Techpost)
“Cloud wasn’t quite cutting it for them in terms of performance because cloud is optimized for hyper scale… high-density data centers, but Akash doesn’t have that limitation. Akash will optimize a global scale for thousands of nodes… by using Akash they could get cost down, I think it’s 4x or 5x, than what they would otherwise pay on the cloud.” — 00:08:07
Context: Describing Cactus, a peer-to-peer music streaming app using relay architecture at the edge; next block adds “about 40 times more distribution than the cloud.”