# Akash: 2x-10x cheaper than the incumbent cloud

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2020-12-10
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** "The Akashian Challenge Livestream: Phase 3 Week 1" (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:30:01 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x1ct2eC_Nw&t=1801s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2020-12-10-akash-2x-10x-cheaper-than-the-incumbent-cloud-4i5i/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Akash: 2x-10x cheaper than the incumbent cloud," "The Akashian Challenge Livestream: Phase 3 Week 1" (Akash Network), 10 Dec 2020, 00:30:01. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x1ct2eC_Nw&t=1801s

## Quote — verbatim

> Akash Network is the world's first non-custodial cloud that can offer anywhere up to two times to ten times lower cost than the current cloud.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Rebutting a questioner calling Akash a "blockchain solution to a problem that doesn't exist"; he adds cost savings matter most for machine learning and big-data workloads.