# Akash is 2-3x, sometimes 10x, cheaper than the big clouds

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-01-21
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Akash Network, Cloud Computing on Blockchain (MikoBits Blockchain, NFT and DeFi Show)
- **Watch at:** 00:01:27 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRtkAUdqNFs&t=87s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-01-21-akash-is-2-3x-sometimes-10x-cheaper-than-the-big-c-w5g6/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Akash is 2-3x, sometimes 10x, cheaper than the big clouds," Akash Network, Cloud Computing on Blockchain (MikoBits Blockchain, NFT and DeFi Show), 21 Jan 2021, 00:01:27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRtkAUdqNFs&t=87s

## Quote — verbatim

> Any big value is cost. I mean, costs anywhere from two to three x lower than the Amazons and Google to Microsoft, in some cases even ten times lower. So that's incredible value proposition.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Opening description of Akash, alongside "what takes normally tens of hours on the cloud takes minutes" and censorship resistance "becoming more and more important considering what's happening today" (Jan 2021).