# Predicted 2x savings vs. Amazon, saw 8x

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-03-19
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** The Akash Mainnet 2 Livestream w/ Sunny Aggarwal, Greg Osuri and Adam Bozanich (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:04:27 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTE_qXoFvM&t=267s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-03-19-predicted-2x-savings-vs-amazon-saw-8x-wnx3/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Predicted 2x savings vs. Amazon, saw 8x," The Akash Mainnet 2 Livestream w/ Sunny Aggarwal, Greg Osuri and Adam Bozanich (Akash Network), 19 Mar 2021, 00:04:27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTE_qXoFvM&t=267s

## Quote — verbatim

> Some of the users have gained or noticed 8x cost savings in comparison to Amazon Fargate... realistically our prediction was like 2x, but seeing 8x was... a really cool thing.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

First-week Mainnet 2 metrics; he adds savings vary with supply/demand and "I'm pretty sure next week is going to be a double or more" of the 53 active developers.