Akash costs one-third of centralized cloud
DeFi Summit - Conference Day 1 - June 15th (Tuesday) (Dcentral Con)
“When it comes to Akash, the cost advantage of using Akash versus a centralized cloud is one third… sometimes here is one fourth, like when compared to like Google or whatnot. And the reason for that is because of openness. Open marketplaces generally tend to optimize for the forces of demand supply for pricing versus someone, an individual set the price.” — 06:15:44
Context: Third of his three advantages of decentralized systems (openness, censorship resistance, cost); quantified 3-4x cost claim vs. hyperscalers, attributed to market-based pricing.