# Akash costs one-third to one-fifth of Amazon

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-01-05
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Updates From the Lab 1/5/22 W/Akash (Osmosis)
- **Watch at:** 00:19:05 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk1P5-n2w8k&t=1145s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2022-01-05-akash-costs-one-third-to-one-fifth-of-amazon-oy7c/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Akash costs one-third to one-fifth of Amazon," Updates From the Lab 1/5/22 W/Akash (Osmosis), 5 Jan 2022, 00:19:05. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk1P5-n2w8k&t=1145s

## Quote — verbatim

> The outcome is a significantly lower price, right? So Akash right now offers anywhere from one third to one fifth the cost, the price point Amazon offers.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His intro description of Akash as a permissionless reverse-auction marketplace for unused cloud-grade compute cycles.