# No Akash providers on Amazon — it's 97% cheaper here

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-08-25
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Akash Weekly - August 24th 2022 (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:31:03 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJVqxRUkxFA&t=1863s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2022-08-25-no-akash-providers-on-amazon-it-s-97-cheaper-here-rigc/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "No Akash providers on Amazon — it's 97% cheaper here," Akash Weekly - August 24th 2022 (Akash Network), 25 Aug 2022, 00:31:03. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJVqxRUkxFA&t=1863s

## Quote — verbatim

> I've looked at preliminary data — I haven't seen anyone running on Amazon at all, because it does not make sense. Like, why would you host on Amazon and provide the same compute for 97 percent cheaper? It makes no sense... the real data indicates there are no Amazon providers.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Rebutting a viral graphic claiming Akash providers ran on AWS; he explains the data captured Praetor test providers (Akash lacked a testnet), and describes the verification system he built over a weekend — deploying to all ~50 providers every 10 minutes with reverse-IP lookups — with a full report promised in one to two weeks.