# Akash 95% cheaper; 1,000-1,500 providers expected soon

- **Speaker:** Unknown
- **Attribution:** uncertain
- **Said:** 2022-09-13
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Ask Akash - How will $AKT benefit from enabling Fiat Payments (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:01:26 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo5VD4leo4A&t=86s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2022-09-13-akash-95-cheaper-1-000-1-500-providers-expected-so-elxn/
- **Cite as:** Unknown, "Akash 95% cheaper; 1,000-1,500 providers expected soon," Ask Akash - How will $AKT benefit from enabling Fiat Payments (Akash Network), 13 Sept 2022, 00:01:26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo5VD4leo4A&t=86s

## Quote — verbatim

> Akash is still like 95 percent cheaper than your traditional cloud, with current distribution of like 50 providers or so — it's very very distributed across the globe — and with provider incentives that we're working on, we're going to expect at least 1,000 to 1,500 providers very soon.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Quantified cost claim plus a network-growth forecast tied to upcoming provider incentives (September 2022). **Speaker:** uncredited Ask Akash answer; likely Greg.