Akamai NodeBalancers
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Est 1998|Valuation $16.6B|Raised $361.8M
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day
Published Sep 26, 2026
| Starting Price | Published baseline monthly price for the standard tier | Published per-node regional pricing for HTTP load balancers | Published starting monthly price per load balancer |
| Intended for | Akamai Cloud workloads requiring a basic managed LB and a predictable baseline price | DigitalOcean-centric teams needing managed LB with a documented scaling model | Vultr-centric teams seeking straightforward managed LB pricing |
| Strengths | Baseline price clarity for the standard tier; documented high-capacity options in premium tier; API/IaC support | Clear scaling model; documented inclusions; global LB option | Clear starting price; bandwidth-neutral LB billing model described |
| Limitations | L7 restricted to HTTP/1.1 per docs; premium pricing not published; Cloud Pulse metrics limited availability | Costs can grow with additional nodes; pricing tied to scale units | Feature depth may be lower than hyperscalers; regional constraints apply |
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Pricing comparison caveat Akamai’s published baseline monthly standard tier is straightforward for baseline planning; hyperscaler pricing models are often usage-based (hourly and capacity/usage components), which may be cheaper or more expensive depending on traffic patterns and required features.