Try Akamai Cloud

Deploy faster with global cloud infrastructure — no surprise bills, no lock-in, and transparent pricing across every data center

Apply for up to $5,000 in credits*

  • Available to new and existing business customers
  • Deploy what you need when you need it
  • Pay via wire transfer, purchase order, ACH, and more
  • No credit card or pre-authorization required

Instant access with $100 credit*

  • Valid payment method required
  • Some services (i.e., GPUs) not available
  • Available only to new customers. Credits expire 60 days from activation

By providing your email address or using a single sign-on provider to create an account, you agree to our Terms of Service and have reviewed our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.

*See rules and conditions here.

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Explore our products

Build and deploy on the world’s most distributed platform.

Essential Compute

Match Shared CPU, Dedicated CPU, or High Memory compute plans to your applications’ needs and budget.

App Platform

Deploy powerful cloud-native applications on Kubernetes in minutes with automated infrastructure.

GPU

Parallel process workloads including machine learning, scientific computing, and video processing.

Linode Kubernetes Engine

Managed K8s container orchestration engine for containerized workloads.

Managed Databases

Fully managed database service for MySQL and PostgreSQL. Deploy a managed database cluster in production.

Object Storage

Store your data for high availability, durability, or distribution.

“Akamai enables us to efficiently and cost-effectively scale our processing with CPUs.”

Ryan Ernst, Principal Software Engineer, Bloomfield

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Use your Google or GitHub single sign-on or provide your email to create a new account. A valid payment method is required to confirm your identity, but we will not charge you during your trial. Promotional credits are available only to new customers who have not yet signed up for a free trial.

Once you complete the sign-up process and agree to our Terms of Service, you can use your credit toward many of our Compute plans (GPU plans are excluded from this promotion), Object Storage, Block Storage, or NodeBalancers offerings. If you exceed the allotted credit amount within the specified trial period, the overage will be charged at standard rates as outlined on our pricing page.

We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, PayPal, and Google Pay (with an associated credit card). For additional payment options, including wire transfer, purchase orders, and ACH, please contact us. Note that when you add a card, we may send a temporary pre-authorization request to the issuing bank. This pre-authorization charge is immediately released, but may take a few days to clear from your card, depending on the bank.

You must spend your service credits during the trial period. Unused service credits will automatically expire, and we will charge you our standard rates for any service over the allotted credit amount. For more information on our prices, visit our pricing page.

See if you qualify for up to US$5,000 in cloud credits

We’re here to help you with large-scale deployments, migrations, app optimization, architecture assessments, security and reliability audits, and much more. For support or account issues, please visit our support page.

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