Cloud & Infrastructure · head to head
Akamai vs Together AI

Akamai
Cloud & Infrastructure
Leading content delivery and security platform
- From
- $1000/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Together AI has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Akamai only the cloud computing services carry published rates; security and content delivery products require contacting sales for a price; Together AI fine tuning carries a minimum charge of $4.00 per job regardless of dataset size
- They diverge on capability: Akamai covers CDN, Together AI covers Open-source models.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Akamai and Together AI actually diverge.
| Attribute | Akamai | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $1000/month | Free |
| Pricing model | quote | usage-based |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Platforms | Web, Api | Api, Cloud |
| Category | Cloud & Infrastructure | AI Tools |
| Founded | 1998 | 2022 |
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Akamai
- CDN
- DDoS Protection
- Web Application Firewall
- Bot Management
- Image Optimization
- Video Platform
- API Gateway
- Analytics
Only in Together AI
- Open-source models
- Fine-tuning
- Fast inference
- Embeddings
- REST API
- Python SDK
- OpenAI compatible
- Cloud support
Both cover
- Api support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Akamai
- Content delivery and web performance through Ion and adaptive media deliverynot Together AI
- DDoS protection, bot management and API securitynot Together AI
- Running compute, Kubernetes and managed databases on Akamai's cloudnot Together AI
- Edge compute with EdgeWorkersnot Together AI
- Zero trust access for enterprise applicationsnot Together AI
Together AI
- Serverless inference against open source chat, vision, embedding, image and video modelsnot Akamai
- Renting dedicated single tenant H100, H200 or B200 GPU clusters by the hournot Akamai
- Fine tuning open weight models on a per token basisnot Akamai
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Akamai
- Only the cloud computing services carry published rates; security and content delivery products require contacting sales for a price
- Cloud pricing varies by region across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific rather than being a single rate
Together AI
- Fine tuning carries a minimum charge of $4.00 per job regardless of dataset size
- Reserved GPU commitments beyond 180 days are priced by contacting sales with no published rate
- Volume and enterprise discounts are quote only with no published threshold
- Reserved dedicated inference pricing is contact sales while only on demand rates of $5.49 to $8.99 per GPU hour are published
Pricing, plan by plan
Akamai
$1000/month- CDN$1000/month
- Content delivery
- Global edge network
- Real-time analytics
- Security Suite$2000/month
- DDoS protection
- WAF
- Bot management
Together AI
Free- FreeFree
- $5 credits
- API access
- Pay-per-use$0.2/per-million-tokens
- All models
- Fine-tuning
Which should you pick?
Choose Together AI if
- You need open-source models.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Api, Cloud.
- You also want fine-tuning.
Questions people ask
- Is Akamai or Together AI better?
- Neither clearly leads. Akamai starts at $1000/month and Together AI at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Akamai or Together AI?
- Together AI has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $1000/month for Akamai and Free for Together AI.
- Does Akamai or Together AI run on more platforms?
- Akamai runs on Web, Api. Together AI runs on Api, Cloud.
- Can I use Together AI for free?
- Yes. Together AI has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Akamai starts at $1000/month.
- What is Akamai best used for?
- Akamai is most often used for content delivery and web performance through ion and adaptive media delivery, ddos protection, bot management and api security, running compute, kubernetes and managed databases on akamai's cloud, edge compute with edgeworkers. Of those, content delivery and web performance through ion and adaptive media delivery and ddos protection, bot management and api security are not what Together AI is typically brought in for.
- What can Akamai do that Together AI cannot?
- Akamai covers CDN, DDoS Protection, Web Application Firewall, Bot Management. Together AI covers Open-source models, Fine-tuning, Fast inference, Embeddings. Both handle Api support.
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