Akamai Technologies: pricing page changed
What happened
Between the May 25, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026 captures of Akamai Technologies's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Cloud Computing Calculator (self-service tool) replaced by 'Build the Right Cloud Plan for Your Needs' consultation section; additionally, Distributed compute regions pricing section removed from Additional regional pricing; Services section description updated: 'professionals who care' changed to 'certified cloud engineers', repositioning the managed service team as credentialed professionals; GPU plans (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, RTX 4000 Ada, RTX 6000 Quadro) no longer display monthly pricing — only hourly rates shown. Monthly price column removed from all GPU plan tables. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature change, positioning, package change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 12, 2026) lists NodeBalancers at $10, LKE High Availability at $60, Infrastructure Management at $100, LKE Enterprise at $300 and PostgreSQL at $16 per node/month.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Akamai Technologies. Akamai Technologies has been tracked since 2026-05-16.
In the same window Cloudflare also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · FeatureFeature change
Cloud Computing Calculator (self-service tool) replaced by 'Build the Right Cloud Plan for Your Needs' consultation section; additionally, Distributed compute regions pricing section removed from Additional regional pricing.
- — · PositioningPositioning
Services section description updated: 'professionals who care' changed to 'certified cloud engineers', repositioning the managed service team as credentialed professionals.
- GPU · PackagingRemovedMonthly price columnNo Monthly price column
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | Cloud Computing Calculator (self-service tool) replaced by 'Build the Right Cloud Plan for Your Needs' consultation section; additionally, Distributed compute regions pricing section removed from Additional regional pricing. | Feature change | |
| — | Positioning | Services section description updated: 'professionals who care' changed to 'certified cloud engineers', repositioning the managed service team as credentialed professionals. | Positioning | |
| GPU | Packaging | Monthly price column | No Monthly price column | Removed |
Values as written on Akamai Technologies's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Akamai Technologies's pricing page (www.akamai.com) from May 25, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026; the change is marked in the lower part of the page, where the Monthly price column no longer appears.
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Akamai Technologies, pricing history
Full history- Oct 12, 2026packagingAkamai Technologies reorganizes pricing by product and adds $100/month Managed Service
- Jul 6, 2026packagingAkamai Technologies strips all cloud pricing tables, shifts to region-specific subpages
- Jun 19, 2026improvedAkamai Technologies quadruples image storage limits to 100 accounts, 500 GB
- Jun 2, 2026improvedAkamai Technologies: pricing page changed · this change
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Questions about this change
Did Akamai Technologies raise prices in June 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between May 25, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature change, positioning, package change.
What changed on Akamai Technologies's pricing page between May 25, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026?
Cloud Computing Calculator (self-service tool) replaced by 'Build the Right Cloud Plan for Your Needs' consultation section; additionally, Distributed compute regions pricing section removed from Additional regional pricing; Services section description updated: 'professionals who care' changed to 'certified cloud engineers', repositioning the managed service team as credentialed professionals; GPU packaging: Monthly price column → No Monthly price column, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on May 25, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Akamai Technologies change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Akamai Technologies in the 90 days before this one; Akamai Technologies has been tracked since 2026-05-16.