Akash Network is a marketplace where data centers and individuals rent out servers and GPUs, and tenants pick the lowest suitable bid. On November 10, 2026, an H100 GPU on Akash cost a median $2.56 per hour against $6.88 on demand at AWS.
Key takeaways
- Akash is a reverse-auction cloud marketplace built with the Cosmos SDK. On November 10, 2026, 51 providers were active and 694 leases were running, per the Akash Console API.
- The median Akash bid for an H100 80GB was $2.56 per GPU-hour, 63% below the AWS on-demand price and 63% below Azure. For an A100 80GB the gap was 57% against AWS. Reserved cloud pricing narrows these gaps.
- Deployments are now funded in ACT, a USD-pegged compute credit obtained by burning AKT or by card in Akash Console. AKT is used for staking, governance and gas.
- AKT traded at $0.629 on November 10, 2026 ($188 million market capitalization), 92% below its April 2021 all-time high, per CoinGecko. Staking paid about 4.16% APR.
什么是 Akash 网络？
A decentralized, open-source marketplace for cloud computing resources, built to compete with centralized providers.
Akash Network is a decentralized cloud computing marketplace. It connects people who need computing resources (tenants) with those who have spare capacity (providers). The chain is built with the Cosmos SDK and secured by CometBFT (formerly Tendermint) consensus, so anyone can buy and sell computing power without an intermediary.
Often called the "Airbnb of cloud computing," Akash lets data centers, companies and individuals earn from idle servers. Because providers bid against each other for every workload, prices are often below the on-demand rates of Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. The section on GPU prices below compares them with figures fetched on November 10, 2026.
The network is governed by holders of its native AKT token. Its mainnet launched in 2020 and its marketplace has since expanded from CPU workloads to GPU workloads. The scale is still small next to the hyperscalers: in the 24 hours to November 10, 2026, tenants spent about $7,721 on leases, and $6.6 million US dollars since launch, per the Akash Console API.
Akash 网络如何运作
A reverse-auction marketplace where providers compete for your workload.
定义需求
Tenants write a Stack Definition Language (SDL) file that specifies CPU, memory, storage, GPU and networking requirements, plus the maximum price they will pay. It works much like a Docker Compose file.
逆向拍卖
The deployment order is broadcast on-chain. Providers who meet the specifications submit bids, competing on price. The tenant reviews the bids and chooses one.
租赁 & 部署
租户接受投标并创建租约。提供商启动一个包含租户'的容器镜像的 Kubernetes pod，工作负载在几分钟内上线。.
托管付款
Funds are held in an on-chain escrow account, in ACT, and paid to the provider per block (about every 6 seconds). Tenants can close deployments at any time, and unused escrow is returned.
关键网络角色
租户
Users who deploy workloads on the network. They define resource requirements, fund escrow (directly or through Console credits) and select providers through the auction.
提供者
提供计算资源的数据中心和个人。他们在 Kubernetes 集群上运行 Akash Provider 软件，并对部署订单进行竞标。.
验证者
Operators who stake AKT to secure the blockchain. The active set is capped at 100 validators by the chain's staking parameters. They validate transactions, produce blocks and earn staking rewards.
Akash 与 AWS、Google Cloud & Azure 对比
How a decentralized marketplace differs from the three hyperscalers, then what the same GPU cost on each on November 10, 2026.
| 功能 | Akash网络 | AWS EC2 | Google Cloud | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Provider bids, change with supply and demand | List price, plus reserved and Savings Plans discounts | List price, plus committed-use discounts | List price, plus reservations and savings plans |
| Account access | Wallet or Console account with card | Account with identity and payment checks | Account with identity and payment checks | Account with identity and payment checks |
| Billing granularity | Per block (about 6 seconds) | Per second (1 minute minimum, Linux) | Per second (1 minute minimum) | 每秒 |
| Container orchestration | Kubernetes run by each provider | ECS/EKS (EKS billed separately) | GKE (cluster fee) | AKS |
| Service-level agreement | Set by each provider; none at protocol level | Published SLA | Published SLA | Published SLA |
| 4 vCPU, 16 GB, on demand (US East) | 提供商出价（见控制台） | $0.20/hour (m7i.xlarge) | See Google Cloud pricing | $0.19/hour (D4s v5) |
GPU Prices, November 2026
Per-GPU hourly prices on November 10, 2026. Akash: median provider bid, with the range, from the Akash Console API. AWS and Azure: on-demand Linux list prices in US East from their public price lists; for 8-GPU instances we divide the instance price by 8. Google Cloud's GPU price page could not be read automatically on that date, so it is not in the table.
| GPU | Akash median (range) | AWS on demand | Azure on demand | Akash median vs AWS / Azure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 80GB (SXM5) | $2.56 ($2.56 to $3.16), 64 GPUs, 3 providers | $6.88 (p5.4xlarge: 1x H100 80GB) | $6.98 (NC40ads H100 v5: 1x H100 NVL) | 63% / 63% lower |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB (SXM4) | $1.49 ($1.07 to $1.91), 200 GPUs, 4 providers | $3.43 (p4de.24xlarge: 8x A100 80GB, per GPU) | $3.67 (NC24ads A100 v4: 1x A100 80GB) | 57% / 59% lower |
What the comparison shows, and what it does not:
- On these two GPUs the Akash median bid was between 57% and 63% below the on-demand list price. The old claim of "up to 85% cheaper" is not supported by the prices we found, so we removed it.
- The gap is smaller against discounted cloud pricing: AWS Savings Plans, Azure reservations and Google committed-use discounts lower the price in exchange for a one- or three-year commitment.
- The hardware is not identical. Azure's single-GPU H100 instance uses the H100 NVL card, and a cloud instance bundles a fixed amount of CPU, memory, local storage and networking; on Akash those are part of the bid for your SDL.
- Supply is thin: 64 H100s from 3 providers. A large training job may not find enough capacity at the median price.
Akash vs Other Decentralized Compute Networks
Akash competes with other token-based GPU networks for both providers and tenants. Market data on November 10, 2026 per CoinGecko.
| 指标 | Akash (AKT) | Render Network (RENDER) | Aethir (ATH) | io.net (IO) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Focus | General cloud marketplace: containers, CPU and GPU | GPU rendering, extended to AI compute | GPU cloud for AI and gaming | GPU clusters aggregated for AI |
| Chain or token network | Own Cosmos SDK chain | Token on Solana | Token on Ethereum | Token on Solana |
| Price | $0.629 | $1.58 | $0.00455 | $0.116 |
| Market capitalization | $188 million (rank 173) | $840 million (rank 77) | $91 million (rank 279) | $49 million (rank 436) |
| All-time high | $8.07 (April 6, 2021) | $13.53 (March 17, 2024) | $0.119 (June 12, 2024) | $6.43 (June 12, 2024) |
| Change from all-time high | -92% | -88% | -96% | -98% |
- Size: on November 10, 2026, Render's market capitalization was about 4.5 times Akash's; Aethir and io.net were smaller than Akash.
- Drawdown: all four tokens traded far below their highs. AKT's high dates from 2021, the others from the 2024 AI-token rally.
- Model: Akash is the one in this group that runs its own chain and settles every lease on-chain through escrow. Token price is not a measure of how much compute a network sells; for Akash, lease spending is published in the Console API.
Akash 网络的关键特性
What distinguishes Akash from a centralized cloud account.
无许可
Anyone with a Cosmos wallet can deploy through the CLI or Console Air, and anyone with spare compute can become a provider. The managed Akash Console adds card payments for users who do not want to hold crypto.
抗审查
No single company runs the marketplace. Providers in different jurisdictions host workloads, so a tenant can redeploy elsewhere if one provider stops serving it. Each provider still controls its own hardware and can close a lease.
Kubernetes 原生
Every Akash provider runs Kubernetes. Any Docker container that runs on Kubernetes can be deployed on Akash with few changes to your existing setup.
已启用 IBC
Built on the Cosmos SDK with Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) support. AKT can move between Akash and other Cosmos chains such as Osmosis; our guide on how to bridge crypto explains the risks of moving tokens across chains.
透明定价
Bids and leases are recorded on-chain, and the Console API publishes aggregated GPU prices and network usage, which is where the figures on this page come from.
开源
Akash software, from the blockchain node to the provider daemon, is open source under the Apache 2.0 license. Anyone can audit it or contribute on GitHub.
AKT 代币
AKT secures the chain, governs the protocol and is the asset burned to mint compute credits.
质押 & 安全
AKT is staked by validators and delegators to secure the proof-of-stake chain. On November 10, 2026, about 86.6 million AKT were staked, 29% of the circulating supply, and the staking APR was about 4.16% with inflation at 4%, per the Akash Console API. Our guide to staking covers the general risks.
- Delegate to any validator in the active set of up to 100
- 21-day unbonding period, per the chain's staking parameters
- Validators charge a commission of at least 5%, set on-chain
治理
AKT holders vote on protocol upgrades, parameter changes and community pool spending. Proposals require a deposit and a quorum of staked tokens to pass. See what is a DAO for how on-chain governance works.
- 链上提案与投票系统
- 社区池资金生态系统发展
- Voting power follows staked AKT
ACT and Settlement
Deployments are now paid in ACT, a compute credit pegged to the US dollar. Per the Akash documentation, you obtain ACT by burning AKT or by paying by card in Akash Console, and providers are paid per block from the deployment's escrow in ACT. Transaction gas is paid in AKT. When the network's circuit breaker is active, AKT can also be used to top up escrow.
- Minimum deployment deposit: about 5 ACT
- Console credits are in US dollars and converted to ACT for you
- Unused escrow returns when a deployment closes
AKT Market Data
Snapshot on November 10, 2026, per CoinGecko. These figures are not live: check the current price before you act on them.
| 指标 | Akash Network (AKT) |
|---|---|
| Price | $0.629 |
| Market capitalization | $188 million (rank 173) |
| All-time high | $8.07 on April 6, 2021 |
| Change from all-time high | -92% |
| Circulating supply | 299.7 million AKT |
| Maximum supply | 388.5 million AKT |
如何在 Akash 网络上部署
A step-by-step walkthrough using the managed Akash Console, per the Akash documentation.
Add Credits or Get ACT
In the managed Akash Console, add US dollar credits by card; new accounts receive free trial credits with no card required. If you prefer your own wallet (Console Air or the CLI), get AKT for gas in a Cosmos wallet such as Keplr or Leap and obtain ACT by burning AKT.
打开 Akash Console
Go to console.akash.network. Console is a web interface, so you do not need the command line.
创建您的 SDL 文件
Define your deployment in SDL (Stack Definition Language). Specify the Docker image, CPU, memory, storage, exposed ports and optional GPU requirements. Console includes templates for common workloads like web servers, databases and AI models.
资金托管 & 提交
Submitting creates your deployment order on-chain. In the managed Console, escrow is funded automatically from your credits, with roughly two days of the deployment's cost held in it. With your own wallet, you deposit at least about 5 ACT yourself.
选择提供商
Providers bid on your workload within seconds. Review bids on price, uptime history and location, accept one to create a lease, and your deployment spins up within minutes.
管理 & 监控
Access logs, open a shell in your container, update deployments and monitor usage from the Console dashboard. Closing a deployment returns unused escrow to your balance.
Akash 网络使用案例
从托管网站到训练 AI 模型，Akash 支持广泛的云工作负载。.
AI/ML 训练
Rent NVIDIA GPUs for training machine learning models, fine-tuning LLMs and running inference, with per-GPU prices set by provider bids (see the price table above).
网站托管
Deploy websites, APIs and web applications as standard Docker containers, including front ends of decentralized applications.
节点运行
Run blockchain RPC and archive nodes for Ethereum, Cosmos and other networks on always-on Akash infrastructure.
数据处理
Run batch processing, ETL pipelines, data analytics and rendering workloads. Scale up for burst workloads without long-term commitments.
Akash GPU 市场
NVIDIA data-center and consumer GPUs at prices set by provider bids.
Akash added GPU support to its marketplace in 2023, during the GPU shortage driven by AI demand. GPU owners list their hardware and AI developers rent it at bid-based rates. On November 10, 2026, the Console API listed 415 GPUs, 121 of them available, from consumer GTX and RTX cards to data-center A100, H100 and B300 cards.
Supply is concentrated: most models are offered by one to four providers, so prices for a given card can jump when a provider leaves or fills up. Check the live listing before you plan a long job.
Common GPU workloads on Akash include fine-tuning open-source large language models (such as Llama and Mistral), image generation, training computer vision models and serving inference endpoints.
Highest tier listed in volume: suited to LLM training
The largest pool on November 10, 2026 (200 GPUs): training and inference
81 GPUs from 4 providers: inference and fine-tuning
Consumer card, 3 listed: small inference jobs
常见问题
什么是 Akash 网络？
Akash 相比 AWS 节省多少？
What does an H100 GPU cost on Akash?
What is ACT on Akash Network?
AKT 代币的用途是什么？
What is the AKT price today?
我可以在 Akash 上部署 AI 和机器学习工作负载吗？
我该如何在 Akash 网络上部署？
来源与延伸阅读
The figures and claims on this page rest on the documents below. Time-sensitive figures (prices, yields, usage, market data) move: check the live value at the source before acting on it.
- Akash Console API, GPU pricesconsole-api.akash.network
Per-GPU hourly bid prices (median, minimum, maximum), GPU counts and provider counts by model on November 10, 2026.
- Akash Console API, dashboard dataconsole-api.akash.network
Active providers, active leases, daily and cumulative lease spending, staked AKT, staking APR, inflation and block height on November 10, 2026.
- Akash documentation, How Funding Worksakash.network
Console credits in US dollars, conversion to ACT, free trial credits and automatic escrow funding of about two days of cost.
- Akash documentation, Deploymentsakash.network
ACT as a USD-pegged compute credit, obtained by burning AKT or by card; the minimum deposit of about 5 ACT; gas in AKT; the circuit breaker.
- Akash chain, staking parametersapi.akashnet.net
21-day unbonding time, maximum of 100 validators and 5% minimum commission.
- AWS, Amazon EC2 On-Demand Pricingaws.amazon.com
Linux on-demand prices in US East (N. Virginia) for p5.4xlarge, p4de.24xlarge and m7i.xlarge, read from the public price list on November 10, 2026.
- AWS, Amazon EC2 P5 instancesaws.amazon.com
GPU configuration of P5 instances (1 or 8 NVIDIA H100 80GB).
- Azure Retail Prices APIlearn.microsoft.com
Pay-as-you-go Linux prices in East US for NC40ads H100 v5, NC24ads A100 v4 and D4s v5 on November 10, 2026.
- Google Cloud, GPU pricingcloud.google.com
Google Cloud GPU prices, not quoted here because the page could not be read automatically on November 10, 2026.
- CoinGecko, Akash Network (AKT)coingecko.com
AKT price, market capitalization, rank, all-time high and supply.
- CoinGecko, coin marketscoingecko.com
Price, market capitalization, rank and all-time high of RENDER, ATH and IO on November 10, 2026.
- Render Networkrendernetwork.com
Render's GPU rendering and AI compute network.
- Aethiraethir.com
Aethir's GPU cloud for AI and gaming.
- io.netio.net
io.net's aggregated GPU clusters for AI workloads.
- GitHub 上的 akash-network/nodegithub.com
Open-source blockchain node under the Apache 2.0 license.
- Cosmos SDK 文档docs.cosmos.network
Akash 从 Cosmos SDK 继承的质押、委托、解绑和治理模块。.
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