name: Akash Network description: >- Akash Network is a decentralized cloud computing marketplace that connects users with underutilized compute capacity from data centers and bare-metal providers worldwide. It enables deploying containerized workloads at 60-85% lower cost than traditional cloud providers. The platform offers REST APIs for deployment management, provider discovery, GPU availability, AI inference, and direct blockchain interaction via Cosmos SDK modules. image: https://akash.network/favicon.ico tags: - Cloud Computing - Decentralized - Blockchain - Kubernetes - GPU - AI Inference - Cosmos - Web3 url: https://akash.network baseURL: https://akash.network humanURL: https://akash.network contact: - FN: Akash Network Support url: https://akash.network/community email: hello@akash.network created: "2026-06-13" modified: "2026-06-13" specificationVersion: "0.19" apis: - name: Akash Console Deployment API description: >- REST API for programmatic deployment management on Akash Network with managed wallets and credit-card billing. Supports creating, listing, updating, and closing deployments via SDL manifests. Includes bid management, lease creation, and escrow funding operations. Designed for SaaS platforms and non-crypto-native users. image: https://akash.network/favicon.ico humanURL: https://akash.network/docs/api-documentation/console-api/ baseURL: https://console-api.akash.network tags: - Deployments - Leases - Bids - Escrow - Cloud properties: - type: Documentation url: https://akash.network/docs/api-documentation/console-api/ - type: GettingStarted url: https://akash.network/docs/api-documentation/console-api/getting-started - type: ReferenceDocumentation url: https://akash.network/docs/api-documentation/console-api/api-reference contact: - FN: Akash Network Support url: https://akash.network/community X-pricing: - plans: - name: Pay-As-You-Go description: >- Credit-card billing for managed wallet deployments. Minimum deposit $0.50. Billed in USD; API converts to AKT/USDC on-chain automatically. url: https://console.akash.network/ price: 0.00 X-rateLimit: - rate: - requests: 1 unit: second notes: >- Avoid polling faster than every 3 seconds. 429 TooManyRequests returned when rate exceeded. Implement exponential backoff on 5xx errors. X-authentication: - type: x-api-key description: >- Pass API key via x-api-key header. Create and manage keys at console.akash.network under Settings > API Keys. url: https://console.akash.network/settings/api-keys - name: Akash Console Network Data API description: >- Publicly accessible indexed API for querying provider information, GPU availability, resource statistics, and network-wide metrics. No authentication required. Returns real-time provider resource availability, hardware specifications, uptime, and GPU models across the Akash Network marketplace. image: https://akash.network/favicon.ico humanURL: https://akash.network/docs/api-documentation/rest-api/providers-api/ baseURL: https://console-api.akash.network tags: - Providers - GPU - Network Stats - Public - Monitoring properties: - type: Documentation url: https://akash.network/docs/api-documentation/rest-api/providers-api/ - type: GuidanceDocumentation url: https://akash.network/docs/api-documentation/rest-api/gpu-availability-guide contact: - FN: Akash Network Support url: https://akash.network/community X-rateLimit: - rate: - requests: 0 unit: none notes: >- Public, unauthenticated API. No formal rate limits documented. Recommended to avoid excessive polling. - name: Akash Blockchain REST API description: >- Direct REST access to Akash blockchain state via gRPC-Gateway on port 1317. Exposes Cosmos SDK modules (auth, bank, staking, governance) and Akash-specific modules (deployment, market, provider, audit, certificate, escrow). Supports querying chain state and submitting transactions. Swagger UI available at /swagger/ on any running node. image: https://akash.network/favicon.ico humanURL: https://akash.network/docs/node-operators/architecture/api-layer/ baseURL: https://api.akashnet.net tags: - Blockchain - Cosmos SDK - Deployments - Staking - Governance - gRPC-Gateway properties: - type: Documentation url: https://akash.network/docs/node-operators/architecture/api-layer/ - type: ReferenceDocumentation url: https://akash.network/docs/api-documentation/sdk/api-reference contact: - FN: Akash Network Support url: https://akash.network/community X-rateLimit: - rate: - requests: 10 unit: second notes: >- Rate limiting recommended via reverse proxy at 10 requests/second for production node setups. Public community nodes may have independent limits. - name: AkashML Inference API description: >- OpenAI-compatible AI inference API providing access to open-source LLMs hosted on decentralized compute across 80+ global datacenters. Supports chat completions with models including Llama 3.3-70B, DeepSeek V3, Qwen3-30B-A3B, and others. Drop-in replacement for OpenAI API clients. New accounts receive $100 in free AI token credits. image: https://akash.network/favicon.ico humanURL: https://akash.network/blog/akashml-managed-ai-inference-on-the-decentralized-supercloud/ baseURL: https://api.akashml.com tags: - AI - LLM - Inference - OpenAI Compatible - Chat Completions - Llama - DeepSeek properties: - type: Documentation url: https://akashml.com/ - type: Playground url: https://playground.akashml.com contact: - FN: AkashML Support url: https://akash.network/community X-pricing: - plans: - name: Pay-Per-Token description: >- Pay-per-token pricing with no subscription. New accounts receive $100 in free credits. Pricing varies by model. url: https://akashml.com/ price: 0.13 unit: per million input tokens (Llama 3.3-70B) X-rateLimit: - rate: - requests: 0 unit: none notes: >- No formal rate limits published. Service advertises no capacity caps. Sub-200ms response times across 80+ global datacenters. X-authentication: - type: Bearer description: >- Bearer token authentication via Authorization header. Obtain API key from akashml.com account dashboard. url: https://akashml.com/ common: - type: Website url: https://akash.network - type: Documentation url: https://akash.network/docs - type: APIDocumentation url: https://akash.network/docs/api-documentation/getting-started/ - type: GitHub url: https://github.com/akash-network - type: Blog url: https://akash.network/blog - type: Community url: https://akash.network/community - type: Discord url: https://discord.akash.network - type: Twitter url: https://twitter.com/akashnet_ - type: Status url: https://stats.akash.network - type: TermsOfService url: https://akash.network/terms - type: PrivacyPolicy url: https://akash.network/privacy - type: Changelog url: https://github.com/akash-network/node/releases - type: SDK url: https://github.com/akash-network/chain-sdk