Linode
Linode (now Akamai Cloud Computing) is a cloud infrastructure provider offering virtual machines, Kubernetes, managed databases, GPUs, and storage with hourly billing.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Teams looking for affordable virtual private server (VPS) hosting and straightforward cloud infrastructure will find Linode beneficial.
Who should look elsewhere
Limited managed services
Pros
- +Affordable VPS hosting
- +Simple pricing
- +Good performance
- +Akamai backing now
- +Good support
Cons
- −Limited managed services
- −Smaller ecosystem
- −Cloud & Infrastructure
- −Hosting & Deployment
- −GPU Cloud
Key features
- ✓Virtual machines
- ✓Kubernetes
- ✓Managed databases
- ✓GPU compute
- ✓Object storage
- ✓Block storage
- ✓NodeBalancers
- ✓Backups
- ✓Private networking
- ✓Hourly billing
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shared CPU | $5 | month | 1 GB RAM; 1 CPU core; 25 GB SSD |
| Dedicated CPU | $30 | month | 4 GB RAM; 2 dedicated CPUs; 80 GB storage |
| High Memory | $60 | month | 24 GB+ memory; Dedicated vCPUs; High-memory workloads |