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Pricing Model
Pay-As-You-Go, Free Tier Available
Customer Count
400k+
Region
US Southeast, US Midwest, US Central, US West, US East, US South, CA Central, EU North, EU West, EU Central, EU South, AP South, AP Northeast, AP West, AP Southeast, SA East, AU Southeast

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Linode offers virtual machine-based cloud computing, including Linux VPS hosting, object storage, and Kubernetes clusters. It stands out for its flat-rate, transparent pricing and broad compatibility with open-source tools, making it attractive for developers seeking affordable, flexible infrastructure without hidden fees.

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Pricing Details

Linode (Akamai Cloud) Pricing

Flat-rate, usage-based cloud infrastructure pricing
Compute Instances
Shared, Dedicated, High Memory, and GPU VMs
Flat-rate
Shared CPU (1GB) $5.00 /mo
1 vCPU, 1GB RAM, 25GB SSD, 1TB transfer
Dedicated CPU (4GB) $30.00 /mo
2 vCPU, 4GB RAM, 80GB SSD, 4TB transfer
High Memory (24GB) $60.00 /mo
2 vCPU, 24GB RAM, 20GB SSD, 5TB transfer
GPU (RTX 4000 Ada, 16GB) $350.00 /mo
1 GPU, 4 vCPU, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD
Egress (overage) $0.005 / GB
All inbound traffic is free. Outbound transfer included per plan; overage billed at this rate.
Hourly billing available. Plans scale up to 512GB RAM and 256 vCPUs. See full pricing for all instance types and sizes.
Storage Services
Block, Object, and Backup Storage
Pay-as-you-go
Block Storage $1.00 / 10GB-month
Scales up to 10TB+ per volume
Object Storage $0.02 / GB-month
First 1TB outbound transfer free, then $0.005/GB
$5 minimum fee for <250GB usage
Backups From $2.46 /mo (per instance)
Price varies by instance size
Storage is billed hourly. Object Storage is S3-compatible. Backups are optional and charged per compute instance.
Managed Databases
MySQL, PostgreSQL
Clustered
Entry Plan (1 Node, 4GB) $81.60 /mo
4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80GB storage
Scaling
Multi-node clusters available
Pricing increases with RAM, vCPU, and node count
Managed database pricing is per cluster, billed monthly. Supports MySQL and PostgreSQL.
Networking & Services
Load Balancers, Firewalls, Managed Services
Add-ons
NodeBalancer (Load Balancer) $10.00 /mo
Cloud Firewall Free
Managed Service $100.00 /instance/mo
Optional, per compute instance
Additional services include DNS, private networking, and consulting. Some features are free; others are billed monthly.

Notes: All prices in USD. Regional pricing, taxes, and minimums may apply. Hourly and monthly billing available. See Linode's official pricing page for full details and the latest rates.

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Features
Compute Virtual machines with shared and dedicated CPU options
Storage Block storage and S3-compatible object storage
Networking Private VLAN, DDoS protection, and global data centers
Billing Predictable flat-rate and pay-as-you-go pricing
Key Offerings
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Ideal Use Cases / Buyers
Workloads AI inferencing, agentic AI and assistants, chatbots, personalization and recommendation engines, automation and decision engines, ecommerce platforms, digital commerce analytics, scalable game server hosting, live-streaming and video processing, media and video streaming, SaaS application hosting, API delivery, and managed databases.
Buyers Media & entertainment, gaming, ecommerce and retail, SaaS providers, financial services, healthcare & life sciences, public sector, service providers, MLOps engineers, AI engineers, agentic system architects.
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Why Choose

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  • βœ… Flat, predictable pricing with low egress fees and a free egress allowance
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  • βœ… Global scale with control over data location to meet demand in key markets
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  • βœ… Real cloud portability, eliminating the need for proprietary services
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  • βœ… Optimized for low-latency, edge-native applications on a highly distributed platform

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