Akamai Cloud (Linode) pricing and plans
Long-running independent cloud, now inside Akamai
Linode predates most of the budget cloud market and was acquired by Akamai, which folded it into a much larger edge network. The instance shapes and flat pricing remain close to DigitalOcean, and the platform is mature and stable. It is the safe, unexciting choice in this list.
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Plans and derived unit cost
The final two columns are computed from the monthly price, which is how you spot the tier where a provider stops being good value.
Akamai Cloud (Linode)
Nanode 1GB
$5.00
per month
- Specification
- 1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 25 GB SSD
- Included transfer
- 1 TB
- Cost per vCPU
- $5
- Cost per GB RAM
- $5
- Annual
- $60
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Linode 2GB
$12.00
per month
- Specification
- 1 vCPU / 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 50 GB SSD
- Included transfer
- 2 TB
- Cost per vCPU
- $12
- Cost per GB RAM
- $6
- Annual
- $144
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Linode 4GB
$24.00
per month
- Specification
- 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 80 GB SSD
- Included transfer
- 4 TB
- Cost per vCPU
- $12
- Cost per GB RAM
- $6
- Annual
- $288
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Linode 8GB
$48.00
per month
- Specification
- 4 vCPU / 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 160 GB SSD
- Included transfer
- 5 TB
- Cost per vCPU
- $12
- Cost per GB RAM
- $6
- Annual
- $576
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| Provider & plan | Monthly | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Transfer | / vCPU | / GB RAM | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akamai Cloud (Linode) Nanode 1GBNot paid | $5.00 | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB | 1 TB | $5 | $5 | Open |
Akamai Cloud (Linode) Linode 2GBNot paid | $12.00 | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB | 2 TB | $12 | $6 | Open |
Akamai Cloud (Linode) Linode 4GBNot paid | $24.00 | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4 TB | $12 | $6 | Open |
Akamai Cloud (Linode) Linode 8GBNot paid | $48.00 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB | 5 TB | $12 | $6 | Open |
All figures are the providers' own published list prices in USD, on-demand monthly, recorded on 2026-08-30. Nothing here is live or negotiated pricing. Hetzner publishes in euros, so its dollar figure moves with the exchange rate. Check the provider's pricing page before you commit.
Where Akamai Cloud (Linode) wins
- Mature platform with a long operational track record
- Flat pricing and instance shapes broadly comparable to DigitalOcean
- Backed by Akamai edge infrastructure
Where it does not
- Unmanaged, same operational burden as its peers
- Product direction now set by a much larger parent company
- Smaller developer community than DigitalOcean
Who should actually pick this
Teams that value platform maturity and stability over the lowest possible invoice.
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