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Nanode 1 GB (Shared CPU)$5/moLinode 2 GB (Shared CPU)$12/moLinode 4 GB (Shared CPU)$24/mo
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Nanode 1 GB (Shared CPU)

  • 1 shared vCPU
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 25 GB SSD storage
  • 1 TB outbound transfer
  • Hourly billing at $0.0075/hr
  • 40 Gbps inbound network
  • Free inbound transfer

Linode 2 GB (Shared CPU)

  • 1 shared vCPU
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 50 GB SSD storage
  • 2 TB outbound transfer
  • Hourly billing at $0.018/hr

Linode 4 GB (Shared CPU)

  • 2 shared vCPUs
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 80 GB SSD storage
  • 4 TB outbound transfer
  • Hourly billing at $0.036/hr

Linode 8 GB (Shared CPU)

  • 4 shared vCPUs
  • 8 GB RAM
  • 160 GB SSD storage
  • 5 TB outbound transfer
  • Hourly billing at $0.072/hr

G6 Dedicated 4 GB

  • 2 dedicated vCPUs (no contention)
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 40 GB SSD storage
  • 4 TB outbound transfer
  • Consistent performance for production
  • Hourly billing at $0.054/hr

G7 Dedicated 4 GB

  • 2 dedicated vCPUs (G7 generation)
  • 4 GB RAM
  • Dedicated CPU — no contention
  • Scales to 512 GB RAM configurations

High Memory 24 GB

  • 2 vCPUs
  • 24 GB RAM
  • 20 GB SSD storage
  • High memory-to-CPU ratio
  • Ideal for Redis, Memcached, large DBs

G8 Dedicated (Premium & General)

  • 5th Gen AMD EPYC Zen 5 processors
  • Premium 1:2 or General 1:4 CPU-to-RAM shapes
  • Pure hourly billing (no monthly cap)
  • Up to 512 GB RAM / 256 vCPU configurations
  • Default DDoS protection included
  • Available in select core compute regions

Kubernetes (LKE)

  • Free standard control plane
  • HA control plane: $60/cluster/month
  • LKE-Enterprise: $300/cluster/month
  • Pay only for worker node compute
  • Automatic cluster upgrades
  • NodeBalancer integration included
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Your projected cost$125per month · $5/unit × 25units
Year 1 license$1.5K12 months at this rate
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List price by tier (annualized, per unit)

Per-unit list price across Linode (Akamai)'s plans, annualized. Custom-priced tiers show a hatched bar.

Nanode 1 GB (Shared CPU)$60/yr
Linode 2 GB (Shared CPU)$144/yr
Linode 4 GB (Shared CPU)$288/yr
Linode 8 GB (Shared CPU)$576/yr
G6 Dedicated 4 GB$432/yr
G7 Dedicated 4 GB$516/yr
High Memory 24 GB$720/yr
G8 Dedicated (Premium & General)Custom
Kubernetes (LKE)$720/yr
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Buyers actually pay a median of $240/yr for Linode (Akamai) contracts (Vendr deal flow, n=3). That's a contract total — the more seats, the more leverage to negotiate down.

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Linode (Akamai) costs $5 to $1.2K per month as of July 2026, with 9 plans available. Plans: Nanode 1 GB (Shared CPU) at $5/month, Linode 2 GB (Shared CPU) at $12/month, Linode 4 GB (Shared CPU) at $24/month, Linode 8 GB (Shared CPU) at $48/month, G6 Dedicated 4 GB at $36/month, G7 Dedicated 4 GB at $43/month, High Memory 24 GB at $60/month, and Kubernetes (LKE) at $60/month. Enterprise pricing is available on request. The median contract is $240/year based on 3 verified purchases.

Use the interactive pricing calculator to estimate your exact cost based on team size and requirements.

  • Free tier: No free tier available

Linode (Akamai) offers 9 pricing tiers: Nanode 1 GB (Shared CPU), Linode 2 GB (Shared CPU), Linode 4 GB (Shared CPU), Linode 8 GB (Shared CPU), G6 Dedicated 4 GB, G7 Dedicated 4 GB, High Memory 24 GB, G8 Dedicated (Premium & General), Kubernetes (LKE). Paid plans include Nanode 1 GB (Shared CPU) at $5/month, Linode 2 GB (Shared CPU) at $12/month, Linode 4 GB (Shared CPU) at $24/month. The Linode 2 GB (Shared CPU) plan is small web apps, lightweight databases, and staging environments.

Compared to other cloud infrastructure software, Linode (Akamai) is positioned at the budget-friendly price point.

  • Median contract: $240/yr from 3 purchases Thin data
  • 5 documented hidden costs beyond list price
  • Contracts auto-renew — Any time — hourly billing stops when resource is destroyed
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How much does Linode (Akamai) cost?

Linode (Akamai) pricing starts at $5/month across 9 plans, with enterprise pricing available on request. Plans include Nanode 1 GB (Shared CPU) at $5/month, Linode 2 GB (Shared CPU) at $12/month, Linode 4 GB (Shared CPU) at $24/month, Linode 8 GB (Shared CPU) at $48/month, G6 Dedicated 4 GB at $36/month, G7 Dedicated 4 GB at $43/month, High Memory 24 GB at $60/month, G8 Dedicated (Premium & General) (custom pricing), Kubernetes (LKE) at $60/month.

Linode (Akamai) Pricing Overview

Linode (Akamai) has 9 pricing plans ranging from $5 to $1,152/month. The Nanode 1 GB (Shared CPU) plan costs $5/month, best for personal projects, low-traffic websites, and development environments. The Linode 2 GB (Shared CPU) plan costs $12/month, best for small web apps, lightweight databases, and staging environments. The Linode 4 GB (Shared CPU) plan costs $24/month, best for growing web applications, small databases, and medium-traffic sites. The Linode 8 GB (Shared CPU) plan costs $48/month, best for medium-traffic applications, wordpress, and small e-commerce. The G6 Dedicated 4 GB plan costs $36/month, best for production workloads, ci/cd pipelines, and cpu-sensitive applications. The G7 Dedicated 4 GB plan costs $43/month, best for performance-sensitive production apps requiring newer cpu generation. The High Memory 24 GB plan costs $60/month, best for in-memory caching, large databases, and memory-intensive workloads. The G8 Dedicated (Premium & General) plan requires contacting sales for a custom quote and is designed for enterprise workloads requiring 5th gen amd epyc zen 5 performance. The Kubernetes (LKE) plan costs $60/month, best for container orchestration and cloud-native microservices.

Linode (Akamai) contracts auto-renew, with a None — pay-as-you-go hourly billing minimum commitment, requiring Any time — hourly billing stops when resource is destroyed notice to cancel.

The median Linode (Akamai) customer pays $240/year based on 3 verified purchases.

There are at least 5 documented hidden costs beyond Linode (Akamai)'s list price, including implementation, training, and add-on fees.

This pricing was last verified in June 9, 2026 from 1 independent source.

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Linode, now part of Akamai Technologies, offers public flat-rate cloud compute pricing starting at $5/month for a Nanode 1 GB Shared CPU instance. Dedicated CPU plans (G6 generation) begin at $36/month. High Memory plans start at $60/month, and the newest G8 Dedicated plans (AMD EPYC Zen 5) bill hourly from $0.07/hr with no monthly cap.

Linode redirects linode.com/pricing to akamai.com/cloud/pricing, where all plan prices are publicly listed. Shared CPU plans range from $5/mo (1 GB) to $1,152/mo (192 GB). Dedicated G6 plans run $36–$4,608/mo; G7 dedicated plans run $43–$5,530/mo. High Memory instances cover 24 GB to 300 GB at $60–$960/mo.

All plans include generous outbound transfer allowances, free inbound transfer, and support hourly billing capped at the monthly rate — except the new G8 Dedicated generation, which moves to pure hourly billing effective July 2026. Object Storage is $0.02/GB stored plus $0.005/GB egress; NodeBalancers add $12/month; Backups cost 25% of the instance plan price.

How Linode (Akamai) Pricing Compares

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What Companies Actually Pay for Linode (Akamai)

The median Linode (Akamai) buyer pays $240/year based on 3 verified purchase transactions.

What companies actually pay $240/yr Median across 3 community cost mentions Thin data
Review scores
TrustRadius 9out of 10 (5)
Trustpilot 1out of 5 (24)
Third-party review aggregates, as of Jul 2026
Top pricing complaints
Automated account denial/cancellation after submitting credit card detailsUnresponsive or unavailable customer supportExtended downtime incidents (7-22 hour outages reported)Billing continues on object storage after data removal
Source: Community cost mentions (Reddit, Hacker News) — aggregated from 3 distinct user reports. Indicative only — not contract-grade data.

Linode (Akamai) Year 1 Total Cost by Company Size

Real deployment costs including licenses, implementation, training, and admin — not just the sticker price.

Small Developer/Hobby Project $5 Year 1 total
$60/year
Total $5

Single Nanode 1 GB (Shared CPU) instance for a personal project or low-traffic site

Small Business Web Application $24 Year 1 total
$288/year
Total $24

Linode 4 GB (Shared CPU) for a moderate-traffic application

Production Application with Dedicated CPU $36 Year 1 total
$432/year
Total $36

G6 Dedicated 4 GB plan for consistent CPU performance without noisy-neighbor risk

Database Server $48 Year 1 total
$576/year
Total $48

Linode 8 GB (Shared CPU) suitable for database workloads

Memory-Intensive Workload $60 Year 1 total
$720/year
Total $60

High Memory 24 GB plan for in-memory databases, caching layers, or analytics

Managed Kubernetes Cluster (LKE) $60 Year 1 total
$720/year
Total $60

Kubernetes (LKE) managed cluster base cost, excluding underlying node instance costs

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How Linode (Akamai) Pricing Compares

Software Starting Price Top Price
Linode (Akamai) $5/month $1152/month
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Free $50000/month
Microsoft Azure Custom Custom
DigitalOcean $4/month $84/month
Fly.io Custom Custom
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Custom Custom

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5 Linode (Akamai) Hidden Costs Beyond the List Price

Beyond the listed price, Linode (Akamai) has at least 5 documented hidden costs that can significantly increase total cost of ownership.

Watch for 5 hidden costs
  • Data Transfer Overage Charges $5/TB over included transfer
    medium 1 source
    Reddit "Data transfer overage on Linode is $5/TB on Hetzner it's €1/TB."
  • Account Activation Denials and Onboarding Friction 0-10% of users denied, time cost variable
    high 3 sources
    Trustpilot "A recently created account with this email address was canceled by our automated systems. This was due to activity or patterns associated with fraudulent behavior. Additional attempts to sign up may also be rejected."
    Trustpilot "Your recently created account has been denied activation due to activity or patterns associated with fraudulent behavior. Additional attempts to sign up may also be rejected."
    Trustpilot "I need to go to the bank and change that card. Smells like scammers to me."
  • Billing Continues After Resource Deletion Confusion Variable — full monthly rate continues until resource destroyed
    high 2 sources
    Trustpilot "I've been charged for years for object storage when I took everything out of my storage they still were charging me. My card was expired. It still was charging me."
    Reddit "Billing does not stop until you destroy the droplet. You can't just pause it or turn it off and stop billing."
  • Unplanned Maintenance and Server Migrations 5-10% of license costs in downtime impact
    medium 1 source
    Trustpilot "there are too many maintenance issues, every other month there is maintenance that requires powering off our servers. Every time there is maintenance they move us from Intel... See more"
  • Price Premium vs. Competing VPS Providers 20-50% higher than lowest-cost alternatives
    medium 2 sources
    Reddit "Linode's cheapest shared CPU plan is £50/mo more expensive, with its specs cut in half vs Hetzner."
    Reddit "Linode has also been great, but they get pricey when you start scaling up"
Tip

Ask your Linode (Akamai) sales rep about these costs upfront. Getting them in writing before signing can save you from surprise charges later.

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Intelligence sourced from 3 independent sources
Reddit User discussions Trustpilot Consumer reviews TrustRadius Enterprise reviews
Key claims include inline source attribution. Data verified against multiple independent sources. 15 source citations total.

Linode (Akamai) Contract Terms

Linode (Akamai) contracts auto-renew. Changes require Any time — hourly billing stops when resource is destroyed. These terms are sourced from verified buyer experiences.

Contract Terms
Auto-Renewal Yes
Cancellation Notice Any time — hourly billing stops when resource is destroyed
Minimum Commitment None — pay-as-you-go hourly billing
Mid-Term Downgrade Allowed
Payment Terms Hourly billing with monthly invoicing cap at monthly rate
Price Escalation No published price escalation schedule found in sources
Note

Users can resize or destroy instances at any time; billing adjusts to hourly rate

Based on 2 verified sources

How to Negotiate Linode (Akamai) Pricing

Linode (Akamai) contracts are negotiable. These 3 tactics are sourced from real buyer experiences and procurement specialists.

Negotiation Playbook 3 tactics
Use $100 Free Credit to Evaluate Before Committing high success

Linode offers $100 in 60-day free credits for new accounts. Use this period to fully benchmark workloads and right-size instances before committing to ongoing spend.

reddit
Right-Size Instances Before Scaling high success

Start with a cheaper tier and upgrade as needed — most VPS hosts including Linode offer easy server upgrades. Avoid over-provisioning at signup.

reddit
Contact sales for volume pricing medium success

For larger deployments at $350/month or higher, contact Linode's sales department directly to negotiate pricing and potentially access reserved hardware for substantial cost savings rather than paying retail prices.

reddit
High success Medium Low / difficult

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Linode (Akamai) Price History

Pricing changes CostBench has tracked for Linode (Akamai), verified across 2 snapshots going back to 2026Q1.

  1. Linode (Akamai) tier restructure

    Changed from 5 to 9 pricing tiers

  2. Linode (Akamai) tier renamed

    "Shared CPU (1 GB)" renamed to "Nanode 1 GB (Shared CPU)"

  3. Linode (Akamai) tier renamed

    "Shared CPU (4 GB)" renamed to "Linode 2 GB (Shared CPU)"

  4. Linode (Akamai) tier renamed

    "Dedicated CPU (4 GB)" renamed to "Linode 4 GB (Shared CPU)"

  5. Linode (Akamai) tier renamed

    "Premium Dedicated G8 (1:2)" renamed to "Linode 8 GB (Shared CPU)"

  6. Linode (Akamai) tier renamed

    "Kubernetes (LKE)" renamed to "G6 Dedicated 4 GB"

Price stable over 0.3 years

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Linode (Akamai) Pricing FAQ

01 How much does Linode (Akamai) cost?

Linode Shared CPU plans start at $5/month (Nanode 1 GB). Dedicated CPU plans start at $36/month (G6 4 GB) or $43/month (G7 4 GB). High Memory plans start at $60/month (24 GB RAM). All prices are publicly listed at akamai.com/cloud/pricing.

02 What is the cheapest Linode plan?

The cheapest plan is the Nanode 1 GB Shared CPU at $5/month ($0.0075/hr), which includes 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD storage, and 1 TB outbound transfer.

03 Does Linode have a free tier?

Linode has no permanent free tier. New accounts typically receive a promotional credit (historically $100). Hourly billing means you can spin up any plan and pay only for actual usage time.

04 What are the hidden costs with Linode?

Common add-on costs include: Backups at 25% of instance plan price, Block Storage at $0.10/GB/month, NodeBalancers at $12/month each, Object Storage at $0.02/GB stored + $0.005/GB egress, and LKE HA control plane at $60/cluster/month. Distributed compute region instances carry a ~20% price premium over core region pricing.

05 How does Linode compare to DigitalOcean on price?

Linode and DigitalOcean are closely matched at entry level — both start at $5/month for a 1 GB instance with 1 TB transfer. Linode's 4 GB Shared CPU is $24/month; DigitalOcean's equivalent Droplet is $24/month. Linode's egress overage rate ($0.005/GB) is generally lower than DigitalOcean's ($0.01/GiB).

06 What changed with the Akamai acquisition of Linode?

Since Akamai acquired Linode in 2022, pricing has been largely maintained while new plan generations were added: Premium G8 Dedicated instances with AMD EPYC Zen 5 processors, distributed compute regions at Akamai edge locations, and bundled default DDoS protection. The linode.com/pricing URL now redirects to akamai.com/cloud/pricing.

07 Does Linode charge if I turn off my server?

Yes. Linode bills for the time a resource exists, not just when it is running. Billing does not stop until you explicitly destroy (delete) the instance. Turning a server off or pausing it does not halt billing.

08 What happens if I go over my monthly bandwidth limit?

Linode charges $5/TB for data transfer overages beyond the included monthly allocation. This is higher than some competing providers. Monitor your transfer usage to avoid unexpected charges.

09 Can I get a discount by negotiating with Linode?

Yes, at scale. One source notes that at around $350/month spend, contacting the Linode/Akamai sales team can result in negotiated pricing and potentially reserved hardware at meaningful discounts versus retail rates.

10 Is Linode pricing predictable?

Linode uses hourly billing with a monthly cap, meaning you pay for what you use up to the monthly rate. This makes costs predictable for steady-state workloads, but variable costs like bandwidth overages and object storage can add up if not monitored.

11 Why was my new Linode account denied?

Multiple users report that Linode's automated fraud detection systems deny new accounts without explanation, sometimes after credit card information has already been collected. There is no published appeal process, and support response times have been criticized. This appears to be a known onboarding issue under Akamai ownership.

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