About Linode

Simplify your cloud infrastructure with our Linux virtual machines and robust set of tools to develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.

Our infrastructure-as-a-service platform is deployed across 11 global markets from our data centers around the world and is supported by our Next Generation Network, advanced APIs, comprehensive services, and vast library of educational resources.

Linode offers comprehensive solutions for businesses including standard VMs, dedicated CPUs, Object Storage, GPUs, and Kubernetes.


Key benefits of Linode

Support Experience - A support experience above the rest
Predictable Pricing - Pay as you go, predictable, and transparent pricing
Cloud Simplified - We make it simple to launch and scale in the cloud
Global Infrastructure- Proven, secure and reliable enterprise-grade infrastructure


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Linode Software - Manage all of your Linode resources in one easy interface.
Linode Software - Dedicated CPU instances run on their own CPU cores in the Linode infrastructure. No sharing the processor with other instances.
Linode Software - Deploy Kubernetes clusters with our fully-managed container orchestration engine.
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Linode Software - Manage all of your Linode resources in one easy interface.
Linode Software - Dedicated CPU instances run on their own CPU cores in the Linode infrastructure. No sharing the processor with other instances.
Linode Software - Deploy Kubernetes clusters with our fully-managed container orchestration engine.

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Value for Money
4.9/5
Features
4.5/5
Ease of Use
4.6/5
Customer Support Software
4.3/5

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Ajay S
Ajay S
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best cloud is Linode

Reviewed on 2021-05-19

Actually, if we discuss the pricing and Service then Pricing is cheap but service is perfect. Most...

Actually, if we discuss the pricing and Service then Pricing is cheap but service is perfect. Most of our clients are using Linode and we always recommend Linode to clients. Our overall experince with Linode is most satisfying. Thank You Linode

Pros

I'm using Linode for the last many years are DevOps and its reliability is awesome. Uptime, Scalability, Speed, and Pricing are very best as compare to their service, which is mind-blowing. I trust Linode and also refer to other companies, who are our clients. I have about 7 running server and all are on Linode. Overall they are the best in case of easiness of dashboard and maintenance.

Cons

Support, Once I face the issue and all of my hosts went down on the Singapore server and I was in the urgent demo so I call them on the India helpline but it's not working. They helo me by ticketing and also give me compensation. The ticketing system is good. All else is very well.

Alternatives Considered

Amazon EC2, DigitalOcean and Google Cloud Storage

Reasons for Switching to Linode

All are having their our features but AWS and Google Cloud are a little expensive and complex dashboards as compare to Linode. Digital Ocean is most likely Linode type but we are never facing any issue with Linode so we never switched.
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

My first free 60 days experience with Linode.

Reviewed on 2025-03-03

I many used it to store my files in it while practicing docker as it gives high speed SSD storage.

I many used it to store my files in it while practicing docker as it gives high speed SSD storage.

Pros

It has free trial and also you get 100$ free credit to use in initial stage.

Cons

There was no auto scaling and very few data centers were available and only has 60 days free trial.

Joël
Joël
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Still lacks some of the basic concepts of modern web hosting

Reviewed on 2023-07-17

Linode didn't just favor me in anyways. From pricing structure to technical support, it didn't find...

Linode didn't just favor me in anyways. From pricing structure to technical support, it didn't find room for my business.

Pros

There isn't much that impressed me with Linode apart from the fact that it supports cyber panel very well (VPS) and the virtual private servers are easy to install.

Cons

Things I don't like about Linode:-It's exorbitant in terms of pricing-poor client service ( they take anywhere from 1-2 business days to respond to an open ticket)-Poor or almost none reasonable pricing model.-WordPress hosting is slow-High speed servers are available in the dedcated hosting package which are very costful

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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Affordable and Reliable, but Needs Manual Setup.

Reviewed on 2025-03-04

It provides simple and cost effective service to users but also lack in some where in managing fine...

It provides simple and cost effective service to users but also lack in some where in managing fine grain security management.

Pros

There affordable pricing and its easy to use dashboard.

Cons

It is only good for small scale business as it does not provide advance features like bigger sharks in market such as AWS, GCP etc.

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  • Industry: Logistics & Supply Chain
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Linode is an excellent cloud virtual private server provider

Reviewed on 2021-11-19

We run all our back-end servers on Linode now, rather than maintaining a pair of physical data...

We run all our back-end servers on Linode now, rather than maintaining a pair of physical data centers and standing up and supporting an entire virtual server stack such as VMware vSphere. Using Linode has given us considerable cost savings over our previous physical data centers, and has simplified the resources we need to run our technology stack

Pros

Linode provides virtual private servers using SSDs that have excellent performance characteristics for the pricing, it's important that we get the best value for money, and Linode's VPS price performance ratio is far better than its competitors

Cons

Linode is not as well known as the other big guys in this space, so it can be a hard sell to convince an large conservative organization to take a bet on the little guy, given the prevailing "no one ever got fired choosing Microsoft" attitude of some people, so it would be better if Linode was more well known and on equal footing with the big guys

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Azure and DigitalOcean

Reasons for Switching to Linode

Linode is very cost effective and utterly beats out the other big names on both pricing and support services, and their products are competitive, have great performance, and are rock solid reliable.
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Linode FAQs

Below are some frequently asked questions for Linode.

Linode offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: US$5.00/month
  • Pricing model: Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

CPU, transfer, storage, and RAM bundled into one simple price. Increase storage capacity with additional Block Storage or S3-compatible Object Storage. Add instant Backups with complete independency to your stack. Ensure your applications and services are highly-available with Linode NodeBalancers. Deploy Kubernetes clusters with our fully-managed container orchestration engine.

Linode has the following typical customers:

2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000

Linode supports the following languages:

English

Linode supports the following devices:

Linode integrates with the following applications:

Access Server, Docker, Drupal, GitLab, Grafana, HashiCorp Consul, Jenkins, MongoDB, MySQL, Nextcloud, Percona Monitoring and Management, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, Redis Enterprise, Salt, Terraform, WooCommerce, WordPress

Linode offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base Software, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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