Akamai Cloud (Linode)
Short answer
Akamai Cloud (Linode) sells VPS servers in 26 locations across 15 countries, starting at $5.00 a month for Nanode 1 GB (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM). It is number 22 of 41 in our overall ranking and rated 2.5/5 by 207 Trustpilot reviewers.
Checked October 14, 2026. How we rank
A good fit for
- tight budgets: the entry plan is $5.00 a month
- spreading servers across many countries (15 available)
- short-lived test servers thanks to hourly billing
- public services that need DDoS filtering
- teams that want the server managed for them
Look elsewhere if
- you need Windows Server
- you want a money-back guarantee
Plans and prices
| Plan | Line | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Traffic | $/month | $/GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanode 1 GB | Shared CPU | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB SSD | 1 TB | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| Linode 2 GB | Shared CPU | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB SSD | 2 TB | $12.00 | $6.00 |
| Linode 4 GB | Shared CPU | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 4 TB | $24.00 | $6.00 |
| Linode 8 GB | Shared CPU | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 5 TB | $48.00 | $6.00 |
| Linode 16 GB | Shared CPU | 6 | 16 GB | 320 GB SSD | 8 TB | $96.00 | $6.00 |
| G7 Dedicated 4 GB | Dedicated CPU (G7, AMD Zen 3) (dedicated) | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 4 TB | $43.00 | $10.75 |
| G7 Dedicated 8 GB | Dedicated CPU (G7, AMD Zen 3) (dedicated) | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 5 TB | $86.00 | $10.75 |
| G8 Dedicated 4x2 | Dedicated CPU (G8, AMD Zen 5) (dedicated) | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB SSD | — | $51.10 | $12.78 |
Monthly list prices in US dollars. Highlighted row: cheapest plan. Current prices on the provider's site.
Where the servers are
North America
Europe
What's included
- NVMe storage
- DDoS protection
- Snapshots
- Backups (paid)
- IPv6
- IPv4 included
- API
- Custom ISO
- Dedicated-CPU plans
- Private networking
- Unmetered traffic
- Managed option
Images: Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS Stream, Fedora, Alpine, Arch Linux, Gentoo, Kali Linux, openSUSE Leap, Slackware. Virtualization: KVM. Panel: Cloud Manager.
Rules and support
Acceptable use. The provider's terms address crypto mining, VPN, proxies, Tor, torrents, scraping. Read them before running anything in those categories.
Support. 24/7 ticket and phone support included for all accounts ('no tiers, no bots'); paid managed service at $100 per instance/month
Uptime SLA. 99.99%. Money-back. None published.
How it stacks up
- Its entry plan is cheaper than 49% of providers in the directory.
- On price per GB of RAM it beats 26% of them.
- Its 26 locations put it #3 of 41 for footprint.
- It ticks 13 of the 18 feature boxes we track, against an average of 9.
- Among 37 providers with 50+ Trustpilot reviews, its 2.5 ranks #31.
Where Linode appears on this site
- VPS in Atlanta#2 of 6
- VPS in Ashburn#3 of 13
- VPS in Italy#3 of 6
- VPS in Milan#3 of 6
- VPS in Indonesia#3 of 5
- VPS in Jakarta#3 of 5
- VPS in Miami#3 of 5
- VPS in Toronto#4 of 13
- VPS in Dallas#4 of 12
- VPS in San Jose#4 of 9
- VPS in Seattle#4 of 9
- VPS in South America#4 of 8
- VPS in Canada#5 of 17
- VPS in Mumbai#5 of 12
- VPS in Los Angeles#5 of 10
- VPS in Brazil#5 of 8
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Questions
Where are Akamai Cloud (Linode)'s servers?
North America: Ashburn, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Jose, Seattle, Toronto; South America: Sao Paulo; Europe: Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm; Asia: Chennai, Jakarta, Mumbai, Osaka, Singapore, Tokyo; Oceania: Melbourne, Sydney.
What is Akamai Cloud (Linode)'s cheapest plan?
Nanode 1 GB at $5.00 a month ($0.0075/hr, hourly billing capped at the monthly price; 1 Gbps out / 40 Gbps in; IPv4 and IPv6 included; docs say Jakarta and Sao Paulo have data-center-specific pricing, though the public table showed $5 for Jakarta).
Can I pay Akamai Cloud (Linode) with crypto or PayPal?
Accepted methods: card, paypal, wire, other.
Profile built from 28 pages on akamai.com and related sites, checked October 14, 2026.