Cloud & Infrastructure · pricing
Linode pricing
Linode publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free, then $5/month
- Model
- Usage-based
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Linode plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nanode 1GB | $5/month | 4 | Entry tier |
| Linode 4GB | $20/month | 4 | +$15/month, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Nanode 1GB
$5/monthThe entry tier. It covers 1gb ram, 1 vcpu, 25gb ssd, 1tb bandwidth.
Linode 4GB
$20/monthOver Nanode 1GB, this tier adds:
- 4GB RAM
- 2 vCPU
- 80GB SSD
- 4TB bandwidth
What the product covers
The full Linode feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Compute instances
- Object storage
- Block storage
- Kubernetes
- Managed database
- Load balancers
- Firewalls
- Private networks
Integrations
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Cloud Manager API
Security
- DDoS protection
- Firewall
- Private networks
- SSL/TLS
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Api support
- Cli support
People bring Linode in for running linux virtual machines on hourly billed shared or dedicated cpu plans, managed kubernetes, block storage and object storage on a single cloud account, hosting workloads in a specific one of the listed global regions. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Linode are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Cloud & Infrastructure
Across the 4 cloud & infrastructure tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $12.25/month. Linode starts at $5/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linode (this page) | Free, then $5/month | usage-based | - | |
| DigitalOcean | Free, then $4/month | usage-based | - | vs Linode |
| Chef | Free | open-source | - | vs Linode |
| Alibaba Cloud | Free | usage-based | - | vs Linode |
| Lambda (AWS Serverless) | Free | usage-based | - | vs Linode |
| Contabo | €4.5/month | - | - | vs Linode |
| Akamai | $1000/month | quote | - | vs Linode |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Linode badges page.
Before you pay for Linode
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between $5/month and $20/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Linode runs on web, api, cli, and is published by Linode/Akamai of Philadelphia, PA. The full record is on the Linode review, and the rest of the category is under best cloud & infrastructure tools.
Linode pricing questions
- How much does Linode cost?
- Linode publishes 2 tiers, from $5/month for Nanode 1GB up to $20/month for Linode 4GB. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Linode have a free plan?
- Yes, Linode is recorded as usage-based, so it can be used without paying.
- What is the difference between Nanode 1GB and Linode 4GB on Linode?
- Linode 4GB costs $20/month against $5/month, and adds 4gb ram, 2 vcpu, 80gb ssd, 4tb bandwidth.
- Is the Linode 4GB plan on Linode worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is 4gb ram, 2 vcpu, 80gb ssd, 4tb bandwidth. It costs $20/month against $5/month for Nanode 1GB. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Linode expensive for a cloud & infrastructure tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 4 cloud & infrastructure tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $12.25/month; Linode starts at $5/month.
- Which cloud & infrastructure tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 cloud & infrastructure tools listed alongside Linode have a free tier: DigitalOcean, Chef, Alibaba Cloud, Lambda (AWS Serverless), AWS (Amazon Web Services).
- What am I actually paying for with Linode?
- The record lists 21 features across 5 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform. In practice it is brought in for running linux virtual machines on hourly billed shared or dedicated cpu plans, managed kubernetes, block storage and object storage on a single cloud account, hosting workloads in a specific one of the listed global regions.
- Does Linode charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Linode prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Linode against before paying?
- The closest cloud & infrastructure tools in this directory are DigitalOcean, Chef, Alibaba Cloud, Lambda (AWS Serverless). Each has a side-by-side comparison with Linode covering price, platforms and features.