Hetzner vs Linode (Akamai)

Hetzner is strongest for budget-conscious developers. Linode (Akamai) is strongest for developers. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Hetzner	Linode (Akamai)
Starting price	$0.6/mo	$1/mo
Best for	Budget-conscious developers EU-based workloads Self-hosters High-performance dedicated servers	Developers Startups GPU/AI workloads Small-to-mid production apps Kubernetes
Stated uptime SLA	99.9%	99.99%
Storage	NVME	SSD
Regions	6	20
Managed Kubernetes	No	Yes
Support channels	Ticket, Docs, Community forum	Ticket, Community forum, Docs, Phone (higher support tiers)
Compliance	GDPR, ISO 27001	SOC 2, PCI DSS (for compatible services), GDPR, HIPAA (with BAA on eligible services)
Hidden costs to watch for	Setup fees on dedicated servers (e.g. AX42/AX102 setup fee raised from 39 EUR to 79 EUR in 2026; AX162-R/S setup fee raised from 79 EUR to 159 EUR) Traffic overage billed per GB beyond included pool (20 TB EU, as little as 0.5-1 TB in USA/Singapore regions for some lines) CPX and CCX cloud lines saw very large price increases in the 15 June 2026 adjustment (CCX +2.1x to +2.73x, CPX +2.4x to +2.75x monthly in EU); CX and CAX rose a smaller ~1.3x-1.4x Load Balancer and Volume prices separately increased ~36-39% in an April 2026 adjustment VAT excluded from all listed prices	Outbound bandwidth billed at $0.005/GB (compute/storage) or $0.015/GB (NodeBalancer) once pooled network transfer allowance is exceeded Backups service is a separate add-on priced per instance (roughly 20-25% of the instance monthly price) HA control plane for LKE Kubernetes is a flat $60/mo add-on per cluster; LKE Enterprise clusters are $300/mo per cluster Managed Database HA (3-node) clusters cost roughly 2-3x the single-node price
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18