Kamatera vs Linode (Akamai)

Kamatera is strongest for custom VM sizing. Linode (Akamai) is strongest for developers. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Kamatera	Linode (Akamai)
Starting price	$0.05/mo	$1/mo
Best for	Custom VM sizing Global data center selection Windows Server hosting Dev/test environments	Developers Startups GPU/AI workloads Small-to-mid production apps Kubernetes
Stated uptime SLA	99.95%	99.99%
Storage	NVME	SSD
Regions	20	20
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	Yes
Support channels	Ticket, Phone, Docs, Pro/Premium Managed Services (paid)	Ticket, Community forum, Docs, Phone (higher support tiers)
Compliance	GDPR	SOC 2, PCI DSS (for compatible services), GDPR, HIPAA (with BAA on eligible services)
Hidden costs to watch for	Bandwidth overage billed at $0.01/GB past the pooled monthly allowance (5 TB US/Canada/Europe, 1 TB Asia-Pacific) Windows Server / SQL Server / Exchange / RDS licensing adds an undisclosed per-server surcharge only shown at calculator checkout Type T (Burstable) CPU incurs a $0.041/hour/CPU overage charge once average CPU usage exceeds 10% Powered-off (but not terminated) servers may continue to accrue charges Pro Managed Services add $50/server/month; Premium Managed Services add $150/server/month	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