Linode (Akamai) vs OVHcloud

Linode (Akamai) is strongest for developers. OVHcloud is strongest for european data residency. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Linode (Akamai)	OVHcloud
Starting price	$1/mo	$0.01/mo
Best for	Developers Startups GPU/AI workloads Small-to-mid production apps Kubernetes	European data residency Cost-conscious scale-outs Managed databases Kubernetes AI/GPU workloads
Stated uptime SLA	99.99%	99.99% (Public Cloud instances, region dependent)
Storage	SSD	NVME
Regions	20	33
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	Yes
Support channels	Ticket, Community forum, Docs, Phone (higher support tiers)	Ticket, Docs, Community forum, Phone (paid plans)
Compliance	SOC 2, PCI DSS (for compatible services), GDPR, HIPAA (with BAA on eligible services)	GDPR, ISO 27001, SecNumCloud (France), HDS (health data hosting, France)
Hidden costs to watch for	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	IPv4 addresses billed separately per instance/Local Zone Windows license surcharge of $0.039/vCore/hour on top of base instance price APAC region (India, Singapore, Australia) outbound traffic loses free-egress status after 2026-06-01/2026-12-31 depending on product Object Storage Infrequent Access / Cold Archive / Active Archive have data-retrieval fees and minimum storage durations (30-180 days) with early-deletion penalties
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18