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Accelerated Compute · $94.17/mo (8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160 GB NVMe, 5000 GB transfer)
Linode's Premium 8GB at $94.17/mo is significantly more expensive than several comparable alternatives with matching or better specs. Contabo's Core VPS 4 and InMotion's VPS 4 vCPU both offer identical 8GB/4vCPU/160GB specs at roughly 1/10th the price, though with renewal-price traps and fair-usage policies to watch. Even accounting for hidden costs, you're overpaying substantially on Linode unless you need their specific performance tier or regional availability.
Identical specs (8GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 100GB SSD) at 1/16th the Linode price with unlimited traffic and no per-GB overage charges.
Caveat: Quoted price requires 24-month prepaid contract; 1-12 month terms cost significantly more; fair-usage policy can throttle sustained high-bandwidth usage; ticket-only support on base tier.
Matches Linode exactly (8GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160GB NVMe, 5TB transfer) with DDoS protection included and no per-GB bandwidth overage after allowance.
Caveat: Renewal price jumps 2-4x (to ~$40-50/mo); quoted price is 3-year contract rate; free domain only first year; lowest intro rates require 24-36 month prepay.
Exceeds Linode specs (16GB RAM vs 8GB, 200GB NVMe vs 160GB, 16TB transfer vs 5TB) at 1/7th the price with weekly backups and AMD EPYC.
Caveat: Renewal price jumps to $28.99/mo (2.2x); intro rate requires 12-48 month prepay; free domain only first year; weekly (not daily) backups on base plan.
Slightly better specs (8GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 150GB NVMe, 500 Mbit/s port) than Linode's base tier at 1/7.6th the price with unlimited traffic.
Caveat: 24-month prepaid contract required for quoted price; fair-usage policy applies; ticket-only support on base tier; AMD EPYC (may differ from Linode's CPU generation).
Offers 4GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 120GB NVMe with unlimited traffic (vs Linode's 5TB cap) at 1/8.6th the price.
Caveat: Renewal price is 2-6x higher after 1-year promo contract; only 4GB RAM vs Linode's 8GB; additional IPv4 addresses cost $6/mo each; outbound beyond 2TB free pool is $0.036/GB.
Before you switch
| Hetzner | Cloud Servers · CX23 | $6.49/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | Cloud VPS (Linux) · Cloud VPS M | $6.67/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) | VPS Hosting (Self-Managed) · VPS XS | $9.99/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| InMotion Hosting | VPS Hosting · VPS 4 vCPU | $9.99/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Basic) · Basic Cube S | $10.08/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
| IONOS | VPS Hosting (VPS+) · VPS M+ | $11/mo | 4 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Gcore | Cloud Compute (Standard Gen 0, Linux) · g0-standard-2-4 | $12.32/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Contabo | Performance VPS · Cloud VPS Plus 4 | $12.39/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 150 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Namecheap | VPS Hosting · Quasar | $12.88/mo | 6 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 120 GB SSD | Visit |
| Hostinger | KVM VPS · KVM 4 | $12.99/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 200 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Memory) · Memory Cube S | $13.68/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Scaleway | Virtual Instances · DEV1-M | $14.74/mo | 4 GB RAM, 3 vCPU | Visit |
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