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Dedicated CPU Compute · $86/mo (8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160 GB SSD, 5000 GB transfer)
Linode's G7 Dedicated 8GB at $94.17/mo is a premium managed offering, but several alternatives deliver matching or superior specs at 10-15% of the price, though most carry aggressive renewal-price traps and require long-term prepay commitments to hit advertised rates.
Identical specs (8GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160GB NVMe, 5TB transfer) at 1/9th the price with DDoS protection included and 99.9% SLA.
Caveat: Intro rate requires 3-year prepay; renewal jumps to ~$24-40/mo; quoted price variance suggests terms may not be fully reconciled.
Matches Linode's core specs (8GB, 4 vCPU, 100GB SSD, unlimited traffic) at 6% of Linode's price with no per-GB overage charges.
Caveat: Requires 24-month prepay to hit this rate; shorter terms cost significantly more; fair-usage policy can throttle sustained high-bandwidth usage; ticket-only support on base tier.
4 vCPU, 4GB RAM, 120GB NVMe, unlimited traffic at 12% of Linode's price; better CPU-to-RAM ratio than most budget alternatives.
Caveat: Intro pricing is a 1-year promo on 1-year contract; renewal pricing is 2-6x higher; outbound data beyond 2TB pooled allowance is metered at $0.036/GB.
8GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 100GB NVMe, 8TB transfer, weekly backups at 9% of Linode's price; strong value for memory-heavy workloads.
Caveat: Only 2 vCPU vs Linode's 4; intro rate requires 12/24/48-month prepay; renewal is 2-4x higher; weekly (not daily) backups on base tier.
4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40GB SSD, 20TB transfer at 7% of Linode's price; excellent for lower-RAM use cases with massive transfer allowance.
Caveat: Only 2 vCPU and 4GB RAM vs Linode's 4 vCPU and 8GB; recent large price increases on other product lines (CCX +2.1-2.73x); VAT not included in listed price.
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 |
| Hostinger | KVM VPS · KVM 2 | $8.79/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 100 GB NVMe SSD | 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 |
| 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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