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Dedicated CPU Compute · $36/mo (4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80 GB SSD, 4000 GB transfer)
Linode's Dedicated 4GB at $39.42/mo is a premium managed offering, but several providers deliver comparable or better specs at 6-15% of the price. However, most cheaper alternatives are unmanaged VPS with aggressive renewal-price traps and hidden bandwidth overage fees, so total cost of ownership over 24 months may narrow the gap significantly.
Double the RAM (8GB vs 4GB), double the vCPU (4 vs 2), 25% more storage (100GB vs 80GB), and unlimited traffic for just 15% of Linode's price on a 24-month term.
Caveat: Quoted price requires 24-month prepayment; 1-month or 12-month terms cost significantly more per month, and fair-usage policy may throttle sustained high-bandwidth usage.
Matches Linode's 2 vCPU and 4GB RAM, adds 20TB transfer allowance (vs 4TB), and costs 84% less; includes 40GB SSD and no per-GB overage charges within EU regions.
Caveat: Prices exclude VAT and saw large increases in June 2026; USA/Singapore regions have much smaller transfer pools (0.5-1TB), and setup fees on dedicated servers have doubled.
Intro price of $6.49/mo for 4GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50GB NVMe, 4TB transfer, and weekly backups undercuts Linode by 84% on first term.
Caveat: Renewal price jumps to $11.99/mo (2x intro); requires 12-24 month prepayment to get advertised rate; month-to-month billing is ~$73.91/mo, and backups are weekly not daily.
Lowest sticker price at $4.54/mo for 4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40GB NVMe, unlimited traffic, and daily backups included; 88% cheaper than Linode.
Caveat: Storage is 40GB vs Linode's 80GB; IPv4 addresses billed separately; APAC regions lose free egress after mid-2026; Windows licensing adds $0.039/vCore/hour surcharge.
Cheapest option at $4.33/mo for 2GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80GB NVMe, and unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s; 89% savings on sticker price.
Caveat: Intro pricing is a 3-month or 1-year promo on 1-year contract; renewal is 2-6x higher; outbound data beyond 2TB free pool costs $0.036/GB (2-10TB tier); half the RAM of Linode's plan.
Before you switch
| IONOS | VPS Hosting (VPS+) · VPS S+ | $5/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 90 GB NVMe | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Basic) · Basic Cube XS | $5.76/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 60 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Contabo | Core VPS · Cloud VPS 4 | $5.94/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 100 GB SSD | Visit |
| Kamatera | Cloud VMs · Sample: 1 vCPU / 2GB / 20GB | $6/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Gcore | Cloud Compute (Standard Gen 0, Linux) · g0-standard-1-2 | $6.15/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Hostinger | KVM VPS · KVM 1 | $6.49/mo | 4 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Hetzner | Cloud Servers · CX23 | $6.49/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB SSD | Visit |
| Scaleway | Virtual Instances · DEV1-S | $6.55/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Namecheap | VPS Hosting · Pulsar | $6.88/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB SSD | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Compute VM Instances · VM.Standard.A1.Flex - 1 OCPU / 6GB | $8.76/mo | 6 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Public Cloud Compute Instances · d2-2 | $8.98/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB local disk | Visit |
| GoDaddy | VPS Hosting · 1 vCPU / 2 GB | $8.99/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 40 GB NVMe | Visit |
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