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Dedicated CPU Compute · $864/mo (96 GB RAM, 48 vCPU, 1920 GB SSD, 9000 GB transfer)
Linode's $864/mo Dedicated 96GB plan is significantly overpriced compared to bare-metal and cloud alternatives with equal or superior specs. Hetzner's AX162 and Contabo's AMD Genoa 24-core both deliver 128GB RAM and 24-48 vCPU for under $215/mo, with no per-GB bandwidth overage charges beyond generous allowances. Even accounting for setup fees and VAT, you'll save 60-75% annually.
128GB DDR5 ECC RAM, 48 vCPU, 3.84TB NVMe (vs Linode's 1.92TB), 20TB EU transfer included, no per-GB overage charges on standard traffic.
Caveat: Setup fee 159 EUR (~$173) applies once; VAT not included in listed price; traffic overages outside EU regions (USA/Singapore) have lower allowances (0.5-1TB).
128GB ECC RAM, 24 vCPU AMD EPYC 9224, 2TB SSD, unlimited traffic (fair-use policy), no bandwidth overage charges.
Caveat: Price assumes 24-month prepaid contract; 1 or 12-month terms cost more per month; ticket-only support on base tier; fair-use policy can throttle sustained high-bandwidth usage.
128GB RAM, 24 vCPU AMD EPYC 7413, 1.92TB SSD (matches Linode's disk), fully managed, no per-GB bandwidth overage charges.
Caveat: Price excludes VAT; delivery time 1-5 days depending on stock; slightly older EPYC generation than Hetzner/Contabo.
128GB DDR5 RAM, 32 vCPU, 3TB NVMe SSD, unmetered bandwidth, 20% discount at 36-month term brings effective cost to ~$250/mo.
Caveat: Renewal pricing after intro term is 2-3x higher; requires 36-month prepay to get advertised price; aggressive upsell prompts for add-ons (SiteLock, backups, email).
Exact RAM/vCPU match to Linode (96GB, 24 vCPU), 1.6TB NVMe, 15.36TB transfer, 100% network uptime SLA, no renewal-price trap.
Caveat: Still $224/mo more expensive than Hetzner/Contabo; bandwidth overage rates vary by data center; Windows licensing extra.
Before you switch
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hetzner | Dedicated Root Servers (AX line) · AX162 | $199/mo | 128 GB RAM, 48 vCPU, 3840 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) | VPS Hosting (Managed cPanel) · Managed cPanel 64GB | $207.92/mo | 64 GB RAM, 24 vCPU, 800 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Contabo | Dedicated Servers · AMD Genoa 24 Cores | $214.92/mo | 128 GB RAM, 24 vCPU, 2048 GB SSD (2x1TB) | Visit |
| Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) | Dedicated Servers · Intel Tier 2 | $249/mo | 64 GB RAM, 1000 GB NVMe RAID1 | Visit |
| Leaseweb | Dedicated Servers · Dell R7525 | $276.33/mo | 128 GB RAM, 24 vCPU, 1920 GB SSD | Visit |
| Bluehost | Dedicated Servers · Premium NVMe 128 | $312.19/mo | 128 GB RAM, 32 vCPU, 3000 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Cloudways | DigitalOcean Servers (Flexible) · Basic Standard 8XL (128GB, site example) | $342/mo | 128 GB RAM, 24 vCPU, 2560 GB SSD | Visit |
| Cloudways | Vultr Servers (Flexible) · Site-example 8XL (shared UI tier, top) | $342/mo | 128 GB RAM, 24 vCPU, 2560 GB SSD | Visit |
| Gcore | Cloud Compute (Standard Gen 0, Linux) · g0-standard-32-64 | $390.11/mo | 64 GB RAM, 32 vCPU | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD vCPU Servers · 32 vCPU / 128 GB preset | $502.56/mo | 128 GB RAM, 32 vCPU | Visit |
| Liquid Web | Cloud Dedicated Servers · High-Performance (Linux, Dual) | $532/mo | 128 GB RAM, 32 vCPU, 3200 GB SSD (RAID-10) | Visit |
| Scaleway | Virtual Instances · GP1-L | $565.15/mo | 128 GB RAM, 32 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Public Cloud Compute Instances · c3-64 | $628.97/mo | 64 GB RAM, 32 vCPU, 400 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Hetzner | Cloud Servers · CCX53 | $629.49/mo | 128 GB RAM, 32 vCPU, 600 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Vultr | Cloud Compute · Regular 24vCPU/96GB | $640/mo | 96 GB RAM, 24 vCPU, 1600 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
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