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Dedicated CPU Compute · $864/mo (96 GB RAM, 48 vCPU, 1920 GB SSD, 9000 GB transfer)
Linode's Dedicated 96GB at $864/mo is significantly overpriced compared to bare-metal and cloud alternatives with equal or superior specs. Hetzner's AX162 and Contabo's AMD Genoa 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 RAM, 48 vCPU AMD EPYC, 3.84TB NVMe for $199/mo (base); 20TB EU transfer included with no per-GB overage trap like Linode's $0.005/GB.
Caveat: Setup fee 159 EUR (~$173) applies to R/S variants; VAT not included in listed price; traffic overages in non-EU regions (USA/Singapore) are tighter at 0.5-1TB.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
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| 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 |
128GB RAM, 24 vCPU AMD EPYC 9224, 2TB SSD, unlimited traffic (fair-use policy) for EUR 199/mo (~$215); no bandwidth overage charges.
Caveat: EUR 199/mo is the effective 24-month prepaid rate; 1 or 12-month terms cost more per month; ticket-only support on base tier; fair-use throttling on sustained high bandwidth.
128GB RAM, 24 vCPU AMD EPYC 7413, 1920GB SSD for EUR 255.86/mo (~$276); no per-GB bandwidth overage charges and 99.9% SLA.
Caveat: Price excludes VAT; delivery time 1-5 days depending on stock; fewer vCPU than Linode (24 vs 48) but still strong value.
128GB DDR5 RAM, 32 vCPU, 3TB NVMe, unmetered bandwidth for $312/mo intro rate; 99.99% SLA beats Linode's standard offering.
Caveat: Renewal price jumps 2-3x after intro term; 36-month prepay required to lock in lowest rate; domain and add-ons (SiteLock, CodeGuard) are upsell traps.
Exact RAM match (96GB), 24 vCPU, 1600GB NVMe, 15.36TB transfer for $640/mo; 100% network uptime SLA and no per-GB overage trap.
Caveat: Only 24 vCPU vs Linode's 48; cloud instance (not bare metal) so slightly higher latency variance; bandwidth overage rates vary by data center.
Before you switch
| 128 GB RAM, 24 vCPU, 2048 GB SSD (2x1TB) |
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| 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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