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Shared CPU Compute · $576/mo (96 GB RAM, 20 vCPU, 1920 GB SSD, 20000 GB transfer)
Linode's $576/mo plan is expensive for its specs and carries significant hidden costs (bandwidth overages, backup add-ons). Several alternatives offer comparable or better hardware at substantially lower prices, though most require longer contract commitments or carry their own renewal-price traps.
96GB RAM, 12 vCPU, 720GB NVMe, unlimited traffic at less than 28% of Linode's price with no per-GB bandwidth overages.
Caveat: Price is locked to 24-month prepaid term; 12-month term costs EUR119/mo (~$130); shorter terms cost significantly more; fair usage policy on unlimited traffic.
128GB RAM, 16-core Ryzen 9, 3.84TB NVMe dedicated server at 17% of Linode's cost with 20TB included traffic.
Caveat: Price not confirmed (placeholder); setup fee 79 EUR (~$86) due 2026; VAT excluded; traffic overages billed per GB beyond 20TB pool.
Exact RAM/vCPU match (96GB, 16 OCPU) at 24% of Linode's price with 99.95% SLA and no per-GB bandwidth charges.
Caveat: ARM-based Ampere Altra architecture (not x86); Block Volume performance (VPU) billed separately; OKE Kubernetes adds $0.10/hour control-plane fee.
64GB RAM, 16 vCPU, 960GB NVMe at 16% of Linode's cost with 99.99% SLA and 2TB free outbound transfer.
Caveat: Renewal pricing after contract is 2-6x higher; additional IPv4 addresses $6/mo each; outbound transfer beyond 2TB tiered at $0.036-$0.018/GB.
64GB RAM, 16 vCPU, 1920GB SSD, 10TB transfer at 29% of Linode's cost with 100% uptime guarantee.
Caveat: Advertised price is promotional (50% off first 2 months or 10-15% off prepay); renewal pricing is meaningfully higher; bandwidth overages billed as add-ons.
Before you switch
| Hetzner | Dedicated Root Servers (AX line) · AX102 | $99/mo | 128 GB RAM, 16 vCPU, 3840 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Contabo | Dedicated Servers · AMD Ryzen 12 Cores | $103.68/mo | 64 GB RAM, 12 vCPU, 1024 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Compute VM Instances · VM.Standard.A1.Flex - 16 OCPU / 96GB | $140.16/mo | 96 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| GoDaddy | VPS Hosting · 16 vCPU / 64 GB | $149.99/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| Contabo | Cloud VDS (Max Performance VPS) · Cloud VDS XXL | $161.99/mo | 96 GB RAM, 12 vCPU, 720 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Leaseweb | Dedicated Servers · Dell R740XD | $166.7/mo | 128 GB RAM, 12 vCPU, 1920 GB SSD | Visit |
| Liquid Web | Dedicated Servers · Intel Xeon 6226R (entry, 1yr term, Linux) | $167.5/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU, 1920 GB SSD (RAID-1) | Visit |
| Scaleway | Virtual Instances · BASIC2-A16C-64G | $201.18/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | 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 |
| Hetzner | GPU Cloud Servers · GEX44 | $211/mo | 64 GB RAM, 14 vCPU, 3840 GB NVMe RAID1 | Visit |
| Bluehost | Dedicated Servers · Enhanced NVMe 64 | $217.19/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU, 2000 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) | Dedicated Servers · Intel Tier 2 | $249/mo | 64 GB RAM, 1000 GB NVMe RAID1 | Visit |
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