Linode

Linode is a US VPS provider founded in 2003, acquired by Akamai in 2022 and now sold as Akamai Cloud.

www.linode.compricing

VPS from US by Akamai.

Status

Acquired, still operating.

Classification

Categories: Virtual Private Servers, GPU cloud
Operating system: Self-managed

Tech stack

Runtimes: Anything
Shell: Root shell
GPU: GPU instances7

Pricing

Pricing model: Per hour3
Entry price: $5 to $15 a month 3
Starting price: from $5 a month3
Typical ceiling: $50 to $150 a month3
Currencies: USD 3
Billed: Hourly, Monthly6
Paid: In arrears, for usage already run up6
Exit: Within a day 6

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Linode has sold Linux virtual servers to developers since 2003. Akamai acquired it in 2022 and the product is now marketed as Akamai Cloud, with the catalogue widening from plain VPS instances towards broader infrastructure services integrated with Akamai’s CDN and edge network.

The public API needs no credentials to read the catalogue, so instance types, prices and the region list can be queried directly rather than read off a pricing page — which is where the figures in this record come from.

Worth knowing

The product’s centre of gravity has moved. Marketing, packaging and roadmap now sit inside Akamai’s enterprise infrastructure business, a different customer from the independent developer Linode was built around.

The corporate pages have gone with it: linode.com/company/about/ redirects to akamai.com and the Linode terms of service return 404, so the company behind the product can now only be read about under another name.

Identity

Founded: 2003
Reach: ↓7,387 2
Ownership: Subsidiary 4
Parent: Akamai Technologies 4
Status: Acquired, still operating
Wikidata: Q6554704 1

Regions and law

Regions: United States, Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Australia 5
Headquarters: United States

Automation

API: Public5

Sources

2026-09-24: Wikidata
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6554704
2026-09-07: Reach
majestic.com/reports/majestic-million
2026-09-24: Starting price, Entry price, Typical ceiling, Currencies, Pricing model
api.linode.com/v4/linode/types
2026-08-01: Parent, Ownership
www.linode.com/company/about/
2026-09-24: Regions, API
api.linode.com/v4/regions
2026-09-24: Billed, Paid, Exit
techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/understanding-how-billing-works
2026-09-24: GPU
techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/gpu-compute-instances

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