Linode Review
Linode was founded in 2003.
It is headquartered in the USA.
It offers VPS hosting products.
- Australia
- Germany
- India
- Japan
- Singapore
- UK
- USA
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
Last updated on December 5 2019.
In VPSBenchmark's opinion
Linode Extra Services
In addition to features included in the VPS plan, Linode also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):
| Backups | Block storage | Object storage | Load balancer | Floating IP addresses |
| Teams | Managed databases | Serverless | DDoS protection | Kubernetes |
| GPU instances |
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
For each Linode VPS trial, we measured how long it took to provision the server.
See also VPS provisioning times for all providers.
| Average Provisioning Time | Min Provisioning Time | Max Provisioning Time | Number of VPS Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42s | 30s | 50s | 6 |
Admin UI Screenshots
Cloud Storage Prices
For a comparison of storage features and prices from all providers, please check the Cloud Storage page.
| Storage Type | Price / GB / month | Restriction | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | $0.100 | 10GB minimum size |
Replicated 3 times.
https://www.linode.com/blockstorage |
| Backups | $0.050 | $0.05 for 2GB Linode. 25% of instance price in general. |
Prices vary depending on instance size: 25% of instance price.
Backups are automatically scheduled.
https://www.linode.com/backups |
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The Screener shows all Linode plans side by side with their grades in 5 categories.
Linode Plans
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.linode.com/pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $5.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 25 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 1.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 1000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 47
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for Linode - 1GB $5. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the 1GB $5 plan
This plan was tested 5 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the 1GB $5 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 17 2019 | AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core Processor | D |
| Nov 26 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v4 @ 2.30GHz | D |
| Jun 10 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz | D |
| Oct 28 2017 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz | E |
| Feb 26 2017 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.linode.com/pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $10.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 50 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 2000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 21
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Linode - 2GB $10. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the 2GB $10 plan
This plan was tested 7 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the 2GB $10 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v4 @ 2.30GHz | E |
| Oct 01 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v4 @ 2.30GHz | D |
| May 17 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz | D |
| Sep 02 2017 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz | D |
| Jan 03 2017 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v4 @ 2.30GHz | |
| Jan 01 2017 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v4 @ 2.30GHz | |
| Jul 04 2016 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.linode.com/pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $20.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 80 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 4000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 64
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Linode - 4GB $20. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the 4GB $20 plan
This plan was tested 5 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the 4GB $20 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 01 2019 | AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core Processor | C |
| Jul 26 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz | C |
| Jan 28 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz | C |
| Apr 22 2017 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz | |
| Sep 12 2016 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.linode.com/pricing#dedicated_cpu |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $30.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 80 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 4000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | Yes |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 53
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Linode - Dedicated 4GB. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the Dedicated 4GB plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Dedicated 4GB plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 20 2019 | AMD EPYC 7501 32-Core Processor | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.linode.com/pricing |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $40.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 160 |
| Num Cores | 4 |
| Memory GB | 8.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 5000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 55
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Linode - 8GB $40. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the 8GB $40 plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the 8GB $40 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 2019 | AMD EPYC 7501 32-Core Processor | C |
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