Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) accelerates innovation with scalable and accessible Linux cloud solutions and services. These products, services, and people give developers and enterprises the flexibility and support to build, deploy, secure, and scale applications more easily from cloud to edge on Akamai's distributed network.
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DreamHost
Score 8.6 out of 10
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DreamHost is a website hosting service with features such as managed VPS hosting, public cloud computing, and dedicated servers. Managed options include WordPress with the DreamPress upgraded service with staging and coaching, WooCommerce hosting, as well as dedicated server hosting.
$3.95
per month
Pricing
Akamai Connected Cloud
DreamHost
Editions & Modules
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Shared
$3.95
per month
DreamPress
$16.95
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Akamai Connected Cloud
DreamHost
Free Trial
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No
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
Optional
No setup fee
Additional Details
CPU, transfer, storage, and RAM are bundled into one price. Storage capacity can be increased with additional Block Storage or S3-compatible Object Storage. Instant Backups can be added with complete independence to the stack. Linode NodeBalancers ensure applications are available.
While SiteGround, GoDaddy, and DreamHost all offer ease of use and work OK when they're working, their performance is not consistent. All three can become very slow for even very low traffic sites. Linode, in comparison, offers much more consistent performance and any issues …
I first heard about Linode from ads in every episode of Marco Arment's podcasts Under the Radar and Accidental Tech Podcast. They also offered discount codes that amounted to extended free trials. Marco's endorsement, combined with the generous introductory free period and the …
In short, where most people seem to be looking for how to build the biggest, bad-a$$ system of cloud services, I'm working on the opposite -- making small, fast, hyper-efficient solutions with minimal cost and maximal power. Linode embraces the ability to do this.
Linode is competitively priced, but more importantly its management interface is fantastic. Over the past seven years, I have seen firsthand the deep expertise behind the decisions they make in both their physical layers (data centers) and software stacks.