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January 28, 2021
We operate as a team of freelance professionals. Our specialisation is in Open Source and Linux technologies. Our range of projects can vary, from the mundane to the esoteric. These edge case projects leverage heavily on open source. Often they require a lot of flexibility from the underlying infrastructure platform. The nature of its offering allows us to adapt and evolve these solutions cost effectively. Excellent support, with an organisation that understands the nuances of Linux based solutions. This means we have to jump through fewer hoops. Linode is one of the primary hosting platforms for our online presence and infrastructure.
- Excellent support, fast, detailed and service oriented.
- Great flexibility in the platform for Linux based solutions, of whatever kind.
- Ping times are fast, great global presence.
- Regular platform updates and services, have allowed us to experiment with the latest tech.
- Their online terminal shell to access the host via a web interface can act up (based on locale settings). We often use ssh direct instead.
- Resource monitoring options are bare bones. Good for what it does, but need to use external, or self hosted solutions for detailed metrics as the infrastructure grows.
- A trade off for the flexibility on offer, means less "easy" platform based security locks. Example, our clients sometimes ask about port blocks. Here, customized blocks are your responsibility which some cloud users take time adjusting too. It's not really a con though, many actually prefer it, including us.
February 04, 2021
My managed businesses using Linode in VPS services only, we are using mostly on Shared Plan 2GB because that's what we need.
We use it to deploy our retail platform, API, websites, WordPress pages, and databases services (each usage has 1 Linode).
Previously we use it for email server too, and Linode helping it too with the tutorial but it looks like there's no one in the company that can monitor what happen to email server.
As long I use Linode service, I am satisfied with the services.
We use it to deploy our retail platform, API, websites, WordPress pages, and databases services (each usage has 1 Linode).
Previously we use it for email server too, and Linode helping it too with the tutorial but it looks like there's no one in the company that can monitor what happen to email server.
As long I use Linode service, I am satisfied with the services.
- Server uptime.
- Fast response CS.
- Large bandwidth quota.
- Reasonable price.
- CDN service location.
- Object storage service.
- More VPS option plan or customize the plan.
February 04, 2021
I rely on Linode for all of my cloud service needs, from running my own infrastructure (web, email and databases) to supporting the deployment of custom applications for my customers. Linode has always had first in class customer support, and provides the latest and greatest features necessary to keep my business operations up and running. It just works, and I rarely have to even think about it.
- Easy dashboards for server management.
- Dirt simple DNS management.
- Easy to understand billing.
- I don't have any recommendations for improvement.
We are a software development firm. We have couple of web based products, we use Linode as our infrastructure. We use Linode in almost all the department from development to quality assurance. Linode gives us the server platform with very reasonable price compare to other providers. And also their support service far beyond the expectation. Honestly we are getting AWS like support without any additional cost. Superb service I have ever got. We use Linode Linux-based servers and object storage.
- Superb swift very supportive support service.
- A solid infrastructure never fails.
- Very economical.
- Lot of features and services.
- One stop solutions for all your cloud solutions.
- Real time analytics for service we use.
- IoT platform.
- Cloud function.
- MQTT brokers.
- Chat server.
- Video conferencing platform (like Zoom).
- Video streaming platform (like Vimeo).
January 27, 2021
We use Linode to host our websites, provide backup, and supply a website development area. Linode gives us a way to access the Internet in a cost-effective manner. They have a process that provides flexibility in both development and production situations.
- Keeping offerings up to date
- Competitive pricing
- Communicates well
- Notify when sites are down
- Suggestions for improvement
January 25, 2021
Linode is cost effective cloud hosting solution for us. I use it to host my clients' WordPress sites and my sites as well.
- Good support.
- Totally safe to use. No data compromization.
- Cheap pricing.
- Easy and quick to set up and run a Linode.
- Live chat support of course.
- Ease of setting up mailing, etc. with SMTP.
- Better dashboard, more confident dashboard like DigitalOcean.
January 25, 2021
Linode has been our primary offsite Linux server provider since the days when Linux kernel 2.4 has been around. We use it as an offsite public facing web and application server.
- Great support.
- Great value.
- Fantastic uptime.
- Wish the management UI was simpler.
- Wish they had a datacenter in Toronto.
- Can’t think of anything else.
January 25, 2021
I've used Linode for virtual private servers for over a decade. They have been consistent, reliable, affordable, and more effective than I could hope. Currently, my Linode VPSs serve as both the frontend webservers and backend database servers for every website I host. Recently I also deployed Linode object storage to manage backups and large object delivery, and it was a very low-effort move from my previous AWS S3 implementation.
- Their virtual private servers are fast and easy to deploy and manage.
- DNS integration is a really welcome bonus.
- Object storage is easy to implement and deploy.
- Better API access to object storage public URLs.
January 25, 2021
We have been using Linode virtual servers since day one to host our website. We use the Backup Service to keep those virtual machines backed up, and the monitoring services to make sure things are running smoothly. Our needs are relatively modest, but we're confident that there is plenty of room to grow with Linode as our needs expand.
- Easy to spin up new servers and services.
- Quick response from customer service when issues arise.
- Clear, timely communication when underlying systems are being upgraded or fixed.
- Monitoring would be more useful if it had more reporting capabilities (like if disk space is running low).
- Upgrades to the plans seemed like they used to be a more regular occurrence.
January 22, 2021
Used for internal services (messaging and information-sharing platforms) as well as any projects requiring cloud technology support, such as remote device management.
- Clear setup options, easy to configure machines to match requirements
- Fast spin-up of servers
- Clear billing
- Challenging to migrate down to smaller servers when needed
- Could have more automated wizards, such as to apply best-practice security settings to new servers
- Would be great to be able to directly download a virtual machine or have other easy manual backup/restore options
Linode is used across the entire organization. We host both for our website and our REST servers on Linode instances. Linode provides us with reliable hosting at a reasonable price.
- Reliability. Linode has very little downtime and announces in advance when updates will be required.
- Price. Linode is great value for money. The costs are easy to understand compared to AWS and GCP.
- Service. Linode improves the specs of instances automatically, without increasing cost.
January 22, 2021
We use Linode’s virtual dedicated servers for hosting websites and web applications on behalf of our clients. We have also used Linode’s services in the past to provide hosting infrastructure for our own projects.
- Linode’s documentation is excellent, making it easy to set up and configure for most typical use cases. When a little extra help has been needed, their technical support has always been responsive, friendly, and to the point.
- Linode’s service plans are priced competitively and provide excellent value for money. They also provide the flexibility to easily and quickly scale things up and down as required.
- Communication has always been good, with plenty of notice when there are planned changes to the network and infrastructure. On the very rare occasion that there has been a problem with the system, they have always been open and transparent.
January 22, 2021
Linode is currently being used as the primary development platform relating to client websites and WordPress plugin development. By leveraging its flexibility to conveniently spin up new server environments, it serves as the perfect platform to fine tune various client configurations in isolation. Linode is also recommended as one of the potential web hosting providers for clients that have outgrown the limits of shared hosting and are in need of dedicated resources and consistent stability.
- Flexibility and ease of use to quickly spin up new server instances.
- Stability and uptime are almost perfect, but if some issue arises, customer support goes above and beyond to troubleshoot.
- Pricing is transparent and generous resources in bandwidth offer peace of mind.
- Different server configuration packages to fine tune to needs (e.g., high CPU, high RAM, etc.).
- Ability to move up and down between packages easily depending on traffic.
- Super fast SSD hardware.
- Storage space can be limiting on lower-end plans
- Backup feature is very limiting and can only restore in full to specific days as defined by linode (e.g. cannot restore to a backup from 2 days ago - only yesterday, 7 days ago, etc)
- Backup feature cannot restore individual files - the entire server has to be restored
- Can be challenging for business owners with little sysadmin knowledge. Requires some knowledge/reading of various guides to properly secure the server
January 22, 2021
We use VPS hosting from Linode for our website, which hosts the online store electronov.net. Our main sales channel is online, so the website infrastructure is of primary importance to us. Cloud hosting from Linode allows you to solve the problem of reliable and efficient hosting for a website.
- A lot of CPU, transfer, storage, and RAM plans
- Simple to launch and scaling node in the cloud
- Secure and reliable enterprise-grade infrastructure
- I would like to have more payment methods
January 22, 2021
Our business hosts a wide variety of client websites and databases on servers provided by Linode.
- Excellent server
- Competitive price
- Fantastic customer service and technical support
- The cloud firewall isn't yet out of beta
We are using Linode instances for micro-service deployment with and without Kubernetes. We are focused on Java tech stack (especially spring boot solutions) and we found that Linode is providing the best services for reasonable costs. The great thing is the possibility of using microk8s as a single node cluster, as well as other options.
- Regular platform updates and services.
- Fast ping times
- Ubuntu images
- Great flexibility for Linux based solutions.
- Nothing that affects our business.
January 27, 2021
I use Linode to host our website. It's an easy way to host a virtual server that we can do whatever we want with.
- It is easy to create a new server.
- Customer service is excellent.
- I can configure my server exactly how I want to.
January 26, 2021
We use Linode server for hosting services or as VPS for custom customer projects.
Recently I use Linode VPS for experiment new technologies or for learn more about k8s and docker deploy.
With high availability and high performance I found in Linode the perfect solution for VPS and hosting solution. Also the technical support is perfect, fast and precise.
Recently I use Linode VPS for experiment new technologies or for learn more about k8s and docker deploy.
With high availability and high performance I found in Linode the perfect solution for VPS and hosting solution. Also the technical support is perfect, fast and precise.
- Performance.
- Technical support.
- Cloud management tool.
- K8s support.
- Support for db as a service.
- Let's encrypt support for load balancer.
- Allow installation of dashboard directly on k8s cluster.
January 22, 2021
We use Linode to deploy customer-facing portals as well as for development and staging. I use managed services for production, and they are typically very quick to respond to issues when needed. I particularly like that I have a number I can call when there is a critical issue. We recently sold a product and moving several Linodes to a new account was unexpectedly easy.
- Managed services respond quickly
- Have phone number when needed
- Moving Linodes is easy
- I wish they offered a deeper level of managed services for maintenance
February 25, 2021

All company infrastructure is cloud based, but for some particular developments and testing stages for some projects we required a "self managed server" in which we could install, test, deploy or manage every context of our web applications.
In that sense Linode is a perfect match, Linux servers, custom configuration, self managed, and a very attractive price tier. It does requiere some advanced command line Linux user expertise, but it worths every penny.
In that sense Linode is a perfect match, Linux servers, custom configuration, self managed, and a very attractive price tier. It does requiere some advanced command line Linux user expertise, but it worths every penny.
- Very attractive price tier
- Simple startup configuration
- Excellent documentation
- Impressive official support channel response timing
- Extensive community
- Backed up by open source solutions
- Application deployment ala big vendor style
- A Linode cli command line application would be mindblowing
- Single click apps are not enough
- Integration with Cloudflare DNS could be simpler
February 04, 2021

We use Linode for almost all of our client projects. We build custom mobile software and use Linode as the backbone to power it all. We currently manage around 20 different projects with varying amounts of needs to power APIs, databases, load balancers, CDNs, and more, and Linode is able to handle it all with ease.
- Easy to get started.
- Fantastic customer support.
- When things go wrong on their end, Linode takes responsibility by clearly communicating what happened, how they will fix it, and how they will prevent those issues from happening in the future.
- Their DNS service is pretty unreliable, we routinely see brief periods where we're unable to connect.
- Our customers always need to be educated about who Linode is (whereas they already come in knowing who AWS or Azure are).
- While they have a decent selection of datacenters spread around the world, it would be nice to see options available.
January 26, 2021

We use Linode across the organization to support multiple sites, in conjunction with a physical host provider that we use for our legacy sites. We also use Linode when we need to get something up and running quickly, like when we need to test upgrades before deploying to production. With a few clicks we can get a staging server up and running and began testing.
The admin panel is quite easy to use (we use Plesk on our physical host provider), and the documentation is excellent. Billing is also clear, with no hidden fees. They also have an analytics panel to view your bandwidth usage.
If there is one major issue I found, it's that when I clone a production site to set up a staging site, I noticed MariaDB always gets corrupted. This is an easy fix by backing up the /var/lib/MySQL directory and then uninstalling and re-installing MariaDB, but it's an annoyance. I haven't gotten to the bottom of why this continues to happen.
The admin panel is quite easy to use (we use Plesk on our physical host provider), and the documentation is excellent. Billing is also clear, with no hidden fees. They also have an analytics panel to view your bandwidth usage.
If there is one major issue I found, it's that when I clone a production site to set up a staging site, I noticed MariaDB always gets corrupted. This is an easy fix by backing up the /var/lib/MySQL directory and then uninstalling and re-installing MariaDB, but it's an annoyance. I haven't gotten to the bottom of why this continues to happen.
- Easy to use.
- Quick.
- Clear billing and usage stats.
- Cloning production sites (always causes MariaDB corruption, requiring a re-install).
January 25, 2021

Linode instance is used for VPN, ownCloud, and occasional service testing.
- Simple billing
- Excellent value
- Clear guidance for setup of common use cases
- Add on storage for all tiers.
- Storage pricing based on upload/download usage.
- Yubikey integration for additional security options.
January 25, 2021

I use Linode for a virtual private server (VPS) for a small independent internet hosting services business. I have also used Linode to provide VPS's for several clients that are departments within a county in the United States.
Linode provides options for independent self-managed VPS's that are affordable, reliable, and consistently well supported.
Linode provides options for independent self-managed VPS's that are affordable, reliable, and consistently well supported.
- Tech support is excellent, quick response and knowledgeable.
- Their various options for server horsepower and capacity are well thought out and good price points.
- They do not continually try and upsell you - no barrage of unwanted advertising for unwanted/unneeded services. They give you what you want and don't push you to buy what you don't want or need.
- Management interface is clean, mostly intuitive, covers all the aspects in an organized way.
- I'd like to see more options for drive space size for a given Linode CPU and RAM combo. There is only one option at each price point. Adding drive space requires either upgrading the entire Linode, even if you don't need more CPU or RAM, or adding & managing separate drive volumes.
- Honestly nothing else to add at this time, they have been great.
We use Linode as qa/staging and production servers for the engineering department to support our products. It serves as a backend platform for all of our apps.
- Easily to maintain
- Price is awesome
- Support is easily accessible
- More datacenters across the globe, south america really needs one
- Others OS flavors
- More ips available
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What is Linode?
For cloud infrastructure, Linode offers Linux virtual machines and a set of tools to develop, deploy, and scale modern applications.
Linode states their belief that in order to accelerate innovation in the cloud, virtual computing must be more accessible, affordable, and simple. Their infrastructure-as-a-service platform is deployed across 11 global markets from global data centers and is supported by what they describe as a Next Generation Network, advanced APIs, comprehensive services, and a vast library of educational resources. Linode products, services, and people aim to enable developers and businesses to build, deploy, and scale applications more easily and cost-effectively in the cloud.
Linode states their belief that in order to accelerate innovation in the cloud, virtual computing must be more accessible, affordable, and simple. Their infrastructure-as-a-service platform is deployed across 11 global markets from global data centers and is supported by what they describe as a Next Generation Network, advanced APIs, comprehensive services, and a vast library of educational resources. Linode products, services, and people aim to enable developers and businesses to build, deploy, and scale applications more easily and cost-effectively in the cloud.
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1 Core | $5.00 | Per Month |
2 Cores | $20.00 | Per Month |
8 Cores | $160.00 | Per Month |
CPU, transfer, storage, and RAM bundled into one simple price. Increase storage capacity with additional Block Storage or S3-compatible Object Storage. Add instant Backups with complete independency to your stack. Ensure your applications and services are highly-available with Linode NodeBalancers. Deploy Kubernetes clusters with our fully-managed container orchestration engine.
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Mobile Application: | No |
Supported Countries: | Global |
Supported Languages: | English |