Overall Satisfaction with Linode
I use Linode to run my own LAMP servers to serve my client's WordPress sites. I choose Linode because it is the perfect balance between cost, performance, and the features I'm looking for. Even after using them for several years now I feel no need to look for a new service as they continue to impress me year after year.
- Their pricing is more fair and logical than their competitors.
- They have some of the fastest data centers I've used.
- Their build tools are my favorite among their competition.
- They lack Windows based servers.
- They lack more advanced features.
- Some of their current features tend to be shallow.
- Has kept my server costs consistent and predictable.
- Has allowed me to have to think about my hosting budget too much for a few years.
- Will allow me to continue providing hosting to my clients at a profitable rate.
I much prefer Linode over the other cloud providers except in situations where I feel the site in question might need to rapidly scale, as I feel the only place Linode might suffer is at scale. But that being said I've never had a site ran on a Linode server run worse than a DO or LW site.
Again, Linode has provided the best balance of cost and performance of all the cloud providers. While they don't always have the deepest feature set for pretty much all but the largest projects they provide the perfect mix of features at the absolutely best cost and that cost is more predictable than other providers.
I have never experienced an unplanned outage with Linode in several years and the few planned outages were minimally disruptive. All in all Linode has blown both Digital Ocean and Liquid Web out of the water for reliability for me over the past 3 or so years.