Linode - The most cost effective service with maximum features
Updated June 10, 2021

Linode - The most cost effective service with maximum features

Atiab Jobayer | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Linode

As our main product is an education platform, we need to host the website. The site being a heavyweight application, I can't use typical hosting. So we buy VPS from Linode. Linode is one of the best in the market according to our need because our platform is non-profit, so we can't afford big servers all month long. Linode gives us the flexibility to resize servers when the load increases. Our site is built with PHP and we have built a deployment cycle in our Linode, so the development process has been so [much] easier.

Pros

  • Pricing
  • Resizing Feature
  • One Click App Installation
  • Free OS-Image Storage

Cons

  • Pricing
  • Managed Database Service
  • Multiple OS options in one click apps
  • Minimizing charge
  • Resizing ability
  • Easing the deployment cycle
DO doesn't take debit card, only credit card. Not good for many people because taking a credit card in many countries has certain legal requirements that many people don't have. Plus their OS-Image storage costs money. Vultr doesn't offer resizing. Moreover, if you have a multiple app server, you have [to] spin up another server and config it to balance the load. In Linode, the load balancer is a different product. Offer's one click service.
Linode has some limitation on server upgrade to some extent for new user.s One day my site got a huge load [and] I needed maximum upgrade, which was disabled then. I called the Linode helpline and they removed the blockage in a minute. Super satisfied.
[If] you need a server with minimal pricing, for testing or something - Linode is for you. [If] you need root level permission to run your app and modify the system as you want - Linode is for you.

[If] you want one click docker hosting or [a] highly scalable system, Linode might not be the best choice. Yet you can do it by yourself, it's just not automated yet. Go for Azure/AWS

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