Akamai Linode review (2026): is it worth $5 a month?
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Akamai Linode report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for plain Linux servers at a fixed price
Akamai Linode rents Linux servers from $5 a month, billed hourly up to a monthly cap, with 1TB of transfer on the smallest. They're unmanaged, backups and extra storage cost more, and the vendor's own pricing pages refused our reader, so prices come from its API.
Who Akamai Linode is for
- Fits if you want plain Linux servers at a fixed monthly price
- Works for people who need a lot of included transfer
Who Akamai Linode is not for
- Skip it if you don't want to patch a server yourself
- Not for you if you want a free plan or trial
- Watch out: prices differ by region, and backups, storage and some services cost extra
- Watch out: Akamai's own pricing pages weren't readable, so prices come from the public API
Why Akamai Linode gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyNanode 1GB is $5 a month, inside the cheaper quarter ($5.28), with 1TB transfer. Jakarta is $6 and Sao Paulo $7, and backups cost $2 to $5 more.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan and no trial on record; every plan is paid from the first day.
- BFeaturesShared, dedicated, high-memory and GPU Linodes, block and object storage, Kubernetes, managed databases, firewall and backups. The listing names no core gap.
- DEase of useNo store rating on record. Servers are unmanaged, so OS updates and security are yours.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with a public v4 API, a CLI and Cloud Manager.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Akamai Linode's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Akamai Linode's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 20 of the 54 other web hosts we grade, and level with 10.
It stands best on features (B, above 29 of 54) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $5 a month, against a middle price of $9 for the category: 19 of the 52 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 55 web hosts we grade, cut by the letter each got. Akamai Linode’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 27 of 54, level with 16
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 54, level with 35
- BFeaturesAbove 29 of 54, level with 25
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 54, level with 8
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 24 of 54, level with 30
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 53 web hosts. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Akamai Linode, or make your own?
Your call
Akamai Linode sits between: not beyond making, and not a weekend's work either.
What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $60 a year.
What you could make
- It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
What you could not
- Databases with views, filters and links between them.
- An API that other software can build on.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Akamai Linode’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Akamai Linode?
Linode, now part of Akamai Cloud, rents Linux virtual machines called Linodes, billed hourly up to a monthly cap, with 1TB of monthly transfer on the smallest size. Its public API and regions list also show block storage, object storage, Kubernetes, managed databases, cloud firewalls, VPCs and GPU Linodes.
Worth knowing
- Linodes are unmanaged servers: the buyer handles operating system updates and security.
- Prices differ by region; Jakarta and Sao Paulo cost $1 and $2 more than the base price on a Nanode.
- Backups, extra storage and some services cost extra on top of the instance price.
- Akamai's own pricing pages refused automated access, so these prices come from Linode's public API.
Key features
- Linux virtual machines
- Linodes come in shared, dedicated, high-memory and GPU classes, and are billed hourly up to a fixed monthly price.
- Block and object storage
- Block Storage volumes attach to a Linode, and Object Storage is $5 a month for 250GB including its bundled transfer.
- Kubernetes and managed databases
- The regions list shows Kubernetes and Managed Databases as capabilities in supported data centers.
- Backups
- The optional backup add-on costs $2 a month on a Nanode 1GB and $5 on a Linode 4GB.
- Networking controls
- Cloud Firewall, VPCs, VLANs and NodeBalancers are listed as capabilities in the regions data.
- API and CLI
- A public v4 API, a CLI and Cloud Manager manage resources, and Akamai's docs cover automating deployments.
Akamai Linode pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Akamai Linode is a paid product, starting at $5 per month (Nanode 1GB), billed hourly.
- Starts at
- $5 per month (Nanode 1GB), billed hourly
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Nanode 1GB | $5per month, billed hourly ($0.0075 per hour) | 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM, 25GB storage and 1TB of monthly transfer. Jakarta is $6 and Sao Paulo $7. |
| Linode 2GB | $12per month, billed hourly ($0.018 per hour) | 1 vCPU, 2GB RAM, 50GB storage and 2TB of monthly transfer. |
| Linode 4GB | $24per month, billed hourly ($0.036 per hour) | 2 vCPUs, 4GB RAM and 4TB of monthly transfer; backups are an extra $5 a month at this size. |
| Object Storage | $5per month, prorated | Flat rate including 250GB of storage; storage beyond that is $0.02 per GB in most data centers. |
Read from api.linode.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Akamai Linode before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Akamai Linode have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Akamai Linode is listed for Web.
Does Akamai Linode have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Akamai Linode is listed for Web.
Is Akamai Linode open source?
Akamai Linode is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Akamai Linode have an API?
Yes. Akamai Linode offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.