# Akamai Linode review (2026): is it worth $5 a month? > Linux virtual servers from $5 a month on Akamai Cloud Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Web Hosting - **Made by:** Akamai Technologies - **Website:** https://www.linode.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you don't want to patch a server yourself. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Akamai Linode is a paid product, starting at $5 per month (Nanode 1GB), billed hourly. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Nanode 1GB | $5 per 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 | $12 per month, billed hourly ($0.018 per hour) | 1 vCPU, 2GB RAM, 50GB storage and 2TB of monthly transfer. | | Linode 4GB | $24 per 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 | $5 per month, prorated | Flat rate including 250GB of storage; storage beyond that is $0.02 per GB in most data centers. | Read from https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/types on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Akamai Linode before buying. ## 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. ## Good for - Developers who want plain Linux servers at a fixed monthly price - Projects that need generous included transfer, such as 1TB on the smallest plan - Teams already on Akamai who want cloud compute beside their CDN ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: B.** Nanode 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. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial on record; every plan is paid from the first day. - **Features: B.** Shared, dedicated, high-memory and GPU Linodes, block and object storage, Kubernetes, managed databases, firewall and backups. The listing names no core gap. - **Ease of use: D.** No store rating on record. Servers are unmanaged, so OS updates and security are yours. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with a public v4 API, a CLI and Cloud Manager. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among web hosts - 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/web-hosting ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too. - You could not: Databases with views, filters and links between them. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Public API, Databases ## Alternatives - [DigitalOcean](https://toolgpa.com/tools/digitalocean): Cloud servers, app hosting and managed databases for developers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/digitalocean-vs-linode) - [Vultr](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vultr): Cloud servers, bare metal and GPUs billed hourly or monthly. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/linode-vs-vultr) - [Hetzner](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hetzner): German hosting: web hosting, cloud servers and dedicated servers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hetzner-vs-linode) - [OVHcloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ovhcloud): VPS, public cloud, web hosting and dedicated servers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/linode-vs-ovhcloud) - [Contabo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/contabo): Low-priced VPS and dedicated servers from a German host. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/contabo-vs-linode) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/types - https://api.linode.com/v4/regions - https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/pricing - https://www.linode.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/linode Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).