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Linode (Akamai Cloud)

Akamai's cloud computing platform, formerly Linode, offering shared and dedicated CPU virtual machines, managed Kubernetes, managed databases, and block and object storage.

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Category
vps cloud
Free tier
Not documented
Entry paid plan
$5.00/month (Nanode 1 GB shared CPU plan, North America pricing)
Regions
Not documented
01.

Who it suits.

Akamai Cloud virtual machines from $5 a month in North America, with 1 TB of transfer included and egress at half a cent per gigabyte in core data centres.

Consider something else if…

Pricing varies by region, so the North American rate is not what you will pay everywhere, and stopped instances continue to bill.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

02.

What the documentation says.

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Pricing

Entry paid plan

$5.00/month (Nanode 1 GB shared CPU plan, North America pricing)

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Pricing model

Hybrid hourly billing, invoiced monthly, with hourly usage capped at each service's monthly rate

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  • Billing ↗

    “Akamai uses a hybrid hourly billing model that's simple and flexible. You can continuously add, modify, and remove services throughout the month. Once the month ends, you receive an invoice for the hourly usage of each service up to the monthly cap.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

Egress over allowance

$0.005/GB in most core data centers ($0.015/GB Jakarta, $0.007/GB Sao Paulo, $0.01/GB distributed data centers)

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  • Network transfer usage and costs ↗

    “Any transfer usage that exceeds the monthly allotment starts at $0.005/GB (or $5/TB) depending on the service's region (see the table below). If no transfer is included, all transfer is billed at the following rates.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

When you exceed a cap

Billed automatically — transfer above the monthly pool starts at $0.005/GB ($5/TB) and varies by region ($0.015/GB Jakarta, $0.007/GB São Paulo, $0.01/GB all distributed data centers), charged at the end of the billing period

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  • Network transfer usage and costs ↗

    “Any transfer usage that exceeds the monthly allotment starts at $0.005/GB (or $5/TB) depending on the service’s region (see the table below). If no transfer is included, all transfer is billed at the following rates. Transfer usage is charged at the end of the billing period.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

Limits

Storage (entry plan)

25 GB on the Nanode 1 GB plan, the cheapest Linode at $5.00/mo in North America regions (Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Fremont, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, Seattle, Toronto, Washington D.C.)

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Memory (entry plan)

1 GB on the Nanode 1 GB plan, the cheapest Linode at $5.00/mo in North America regions (Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Fremont, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, Seattle, Toronto, Washington D.C.)

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Included bandwidth

1 TB per month included with the entry-level Nanode 1 GB plan (larger shared CPU plans include more)

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File or inode limit

250 Block Storage volumes per account across all regions (default global quota; increases can be requested)

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  • Block Storage quotas ↗

    “Quota: Total number of volumes per account across all regions | Account Quota Value: 250”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

Execution

Managed connection pooling

Supported

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  • Create and manage database clusters ↗

    “To improve performance and scalability of your PostgreSQL database clusters, you can configure connection pooling. PgBouncer pooler utilizes fewer backend connections so it frees up server resources. This leaves you resources for more important uses, such as disk caching. PgBouncer connection pools let you maintain a large number of database connections without sacrificing overall performance.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

Deployment

Containers

Supported

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  • Linode Kubernetes Engine ↗

    “Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) is Akamai's managed container orchestration engine built on top of Kubernetes. Through LKE, you can quickly deploy and manage your containerized applications without needing to build and maintain your own Kubernetes cluster.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

Infrastructure

Persistent storage

Supported

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  • Block Storage ↗

    “Block Storage volumes are configured to be durable and fault tolerant using erasure coding, ensuring that your data is protected from loss. Since volumes are managed independently of Linodes, your data persists even if you delete your attached Linode.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

Managed databases

Supported

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  • Managed database clusters ↗

    “Akamai Managed Databases powered by Aiven combine performance, reliability, and high availability into a fully managed database solution.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

Scales to zero

Not supported

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  • Billing ↗

    “Charges will accrue for any service present on an account, even if it is powered off or otherwise not actively being used. This is because data is still maintained and resources, such as RAM and network capacity are still reserved.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

Autoscaling

Limited

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  • Manage nodes and node pools ↗

    “While autoscaling can be applied to any cluster using tools like Cluster Autoscaler, LKE has built-in autoscaling. When this feature is enabled, nodes can automatically be added or removed from a pool when the following conditions are met:”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs

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