Linode Pricing in 2026: Akamai Cloud Shared CPU and Dedicated CPU Plans
Linode pricing, now sold as Akamai Cloud, starts at $5 a month for the Nanode 1GB (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB storage, 1 TB transfer) and runs to $1152 a month for the 192 GB Shared CPU plan. Dedicated CPU plans start at $36 a month for 4 GB and 2 vCPUs. Prices below are the base-region monthly prices from Akamai's official plan-types listing and the Akamai Cloud docs, read 2026-11-01. The akamai.com pricing page did not load for our fetch, so no overage or add-on rate is stated here.
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Shared CPU Plan Ladder
| Plan | Monthly | vCPUs | RAM | Storage | Transfer included |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanode 1GB | $5 | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB | 1 TB |
| Linode 2GB | $12 | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB | 2 TB |
| Linode 4GB | $24 | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4 TB |
| Linode 8GB | $48 | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB | 5 TB |
| Linode 16GB | $96 | 6 | 16 GB | 320 GB | 8 TB |
| Linode 32GB | $192 | 8 | 32 GB | 640 GB | 16 TB |
| Linode 64GB | $384 | 16 | 64 GB | 1280 GB | 20 TB |
| Linode 96GB | $576 | 20 | 96 GB | 1920 GB | 20 TB |
| Linode 128GB | $768 | 24 | 128 GB | 2560 GB | 20 TB |
| Linode 192GB | $1152 | 32 | 192 GB | 3840 GB | 20 TB |
Shared CPU monthly price by plan (USD)
Source: Linode plan-types listing, base-region prices, read 2026-11-01. Regional prices can differ.
Transfer included climbs with price up to 16 TB on the 32 GB plan, then plateaus: the 64 GB plan and every Shared CPU plan above it list 20 TB. Past that point you are paying for compute, not transfer. Akamai's docs say Shared CPU plans are its most affordable virtual machines, and that CPU is shared with other Linodes, so contention is possible; CPU cores can be used at 100% for short bursts but should stay below 80% sustained usage on average.
Dedicated CPU Plans
| Plan | Monthly | vCPUs | Storage | Transfer included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated 4GB | $36 | 2 | 80 GB | 4 TB |
| Dedicated 8GB | $72 | 4 | 160 GB | 5 TB |
| Dedicated 16GB | $144 | 8 | 320 GB | 6 TB |
| Dedicated 32GB | $288 | 16 | 640 GB | 7 TB |
Shared vs Dedicated monthly price at the same RAM (USD)
Source: Linode plan-types listing, read 2026-11-01. The Dedicated plan at each RAM size costs 50% more than the Shared plan in this listing.
Akamai's docs note that Premium CPU plans are now offered as G7 Dedicated plans within the Dedicated CPU family. High Memory, GPU and bare-metal plans carry separate rates not priced here.
What Is Not Priced Here
Overage on transfer beyond the included allowance, NodeBalancers, backups, block storage and managed Kubernetes are priced on Akamai's pricing page, which returned an error to our fetch on 2026-11-01. Check those rates there before budgeting a production workload. Prices may vary by region, and Shared CPU plans are available in all core compute regions but not in distributed compute regions.
How Linode Compares at the Entry Tier
On the vendor pages read the same day, the entry plans are: DigitalOcean $4.00 a month for 512 MiB, Vultr $5.00 for 1 vCPU, 1 GB and 25 GB, and Akamai Cloud $5 for the Nanode 1GB. Each provider's ladder is on its own page: digitalocean droplet pricing, aws lightsail pricing and hostinger vps pricing. For the cross-provider view see The Real Cost of Cloud VPS Hosting and the Cloud VPS Hosting hub.
Vultr | Akamai Cloud shared CPU docs
Who Shared CPU Fits
- Development and staging servers, low-traffic sites and blogs, and workloads not affected by resource contention, per Akamai's own recommended workloads
- Teams that want a flat monthly price with a stated transfer allowance
- Not for: sustained high CPU use, where Dedicated CPU is the plan Akamai points to
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Linode cost per month?
Shared CPU plans run from $5 (Nanode 1GB) to $1152 (192 GB) a month at base-region prices. Dedicated CPU plans start at $36 for 4 GB.
Is Linode the same as Akamai Cloud?
Akamai Cloud is the name Linode's compute service now uses in Akamai's docs; the plan-types listing is still served from the Linode API.
Does Linode have monthly caps?
The listing shows an hourly rate and a monthly price for each plan. Check the pricing page for how the monthly cap works.
What is the difference between Shared and Dedicated CPU?
Shared CPU Linodes share CPU with other Linodes, so a small amount of contention is possible. Dedicated CPU plans cost more at the same RAM: for example $36 against $24 at 4 GB.
How much transfer is included?
From 1 TB on the Nanode 1GB to 20 TB on the 64 GB Shared CPU plan and above.