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Contabo vs Linode (Akamai)
Side by side — pricing, features, pros and cons.
Provider
C
Contabo
Huge resources at rock-bottom prices
L
Linode (Akamai)
Reliable cloud hosting with great support
⭐ Top Pick
Metric
Contabo
Linode (Akamai)
Rating
3.9
4.4
Starting price
€5.50/mo
$5.00/mo
Renewal hike
No
No
Regions
EU, US, APAC
US, EU, APAC
Verified
Contabo
Extremely cheap — some of the lowest prices in the market
Generous RAM and storage allocations for the price
Dedicated and shared hosting options available
Multiple datacentre locations (EU, US, Asia, Australia)
No renewal price hikes
Good for high-storage workloads
Object storage available at very low cost
Snapshots and backups available
Good for dev/test environments on a budget
Performance inconsistent — shared resources can bottleneck
Support is slow and often unhelpful
Control panel is outdated and clunky
Network speeds can be poor compared to premium providers
No SLA guarantees on cheaper plans
Not suitable for production workloads requiring reliability
Setup fees on some plans
Limited managed services
Community and documentation very thin
Not beginner friendly — bare bones experience
Reputation for overselling resources
Linode (Akamai)
Long-standing reputation — one of the oldest VPS providers
Competitive and transparent pricing
No renewal price hikes
Excellent documentation and guides
11 global datacentre locations
Managed Kubernetes (LKE) available
Object storage and block storage included
DDoS protection on all plans
Good uptime track record
Akamai CDN integration since acquisition
Rebranding to Akamai has caused some confusion and UI inconsistency
Control panel feels dated compared to DigitalOcean
Fewer datacentre locations than Vultr
No bare metal servers
Managed databases more expensive than competitors
Support response times can vary
GPU instances limited availability
Less beginner-friendly than DigitalOcean
Smaller community and fewer third-party integrations than AWS/GCP
Verdict
Linode (Akamai) comes out ahead with a rating of 4.4. Linode (Akamai) wins on price starting at $5.00/mo. Watch out for renewal hikes — increases prices on renewal.