The Basics
DigitalOcean
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Linode
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|---|---|---|
| Website | digitalocean.com | www.linode.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2011 | 2003 |
| Data Center Locations | 14 | 24 |
| Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy |
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DigitalOcean
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|---|---|
| Website | digitalocean.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Data Center Locations | 14 |
| Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
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Linode
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|---|---|
| Website | www.linode.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Data Center Locations | 24 |
| Example Customers | Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy |
Cost Comparison
How do DigitalOcean's prices compare against Linode?
| Example configuration |
DigitalOcean
|
Linode
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $6.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
| VM Medium | $48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) |
| VM Large | $168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | $114.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Dedicated) |
| Block Storage | $10.00 / mo 100 GB | $16.00 / mo 160 GB |
| Object Storage | $20.00 / mo 1 TiB | $20.00 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | $12.00 / mo | $10.00 / mo |
| Managed PostgreSQL | $60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | $65.00 / mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | $15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | -- |
| Serverless 25M Executions | $34.69 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- |
| Free egress allowance | 100 GB - 10 TB / mo per instance | 1-20 TB / mo per instance |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $10.00 | $5.00 |
Note: These pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.
Which services do they offer?
Here are some of the managed services that DigitalOcean and Linode offer:
| Service |
DigitalOcean
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Linode
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|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| Content Delivery Network (CDN) | -- | |
| Container Registry | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Load Balancer | ||
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Managed MySQL | ||
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Object Storage | ||
| Serverless Cron Jobs | -- | |
| Serverless Functions | -- | |
| Static Sites | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Feb. 21, 2024, and for Linode on Feb. 8, 2024.