What's good about...
Flightcontrol
- Your AWS infrastructure is managed by a seasoned devops team at a fraction of the cost
- Excellent documentation and easy-to-use dashboard
- Great developer experience: preview environments, rollbacks, notifications, monitoring
- Deploy close to your users, supports 28 AWS regions
Linode
- Wide range of VPS configurations available (high memory, dedicated CPU, GPU)
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kubernetes and Object Storage available
- Good price–performance ratio for most of its services
- Many data center locations available
Price comparison
How do Flightcontrol's prices compare against Linode?
| Example configuration |
Flightcontrol
|
Linode
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | -- | $5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
| VM Medium | -- | $48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) |
| VM Large | -- | $114.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Dedicated) |
| Block Storage | -- | $16.00 / mo 160 GB |
| Object Storage | -- | $20.00 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | -- | $10.00 / mo |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $65.00 / mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage |
| Free egress allowance | -- | 1-20 TB / mo per instance |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | -- | $5.00 |
Flightcontrol charges a fixed monthly fee to use their service in addition to the standard AWS usage costs. They claim this model gives you up to 75% lower costs at scale when compared to traditional PaaS offerings.
There are currently 4 plans available:
- Free: limited to 1 user, but commercial use is allowed.
- Starter $49/mo: includes 5 services and multiple users.
- Business $249/mo: includes 10 services, preview environments, RBAC and multi-region.
- Enterprise: custom pricing, SLAs, premium support.
Additional services cost $15-30/mo, depending on the plan.
Linode offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU1 | 1x RTX6000 | 24GB | 8 | 32GB | $1.50 | |
| GPU2 | 2x RTX6000 | 48GB | 16 | 64GB | $3.00 | |
| GPU3 | 3x RTX6000 | 72GB | 20 | 96GB | $4.50 | |
| GPU4 | 4x RTX6000 | 96GB | 24 | 128GB | $6.00 | |
Note: Our 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 Flightcontrol and Linode offer:
| Service |
Flightcontrol
|
Linode
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 | -- | |
| Static Sites | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
|
Flightcontrol
|
Linode
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | flightcontrol.dev | www.linode.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2021 | 2003 |
| Data Center Locations | -- | 24 |
| Example Customers | Cal.com, Remi, Cascade PBS, Drive, Productlane | Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy |
|
Flightcontrol
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | flightcontrol.dev |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2021 |
| Data Center Locations | -- |
| Example Customers | Cal.com, Remi, Cascade PBS, Drive, Productlane |
|
Linode
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | www.linode.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Data Center Locations | 24 |
| Example Customers | Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy |
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Our data for Flightcontrol was last updated on Aug. 16, 2024, and for Linode on July 24, 2024.