Linode vs RunPod

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

Linode

Many VPS configurations available (high memory, dedicated CPU, GPU)
Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kubernetes and Object Storage available
Good performance/price for most of its services
Multiple data center locations

RunPod

Affordable GPUs in various configurations
Packed with features: hot-reloading, managed containers, logging & monitoring
Available in 30+ regions across the world

Price comparison

How do Linode's prices compare against RunPod?

Example configuration	Linode	RunPod
VM Small	$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)	$43.20 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
VM Medium	$48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)	$86.40 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
VM Large	$114.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Dedicated)	$172.80 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
Block Storage	$16.00 / mo 160 GB	$10.00 / mo 100 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 $0.005 / GB	Free and unlimited

Linode offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
GPU1	1x RTX 6000	24GB	8	32GB	$1.50	Source
GPU2	2x RTX 6000	48GB	16	64GB	$3.00	Source
GPU3	3x RTX 6000	72GB	20	96GB	$4.50	Source
GPU4	4x RTX 6000	96GB	24	128GB	$6.00	Source

RunPod offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
A30	1x A30	24GB	8	31GB	$0.22	Source
RTX A4000	1x A4000	16GB	4	20GB	$0.32	Source
A4500	1x A4500	20GB	4	29GB	$0.34	Source
A5000	1x A5000	24GB	4	24GB	$0.36	Source
A40	1x A40	48GB	9	50GB	$0.39	Source
RTX4090	1x RTX 4090	24GB	5	30GB	$0.69	Source
A6000	1x A6000	48GB	8	62GB	$0.76	Source
A6000 Ada	1x A6000	48GB	14	58GB	$0.88	Source
L40	1x L40S	48GB	16	250GB	$0.99	Source
L40S	1x L40S	48GB	12	62GB	$1.03	Source
A100 PCIe	1x A100	80GB	8	117GB	$1.64	Source
A100 SXM	1x A100	80GB	16	125GB	$1.89	Source
MI250	1x MI250	128GB	--	--	$2.10	Source
H100 PCIe	1x H100	80GB	24	188GB	$2.69	Source
H100 SXM	1x H100	80GB	16	125GB	$2.99	Source
MI300X	1x MI300X	192GB	24	283GB	$2.99	Source
H200 SXM	1x H200	141GB	--	--	$3.99	Source

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 managed services that Linode and RunPod offer:

Service	Linode	RunPod
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer		--
Managed Containers	--
Managed Kubernetes		--
Managed MySQL		--
Managed PostgreSQL		--
Object Storage		--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

	Linode	RunPod
Website	www.linode.com	www.runpod.io
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2003	2022
Data Center Locations	24	24
Example Customers	Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy	AfterShoot, Replika, Otovo, Data Science Dojo, Abzu

	Linode
Website	www.linode.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2003
Data Center Locations	24
Example Customers	Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy

	RunPod
Website	www.runpod.io
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2022
Data Center Locations	24
Example Customers	AfterShoot, Replika, Otovo, Data Science Dojo, Abzu