Has run their small business site on Linode for a decade at $5 a month.
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A score out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews, so a handful of glowing reviews can’t beat a product many people like.
77% Positive8%15% Negative
Servers run for a decade or more; a major outage in mid 2025 and a price rise are the gripes.
What customers love, and what they don’tWhat customers noticed
Customer reviews (66)
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Two $5 instances for three years have been boringly reliable and well priced.
Used Linode with cleavr for a few years and nothing has skipped a beat; much cheaper than managed options.
Runs a portfolio and small projects on one $7 Linode instance and it has been fine.
Moved a data-heavy platform to Linode after DigitalOcean's volume cap: works well with 5TB free transfer and cheap egress.
Uses Linode for work; a $5/month VPS does a lot more than you think.
Hosted two WordPress sites on Linode for a couple of years with no issues, even on the old $5 plan.
They like Linode and praise its customer service and pricing.
Likes Linode for side projects because it is cheap and easy.
Uses a Linode Kubernetes cluster while learning K8s because it is cheap, easy to start and the cost is predictable, unlike AWS.
Uses Linode and finds it and DigitalOcean both excellent.
Still runs a personal Linode at $5 per month.
Common questions about Linode
What do customers say about Linode?
Akamai Linode is praised above all for reliability, with many customers running servers for a decade or more, plus good support, simple pricing and an easy dashboard. Downsides are a major outage in mid 2025, a price rise after the Akamai purchase, and a few account bans at signup.
Is Linode worth it?
Of the 26 reviews with a clear verdict, 77% are positive, 8% mixed and 15% negative. The praise mentioned most is reliable. The most common complaint is outages.
What do people like about Linode?
The praise reviewers mention most: reliable (14 reviews), great value (6 reviews) and helpful support (4 reviews). For example: Four years on a Linode nanode running Joomla sites without problems, with painless upgrades to 2GB for $10.
What are the most common complaints about Linode?
The complaints reviewers mention most: outages (4 reviews), poor support (1 review) and renewal price hike (1 review). For example: Emergency maintenance broke their server and paid daily backups had not been taken; restore took 13 hours.
What does the signal score of 68 mean?
It's how well reviewed Linode is, out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews: a service needs plenty of them, compared with the most-reviewed services here, to reach the high 80s and 90s. It's worked out from reviews only, needs at least 5 of them, and updates as new ones come in.
What are the specs of Linode?
Category: VPS hosting.
How does Linode rank?
#4 in Best VPS Hosting 2026, ranked by real customer reviews.
Where do these Linode reviews come from?
66 are quotes from Reddit, each linked to the original. Customer reviews are checked for spam before they appear. Every review, written here or quoted, is read as positive, mixed or negative.