A Linode customer since 2016 who has now seen at least three catastrophic failures that took far too long to recover from.
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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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Their Linode Newark VPS running mail and web hosting stayed down for 26 hours in the July 2025 outage.
Long-time Linode VPS user who noticed no change after the Akamai acquisition, though the July 2025 outage was the longest they remember.
Over a decade on Linode with only minor hiccups, until the July 2025 Newark outage, the biggest they have seen; also notes a price jump two years earlier.
Emergency maintenance broke their server and paid daily backups had not been taken; restore took 13 hours.
Says Linode has had more hardware failures lately, with support warning that crashed physical hosts force migrations and downtime.
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.