Which is cheaper, DO or Linode?

DO is cheaper in 6 of 8 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 47.9%.

How do DO and Linode compare for general purpose workloads?

For general purpose workloads: DO: $68.44/mo, Linode: $80.30/mo. DO is cheaper.

Updated Jul 3, 2026DOLinode

Overall Winner

DO Wins

Linode Wins

Ties

DigitalOcean wins 6 of 8 price comparisons, averaging 47.9% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.006849/hr to $0.4500/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Spaces workloads

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Best for DOKS workloads

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Best for Load Balancers workloads

Comparing DO and Linode across 8 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	DO DO	Linode Linode	Diff	Cheapest
Droplets - Basic (Shared CPU) - 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM	$0.0089/hr s-1vcpu-1gb ($6.52/mo)	$0.0075/hr g6-nanode-1 ($5.47/mo)	+16.0%	Linode
Droplets - General Purpose - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	$0.0938/hr g-2vcpu-8gb ($68.44/mo)	$0.1100/hr g8-dedicated-8-2 ($80.30/mo)	+14.8%	DO
Droplets - CPU-Optimized - 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.2500/hr c-8vcpu-16gb ($182.50/mo)	$0.2595/hr g7-premium-8 ($189.44/mo)	+3.7%	DO
Spaces - Object Storage - Spaces Subscription	$0.0068/hr spaces-base ($5.00/mo)	$0.0200/hr objectstorage-overage ($14.60/mo)	+65.8%	DO
DOKS - Kubernetes - HA Control Plane	$0.0548/hr doks-ha ($40.00/mo)	$0.4500/hr lke-e ($328.50/mo)	+87.8%	DO
Load Balancers - Load Balancer - Regional HTTP LB	$0.0164/hr lb-regional-http ($12.00/mo)	$0.0150/hr nodebalancer ($10.95/mo)	+8.7%	Linode
Load Balancers - Load Balancer - Regional Network LB	$0.0205/hr lb-regional-network ($15.00/mo)	$0.2250/hr nodebalancer-pr100 ($164.25/mo)	+90.9%	DO
Load Balancers - Load Balancer - Global LB	$0.0205/hr lb-global ($15.00/mo)	$0.4500/hr nodebalancer-40GB-pr100 ($328.50/mo)	+95.4%	DO

✓Droplets - General Purpose - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM - saves $11.90/mo (14.8% cheaper)
✓Droplets - CPU-Optimized - 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM - saves $6.93/mo (3.7% cheaper)
✓Spaces - Object Storage - Spaces Subscription - saves $9.64/mo (65.8% cheaper)
✓DOKS - Kubernetes - HA Control Plane - saves $288.50/mo (87.8% cheaper)
✓Load Balancers - Load Balancer - Regional Network LB - saves $149.28/mo (90.9% cheaper)
✓Load Balancers - Load Balancer - Global LB - saves $313.53/mo (95.4% cheaper)

✓Droplets - Basic (Shared CPU) - 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM - saves $1.02/mo (16% cheaper)
✓Load Balancers - Load Balancer - Regional HTTP LB - saves $1.02/mo (8.7% cheaper)