Which is cheaper, Linodes or OCI Compute?

OCI is cheaper in 13 of 13 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 64.5%.

How do Linodes and OCI Compute compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Linodes vs OCI Compute: Pricing Comparison (2026)

Updated Apr 6, 2026LinodeOCI

Overall Winner

OCI

Linode Wins

OCI Wins

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Pricing Analysis

Oracle Cloud wins 13 of 13 price comparisons, averaging 64.5% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.0370/hr to $6.84/hr across comparable tiers.

●Oracle Cloud leads in Shared CPU (4/4 tiers, avg 47% difference)
●Oracle Cloud leads in GPU (5/5 tiers, avg 80% difference)
●Oracle Cloud leads in Dedicated CPU (4/4 tiers, avg 63% difference)

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Side-by-Side Pricing

Comparing Linodes and OCI Compute across 13 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	Linode Linodes	OCI OCI Compute	Diff	Cheapest
Shared CPU - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	$0.2880/hr g6-standard-8 ($210.24/mo)	$0.1480/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.4 ($108.04/mo)	+48.6%	OCI
Shared CPU - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM	$0.5760/hr g6-standard-16 ($420.48/mo)	$0.2960/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.8 ($216.08/mo)	+48.6%	OCI
Shared CPU - 24 vCPU, 128 GB RAM	$1.1520/hr g6-standard-24 ($840.96/mo)	$0.4560/hr VM.Standard.A1.Flex.24 ($332.88/mo)	+60.4%	OCI
Shared CPU - 32 vCPU, 192 GB RAM	$1.7280/hr g6-standard-32 ($1,261.44/mo)	$1.2000/hr VM.Optimized3.Flex.16 ($876.00/mo)	+30.6%	OCI
GPU - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	$1.5000/hr g1-gpu-rtx6000-1 ($1,095.00/mo)	$0.1840/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.4 ($134.32/mo)	+87.7%	OCI
GPU - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM	$3.0000/hr g1-gpu-rtx6000-2 ($2,190.00/mo)	$0.3680/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.8 ($268.64/mo)	+87.7%	OCI
GPU - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.5200/hr g2-gpu-rtx4000a1-s ($379.60/mo)	$0.0740/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.2 ($54.02/mo)	+85.8%	OCI
GPU - 32 vCPU, 128 GB RAM	$1.5300/hr g2-gpu-rtx4000a1-xl ($1,116.90/mo)	$0.5920/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.16 ($432.16/mo)	+61.3%	OCI
GPU - 32 vCPU, 128 GB RAM	$2.9600/hr g2-gpu-rtx4000a4-s ($2,160.80/mo)	$0.7360/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.16 ($537.28/mo)	+75.1%	OCI
Dedicated CPU - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	$0.1100/hr g8-dedicated-8-2 ($80.30/mo)	$0.0370/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.1 ($27.01/mo)	+66.4%	OCI
Dedicated CPU - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.2100/hr g8-dedicated-16-4 ($153.30/mo)	$0.0920/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.2 ($67.16/mo)	+56.2%	OCI
Dedicated CPU - 64 vCPU, 256 GB RAM	$3.3600/hr g8-dedicated-256-64 ($2,452.80/mo)	$1.1840/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.32 ($864.32/mo)	+64.8%	OCI
Dedicated CPU - 128 vCPU, 512 GB RAM	$6.8400/hr g8-dedicated-512-128 ($4,993.20/mo)	$2.3680/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.64 ($1,728.64/mo)	+65.4%	OCI