VPS providers

Hetzner vs Linode

Same category, different tradeoffs. Pick from the published entry price and the limits below.

Hetzner

European cloud servers with a lot of RAM for the price

EUR list price

Strengths

  • High included traffic on EU locations
  • Entry plans include more RAM than typical $5 VPS tiers

Limits

  • Fewer regions outside Europe and the US
  • Some plans bill IPv4 separately

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Linode

Akamai-backed VPS with a long-standing shared CPU line

From $5/mo

Strengths

  • 1 GB Nanode is a practical starter size
  • Backed by Akamai's network

Limits

  • Entry price sits above the cheapest Droplet and Vultr plans
  • Shared CPU plans are not dedicated compute

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