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Smart cloud infrastructure
for institutions shaping the future
for institutions shaping the future
Whether you need unique infrastructure for a project or you’re part of the team that keeps an institution online, scale with flexible cloud infrastructure without worrying about contracts or reserved instances. Flat global pricing makes it easy to access exactly what you need and when you need it. All backed by a 99.99% SLA, industry-leading customer support, and 11 data centers.
Multicloud or Hybrid Cloud? Find Where Linode Fits
We prioritize portability and open source tools to make sure that Linode can work with your existing critical infrastructure. Gone are the days of working with only one provider. Design multicloud infrastructure architecture that improves your institution’s performance and reliability, all with transparent costs.
Transparent Pricing
for Balanced Budgets
Benefit from a flat pricing structure that makes it easy to calculate and forecast cloud infrastructure costs. Choose from 11 global data centers, and pay the same price for resources across global regions. Plus our generous, account-level transfer allotments help avoid billing surprises.
Optimized Infrastructure
for Data-Intensive Workloads
Linode’s plans and pricing structure make it simple to add extra storage or switch to memory-optimized compute instances to make sure colleges and universities can maintain infrastructure for all the data that’s naturally a part of education.
Best Performance Per Dollar
for Cloud CPUs and GPUs
When it comes to performance per dollar, Linode’s CPU and cloud GPU instances exceed the competition. Powered by premium hardware and across a global network.
Higher Education and the Alternative Cloud
Cost-conscious universities are turning to alternative cloud providers for infrastructure that keeps their institutions online and scales without worrying about contracts or unpredictable expenses. A recent Linode LIVE! webinar explored how colleges and universities balance legacy data storage, expand and reduce infrastructure overhead, and find more core infrastructure products and services with alternative cloud providers. Watch the full webinar here.
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Customer Stories
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Leo Cunha
Leo Cunha's prior relationship with Linode created "a perfect storm" to develop an open source tool as good or better than commercial products. -
Sheryl Villaroman
Looking for a partner capable of supporting complex needs without inordinate expenses, Nephila Web decided to work with Linode. -
The University of Oklahoma
Empowering The University of Oklahoma's Risk Institute to do cutting-edge work by providing cloud computing services that fits its budget.
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Higher Education and the Alternative Cloud
Learn how EdTech innovators use the alternative cloud providers to keep their institutions online and scale without worrying about contracts or unpredictable expenses. -
Cloud Block Storage Benchmark Report
Cloud Spectator evaluates CPU performance with block storage volumes attached and database performance to determine the fastest overall performance and value per dollar among well-known cloud providers and popular alternative clouds. -
Cloud CPU Benchmark Report
Cloud Spectator evaluated the performance of Standard and Dedicated virtual machines from AWS, DigitalOcean, Linode, and others. -
GPU Price-Performance Benchmarking
Cloud Spectator evaluated the performance of GPU-based virtual machines from AWS, Azure, GCP, and Linode. -
Alternatives to Hyperscale: Choosing the Right Public Cloud
Choosing the right public cloud between alternative providers and hyperscalers isn’t always clear—or binary. -
Open Source Cloud Monitoring Tools vs. Platform-dependent Solutions
Platform independence is a big reason to consider an open source cloud monitoring tool instead of vendor-controlled solution like CloudWatch. -
Make the Most of Multicloud
Multicloud architecture gives you the freedom to rely on more than one cloud provider to reduce latency, comply with data regulations and more. -
Declarative Cloud Infrastructure Management with Terraform
Learn the foundational principles of declarative cloud infrastructure with Terraform, and how to get started with Terraform and Linode. -
Data Protection in the Cloud: The Move to Holistic Backup and Retention (On-Demand)
Watch this webinar to learn about enterprise-grade data backup and retention and holistic, system-based data protection.
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