Balanced performance for nearly any workload
Affordable Shared CPU plans are ideal for general workloads and include generous amounts of free bundled transfer.
Shared CPU
A balanced array of resources that support a wide range of cloud applications. From personal projects to enterprise applications, Shared Instances can handle it.
Perfect For Most Workloads
Whether you’re running a website, game server, or container cluster, Shared CPUs are the obvious choice for most workloads.
Tailor The Configuration
Start with 1 vCPU and 1GB of RAM and increase all the way up to 32 vCPUs and 192GB of RAM to match your workload requirements.
Price and Performance
No other plan offers more choice. With 10 different configurations, you’re sure to find the right performance at the right price.
Container Clusters
Deploy container clusters to Shared Instances using popular container orchestration tools.
Leading Price-Performance
CPU Benchmarking: Independent benchmarking firm, Cloud Spectator, found Linode AMD CPU’s deliver the best performance per dollar when compared to AWS, Azure, GCP, DigitalOcean, and Alibaba.
Shared CPU Performance Per Dollar
Multi Core Score, 1 CPU Dedicated VMs, 2GB RAM, Location US East
Shared CPU Plans
The Linode Compute Family
Match your application use case with the right compute resource.
Shared CPU Cores
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Customer Stories
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Dev Mukherjee
Dev Mukherjee runs Anomaly, a full application developer building everything on Linode and recommending it to customers. -
Richard Nelson
When Richard Nelson was looking for a hosting provider for a new project, Linode was an obvious choice. -
Phil Nelson
In this first episode of the Craft of Code podcast's second season, we speak with Phil Nelson of RetroStrange TV and Lofi Scifi. -
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. -
Sheryl Villaroman
Looking for a partner capable of supporting complex needs without inordinate expenses, Nephila Web decided to work with Linode. -
Dr. Brian Dennis
Data Machines relies on Linode cloud GPUs to find new and advanced machine learning algorithms. -
Saurabh Kumar and Anirudh Shah
Based in India, 3LOQ's Saurabh Kumar and Anirudh Shah were attracted to Linode because of its price, which was one-third that of AWS. -
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. -
Arthit “Art” Hongchintakul
Arthit “Art” Hongchintakul and his Thailand-based company, Swiftlet, can provide high-value services to its clients at a fair cost. -
Vendoti
Vendoti offers video streaming to influencers and distributors. The decision to work with Linode was "a fundamental shift, at a great price."
Content Resources
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Cloud CPU Benchmark Report
Cloud Spectator evaluated the performance of Standard and Dedicated virtual machines from AWS, DigitalOcean, Linode, and others. -
Automate Server Deployments Using Stackscripts
StackScripts provide Linode users with the ability to configure a Linode while it boots. Since you can make any StackScript public to the Linode Community, your entire team can use the StackScripts you create to easily deploy base identical systems. Walt explains why you would want to create a Stackscript, or use Stackscripts created by others. -
The Business Case for GPUs in the Cloud
Once confined to personal computers, GPUs are essential to accelerate highly-customized apps and business workloads in the cloud. -
GPU Price-Performance Benchmarking
Cloud Spectator evaluated the performance of GPU-based virtual machines from AWS, Azure, GCP, and Linode. -
Dedicated CPU
Learn more about Linode Dedicated CPUs in this video.
Guides
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Getting Started with Linode
This guide shows you how to create a Linode, connect to your Linode over SSH, and perform tasks like updating your system, setting the hostname, and setting the correct timezone. -
How to Choose a Linode Plan
This guide provides an overview of all Linode instance types and plans, their corresponding use cases, and how to choose which one is right for you. -
When to Upgrade to Dedicated CPU Instances
In this guide, you learn how to evaluate your current Shared CPU workloads through manual diagnosis, Linode Cloud Manager analytics, and attributes of your use case, to determine if upgrading to a Dedicated CPU instance would be of benefit.
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