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Hostwinds, Linode (Akamai), Leaseweb, netcup side by side — on the facts each one publishes and our team checks. Checked September 26, 2026.
| 4 hosting providers | Visit site | Visit site | Visit site | Visit site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | ||||
| Entry plan | from $7.14 per month Managed Linux VPS entry tier; unmanaged plans run up to 50% cheaper per vendor docs but an exact unmanaged figure was not confirmed. | from $5 per month Nanode 1 GB (shared CPU) plan, per Linode community docs; exact storage spec not directly re-confirmed from a fetched vendor page this session. | from €8.09 per month VPS 2 plan; 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 200 GB NVMe. | from €8.26 per month VPS 500 G12.5, 12-month contract; 2 vCore, 4 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. |
| Hosting types | ||||
| Shared | No | No | No | Yes |
| VPS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dedicated | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Infrastructure | ||||
| Data centres | US (Seattle, Dallas) | US, CA, NL, DE, UK, ES, IT, SE, IN, JP, SG, AU, BR, ID | NL, UK, CA, HK +21 more (25 DCs) | AT, DE, NL, US, SG |
| DDoS protection | Paid add-on | Included | Included | Included |
| Track record | ||||
| Trust Score | 40 / 100 · Guarded | 40 / 100 · Guarded | 40 / 100 · Guarded | 40 / 100 · Guarded |
| On the market since | 2010 | 2003 | 1997 | 2001 |
| Reviews on smm.guide | No reviews yet | No reviews yet | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Owner | Not claimed yet | Not claimed yet | Not claimed yet | Not claimed yet |
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