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Linode (Akamai) vs RackNerd

Two hosting providers side by side for SMM businesses — on the facts each one publishes and our team checks. Checked September 26, 2026.

Where they differ

  • Entry plan Linode (Akamai) from $5 per month vs RackNerd from $2.24 per month
  • Hosting types only Linode (Akamai): Cloud; only RackNerd: Shared and Dedicated
  • Data centres Linode (Akamai) US, CA, NL, DE, UK, ES, IT, SE, IN, JP, SG, AU, BR, ID vs RackNerd US, CA, UK, NL, FR, IE, SG
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Price
Entry plan 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 $2.24 per month KVM VPS entry tier; 1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 30 GB SSD RAID-10, 500 GB bandwidth.
Hosting types
Shared No Yes
VPS Yes Yes
Dedicated No Yes
Cloud Yes No
Infrastructure
Data centres US, CA, NL, DE, UK, ES, IT, SE, IN, JP, SG, AU, BR, ID US, CA, UK, NL, FR, IE, SG
DDoS protection Included Included
Track record
Trust Score 40 / 100 · Guarded 40 / 100 · Guarded
On the market since 2003 2015
Reviews on smm.guide No reviews yet No reviews yet
Owner Not claimed yet Not claimed yet
the better figure in the row— not confirmed yet · facts from each hosting provider's own site and our team

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Questions and answers

Which is cheaper, Linode (Akamai) or RackNerd?

Linode (Akamai): from $5 per month. RackNerd: from $2.24 per month.

Do Linode (Akamai) and RackNerd include DDoS protection?

Linode (Akamai): Included. RackNerd: Included.

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