The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more

Post by morganherlocker » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 2:39 PM UTC

kylec wrote: post #11

rjknight wrote: post #5

It looks like Linode are still leaving the "incredibly cheap tiny box" market to DO. Linode's cheapest option is $20/month, which makes it slightly less useful for the kind of "so cheap you don't even think about it" boxes that DO provide.

Yeah, my current Linode I've been running since it was a 512MB instance. I definitely don't need 2GB, I'd rather pay a bit less per month than get the upgrade. I don't think they need to go down to $5/month, but a $10/month plan similar to DO's would be very useful.

Post by bfrog » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 2:41 PM UTC

Post by geekam » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 2:42 PM UTC

h4pless wrote: post #16

I notice that Linode talked a good bit about their bandwidth and included outbound bandwidth in their pricing model which DO does not. I wonder if DO has a similar model or if transfer capacity the only thing you have control over.

Post by Justen » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 2:44 PM UTC

Post by rschmitty » Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 2:45 PM UTC

morganherlocker wrote: post #31

kylec wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, my current Linode I've been running since it was a 512MB instance. I definitely don't need 2GB, I'd rather pay a bit less per month than get the upgrade. I don't think they need to go down to $5/month, but a $10/month plan similar to DO's would be very useful.

I use a tiny VPS provider that is actually $20/yr. For sites that get a couple thousand hits per month it is perfect. Although I do not see it as a requirement in this price range, the uptime has been on par with the big names (I have known of one 5 hour outage in the 3 years I have been using it). Even DO's $5/mo now seems a bit steep now for the "I just had a random idea" type thing.