Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Linode

The 20 closest cloud computing (IaaS) alternatives to Linode, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 11 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Linode? The closest matches are Akamai Technologies, Cloudinary and DigitalOcean. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Linode

Linode linode.com

The World's Most Distributed Cloud Computing Platform | Akamai

Build and deliver low-latency, edge native applications on Akamai Connected Cloud.

Wikidata: North American physical infrastructure provider for cloud computing

Top 1K · #743 English 11 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

Linode, now operating as Akamai Cloud, provides cloud infrastructure including Linux virtual machines, GPU instances, managed Kubernetes, managed databases, object storage and edge function-as-a-service across a global network of data centers.

Who it’s for
Developers, startups and enterprises
Business model
Usage-based cloud subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Linode’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

HerokuCloudflareNew RelicJumpCloudFly.ioRackspace TechnologyAlibaba CloudScalewayDigitalOceanCloudinary

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Linode

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Linode, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Cloudinary cloudinary.com Top 1K English

    Image and Video Platform for Visual Experiences | Cloudinary

    Streamline media management and improve user experience by automatically delivering images and videos, enhanced and optimized for every user.

  2. 02
    DigitalOcean digitalocean.com Top 1K English

    AI-Native Cloud | DigitalOcean

    Run AI products in production with a unified stack for agents, inference, and cloud—built for control, performance, and economics at scale.

  3. 03
    Scaleway scaleway.com English

    European Cloud & AI. | Scaleway

    Build on a secure, transparent, and fast-moving cloud & AI platform built for what’s next.

  4. 04
    Alibaba Cloud aliyun.com Top 1K English

    Alibaba Cloud: Reliable Secure Cloud Solutions to Empower Your Global Business

    Alibaba Cloud offers a integrated suite of cloud products and services that are reliable and secure, to help you build cloud infrastructure, data centers in multi regions empower your global business. Try for Free.

  5. 05
    Rackspace Technology rackspace.com Top 10K English

    Rackspace Technology | Where Enterprise AI runs and outcomes scale

    As a cloud computing services pioneer, we deliver proven multicloud solutions across your apps, data, and security. Maximize the benefits of modern cloud.

  6. 06
    Fly.io fly.io English

    Fly.io | Deploy apps and agents on fast, hardware-isolated VMs

    Deploy apps, agents, and databases on fast, hardware-isolated VMs. Pay only for the seconds they run. Sign up free.

  7. 07
    JumpCloud jumpcloud.com Top 10K English

    JumpCloud: Unified Platform for Identity, Access, & Devices

    JumpCloud makes it simple to manage Windows, Apple, Linux, and Android devices and to deliver secure access with SSO, MFA, Zero Trust, RADIUS, and more.

  8. 08
    New Relic newrelic.com Top 1K English

    AI-powered Observability

    New Relic is an AI-powered observability platform that correlates your telemetry across your entire stack, so you can isolate the root cause and reduce MTTR.

  9. 09
    Cloudflare cloudflare.com Top 100 English

    Cloudflare: Build for the agent era

    Welcome to Cloudflare - Powering the next generation of applications

  10. 10
    Kubernetes kubernetes.io Top 10K English

    Kubernetes

    Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community. Planet scaleDesigned on the same principles that allow Google to run billions of containers a week, Kubernetes can scale without increasing your operations team.

  11. 11
    Heroku heroku.com Top 10K English

    Heroku | The Cloud Application Platform For Developers

    Experience fully managed app hosting that just works. Build, deploy, and scale on the battle-tested platform that defines the industry.

  12. 12
    Ubuntu ubuntu.com Top 1K English

    The enterprise Linux for open source innovation | Ubuntu

    Ubuntu is the modern, enterprise Linux operating system for servers, desktop, cloud, and IoT. Supported for up to 15 years

  13. 13
    Vercel vercel.com Top 10K English

    Agentic Infrastructure - Vercel

    The autonomous stack for every app and agent.

  14. 14
    RingCentral ringcentral.com Top 10K English

    RingCentral: The Voice of Your Business

    Power the voice of your business with RingCentral Agentic Voice AI, including AI Receptionist (AIR), AI Virtual Assistant (AVA), & AI Conversation Expert (ACE).

  15. 15
    OVHcloud ovhcloud.com Top 10K English

    OVHcloud

    OVHcloud is a global, cloud provider delivering hosted private cloud, public cloud, and dedicated server solutions trusted by over 1.5 million developers.

  16. 16
    Genesys mypurecloud.com Top 10K English

    Genesys Cloud: The Agentic AI CX Platform for the Enterprise | Genesys

    Genesys Cloud is an agentic AI CX platform that delivers personalized customer and employee experiences across every channel.

  17. 17
    Lumen savvis.net Top 10K English

    AI-Ready Networking & Secure Cloud Solutions | Lumen Technologies

    Power your business with our global fiber network. We provide secure networking, edge cloud and AI-ready infrastructure to connect people, data and apps.

  18. 18
    HashiCorp hashicorp.com Top 10K English

    Vercel Security Checkpoint

    American software company

  19. 19
    amazonaws.com.cn Top 10K English

    Amazon Web Services - The World Leading Cloud Computing Services Provider - Operated by NWCD and Sinnet

    Amazon Web Services offers reliable, scalable, and inexpensive cloud computing services. Free to join, pay only for what you use.

  20. 20
    8x8 8x8.com Top 10K English

    Vercel Security Checkpoint

    American provider of Voice over IP products

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to linode.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Linode uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Linode is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

CMS
Tag managers
Marketing automation
  • Marketo TXT v=spf1 a:outbound.mail.linode.com include:sendersv4b.mail.linode.com …
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Security
CDN
  • Akamai header x-akamai-transformed: 9 161682 0 pmb=mRUM,3
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

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