Akamai (Linode) vs Amazon Lightsail: VPS comparison 2026

We compare the VPS offers of two providers using data from their websites: prices, like-for-like plans, countries, payment and terms. The data is updated every hour.

Akamai (Linode)linode.com · since 1998

from 5.00 $per month

33VPS plans

1country

4.4score, #1126 in the rating

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Amazon Lightsailaws.amazon.com

from 3.50 $per month

70VPS plans

17countries

5.1score, #827 in the rating

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In short

Entry priceAmazon Lightsailthe cheapest plan

Cheaper 2 GB RAMAmazon Lightsailthe cheapest plan with 2 GB of RAM or more

More locationsAmazon Lightsailcountries with servers

More plansAmazon LightsailVPS plans in the catalog

Higher in the ratingAmazon Lightsailplace in the overall accsly rating

Like-for-like plans

RAM	Akamai (Linode)	Amazon Lightsail
from 1 GB	5.00 $ Nanode 1 GB · 1 core · 1 GB RAM · 25 GB SSD	5.00 $ Lightsail General Purpose 1 GB (IPv6-only, Linux) · 2 cores · 1 GB RAM · 40 GB SSD
from 2 GB	12.00 $ Linode 2 GB · 1 core · 2 GB RAM · 50 GB SSD	10.00 $ Lightsail General Purpose 2 GB (IPv6-only, Linux) · 2 cores · 2 GB RAM · 60 GB SSD
from 4 GB	24.00 $ Linode 4 GB · 2 cores · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB SSD	19.99 $ Lightsail General Purpose 4 GB (IPv6-only, Linux) · 2 cores · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB SSD
from 8 GB	48.00 $ Linode 8 GB · 4 cores · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB SSD	40.00 $ Lightsail General Purpose 8 GB (IPv6-only, Linux) · 2 cores · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB SSD
from 16 GB	59.99 $ Linode 24 GB · 2 cores · 24 GB RAM · 20 GB SSD	70.00 $ Lightsail Memory optimized 16 GB (IPv6-only, Linux) · 2 cores · 16 GB RAM · 160 GB SSD

Each row shows the provider's cheapest plan with at least this much RAM, price per month.

Specs

	Akamai (Linode)	Amazon Lightsail
Price from	5.00 $	3.50 $
Median plan price	173 $	162 $
VPS plans	33	70
Countries	🇺🇸 USA	🇦🇺 Australia, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇫🇷 France, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇳 India, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇰🇷 South Korea, 🇲🇾 Malaysia, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🇺🇸 USA
Payment	Bank card (Visa/Mastercard), PayPal, Invoice for companies	Bank card (Visa/Mastercard), Invoice for companies
Plans on NVMe	0%	0%
IPv6	no	yes
DDoS protection	no	no
Hourly billing	yes	yes
Trial period	no	180 days
Money-back	no data	no data
SLA	—	—
Founded	1998	—
Country of registration	🇺🇸 USA	🇺🇸 USA

Server locations

Both: 🇺🇸 USA

Only Amazon Lightsail: 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇫🇷 France, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇳 India, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇰🇷 South Korea, 🇲🇾 Malaysia, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇸🇬 Singapore

Questions and answers

Which is cheaper, Akamai (Linode) or Amazon Lightsail?

Amazon Lightsail has the cheapest plan: from 3.50 $ per month. Akamai (Linode) starts from 5.00 $.

Which one has more locations?

Akamai (Linode) — 1 country, Amazon Lightsail — 17 countries. Countries in common: USA.

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