HOSTKEY vs Linode.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, HOSTKEY undercuts Linode on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.01/GB against $7.50/GB. The cheapest way in is HOSTKEY at $2.84/mo (vm.pico · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Linode counters with broader reach: 33 locations vs 1.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is HOSTKEY vm.mini at $5.93/mo, against Linode at $24/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

HOSTKEYall plans →

• Cheapest

  vm.pico · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 40 GB SSD

  $2.84/moView at HOSTKEY ↗
• Best value

  vm.mini · 4 vCPU · 6 GB

  4 vCPU · 6 GB · 120 GB SSD

  $5.93/moView at HOSTKEY ↗

Linodeall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Nanode 1GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 25 GB SSD

  $5/moView at Linode ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricHOSTKEYLinode

Plans tracked2118

Cheapest plan$2.84/mo$5/mo

Median $/GB RAM$2.01/GB$7.50/GB

Avg value score81/10035/100

Locations133

Dedicated-vCPU plans312

NVMe share67%0%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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HOSTKEYwins

vm.nano · 2 vCPU · 2 GB

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB SSD · $3.55/mo

Linode

Linode 2GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB SSD · $12/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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HOSTKEYwins

vm.mini · 4 vCPU · 6 GB

4 vCPU · 6 GB · 120 GB SSD · $5.93/mo

Linode

Linode 4GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $24/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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HOSTKEYwins

vm.v2-mini · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $7.58/mo

Linode

Linode 8GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $48/mo

Top value plans from each

HOSTKEY

• vm.mini · 4 vCPU · 6 GBvalue 98/100$5.93
• vm.v2-mini · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 97/100$7.58
• vm.medium · 6 vCPU · 12 GBvalue 96/100$11.70
• vm.nano · 2 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 95/100$3.55
• vm.v2-medium · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 95/100$16.15

Linode

• Nanode 1GBvalue 75/100$5
• Linode 24GBvalue 60/100$60
• Linode 2GBvalue 58/100$12
• Linode 48GBvalue 54/100$120
• Linode 4GBvalue 53/100$24

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. HOSTKEY data: Live web · preconfigured VPS/VDS cards on hostkey.com (Amsterdam price list, net). Linode data: Public API · api.linode.com/v4/linode/types.