Linode vs netcup.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, netcup undercuts Linode on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.21/GB against $7.50/GB. The cheapest way in is Linode at $5/mo (Nanode 1GB). Linode counters with broader reach: 33 locations vs 5.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is netcup VPS 500 G12 at $5.73/mo, against Linode at $24/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Linodeall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Nanode 1GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 25 GB SSD

  $5/moView at Linode ↗

netcupall plans →

• Cheapest

  VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe

  $5.73/moView at netcup ↗
• Best value

  VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GB

  4 vCPU · 8 GB · 256 GB NVMe

  $10.05/moView at netcup ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricLinodenetcup

Plans tracked189

Cheapest plan$5/mo$5.73/mo

Median $/GB RAM$7.50/GB$1.21/GB

Avg value score35/10095/100

Locations335

Dedicated-vCPU plans124

NVMe share0%100%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)70

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Linode

Linode 2GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB SSD · $12/mo

netcupwins

VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe · $5.73/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Linode

Linode 4GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $24/mo

netcupwins

VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe · $5.73/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Linode

Linode 8GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $48/mo

netcupwins

VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 256 GB NVMe · $10.05/mo

Top value plans from each

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

netcup

• VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GBvalue 98/100$10.05
• VPS 2000 G12 · 8 vCore · 16 GBvalue 98/100$18.67
• VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GBvalue 97/100$5.73
• RS 2000 G12 · 8 dedicated cores · 16 GBvalue 97/100$20.78
• VPS 4000 G12 · 12 vCore · 32 GBvalue 96/100$31.43

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Linode data: Public API · api.linode.com/v4/linode/types. netcup data: Live web · server-rendered plan cards on netcup.com/en/server/vps + /en/server/root-server.