Linode vs OVHcloud.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, OVHcloud undercuts Linode on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.23/GB against $7.50/GB. The cheapest way in is Linode at $5/mo (Nanode 1GB). Linode counters with broader reach: 33 locations vs 28.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is OVHcloud VPS-1 2027 at $5.18/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 ↗

OVHcloudall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe

  $5.18/moView at OVHcloud ↗

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MetricLinodeOVHcloud

Plans tracked1810

Cheapest plan$5/mo$5.18/mo

Median $/GB RAM$7.50/GB$1.23/GB

Avg value score35/10094/100

Locations3328

Dedicated-vCPU plans120

NVMe share0%100%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)73

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

OVHcloudwins

VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe · $5.18/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Linode

Linode 4GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $24/mo

OVHcloudwins

VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe · $5.18/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Linode

Linode 8GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $48/mo

OVHcloudwins

VPS-2 LZ 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · EU

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 75 GB NVMe · $9.80/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

OVHcloud

• VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EUvalue 96/100$5.18
• VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · USvalue 95/100$5.35
• VPS-2 LZ 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · EUvalue 94/100$9.80
• VPS-2 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · EUvalue 94/100$9.80
• VPS-2 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · USvalue 94/100$10

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. OVHcloud data: Public API · order/catalog/public/vps for the US subsidiary (api.us.ovhcloud.com, USD) and the EU one (api.ovh.com, FR, EUR).