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Monthly price, comparable plans
CloudBlast VMA21 against Linode (Akamai Cloud) Linode 4 GB, the closest plans by vCPU and RAM. Euro prices excluding VAT, checked on October 9, 2026.
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€4.80
€21.46
CloudBlast vs Linode (Akamai Cloud): specs and prices
The Linode (Akamai Cloud) plan closest to 2 vCPU and 4 GB of RAM against the smallest CloudBlast plan with at least the same vCPU and RAM. List prices excluding VAT, checked on October 9, 2026.
| Feature | CloudBlast | Linode (Akamai Cloud) |
|---|---|---|
| Plan | VMA21 | Linode 4 GB |
| vCPU | 2 | 2 |
| RAM | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB NVMe | 80 GB SSD |
| Price per month | €4.80 (€0.0077/h) | $24.00 (€21.46) |
| Price per vCPU | €2.40 | €10.73 |
| Price per GB of RAM | €1.20 | €5.36 |
| Monthly traffic | 5 TB (1 TB in Hong Kong) | 4 TB |
| Port speed | 10 Gbps | 4 Gbps |
| CPU | AMD EPYC | Not published |
| Hourly billing | Yes | Yes |
| Minimum term | None | None |
| DDoS protection | Included | Not published |
| IPv4 address included | Yes | Yes |
| IPv6 | Yes, a /64 per server | Yes |
| Datacenter locations | 4 | 33 |
Cheapest plans
Each provider's lowest-priced regular plan, checked on October 9, 2026.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Price per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudBlast | VMA11 | 1 vCPU, 3 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe | €3.60 |
| Linode (Akamai Cloud) | Nanode 1 GB | 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD | $5.00 (€4.47) |
Where CloudBlast is the better choice
- 78% cheaper for a comparable server: €4.80 against $24.00 (€21.46) a month.
- NVMe storage on every plan.
- A 10 Gbps port on every plan.
- More traffic included: 5 TB a month against 4 TB.
Where Linode (Akamai Cloud) is the better choice
- More datacenter locations: 33 against CloudBlast's 4.
- Managed databases.
- Managed Kubernetes.
- S3-compatible object storage.
- Managed load balancers.
- Plans with dedicated CPU cores.
- GPU servers.
- An official Terraform provider.
- A longer track record, founded in 2003.
CloudBlast vs Linode (Akamai Cloud): common questions
Is CloudBlast cheaper than Linode (Akamai Cloud)?
Yes. For a comparable server, CloudBlast's VMA21 costs €4.80 a month and Linode (Akamai Cloud)'s Linode 4 GB costs $24.00 (€21.46), so CloudBlast is 78% cheaper (list prices checked on October 9, 2026).
What is the CloudBlast equivalent of Linode (Akamai Cloud)'s Linode 4 GB?
CloudBlast's VMA21: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 30 GB NVMe, €4.80 a month or €0.0077 an hour, with 5 TB of traffic a month outside Hong Kong.
Does Linode (Akamai Cloud) bill by the hour?
Yes, Linode (Akamai Cloud) bills by the hour. So does CloudBlast, on every plan, capped at the monthly price.
Does Linode (Akamai Cloud) include DDoS protection?
Linode (Akamai Cloud) does not publish it. CloudBlast includes always-on mitigation with up to 2.5 Tbps of scrubbing capacity on every plan.
How do I move from Linode (Akamai Cloud) to CloudBlast?
Deploy a CloudBlast server in the location closest to your users, copy your data across with rsync or a backup restore, test it, then point your DNS at the new IP. With hourly billing, running both servers side by side for a few days costs very little.
How we compared
Prices are the list prices on Linode (Akamai Cloud)'s own pricing page on October 9, 2026, for its standard Linux VPS, excluding VAT. We compare the plan closest to 2 vCPU and 4 GB of RAM, and the cheapest plan, against the smallest CloudBlast plan with at least the same vCPU and RAM. Prices in other currencies are converted to euro at the European Central Bank reference rate of October 8, 2026. CloudBlast prices are from cloudblast.io/pricing. Where a provider advertises an introductory price that needs a long prepayment, we compare its regular price and show the introductory one next to it.
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Sources
- akamai.com/cloud/pricing/north-america
- akamai.com/cloud/pricing
- api.linode.com/v4/linode/types
- api.linode.com/v4/regions
- techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/understanding-how-billing-works
- techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/managing-ip-addresses-on-a-compute-instance
- techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/shared-cpu-compute-instances
- techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/compute-instance
- cloudblast.io/pricing
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