Render vs Linode (Akamai)
Pricing data as of 2026-06-09 · refreshed weekly
Render (paas) and Linode (Akamai) (vps) overlap on 15 stacks. The table below shows the cheapest fitting plan on each for a typical startup workload (~50,000 visits/month) — list prices, no promos.
Renderpaas
| Starter | $7/mo |
| Standard | $25/mo |
Linode (Akamai)vps
| Nanode 1GB | $5/mo |
| Linode 2GB | $12/mo |
| Linode 4GB | $24/mo |
Cheapest fitting plan per stack (startup traffic)
| Stack | Render | Linode (Akamai) | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | $7 (Starter) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Linode (Akamai) |
| Nuxt | $7 (Starter) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Linode (Akamai) |
| Astro | $7 (Starter) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Linode (Akamai) |
| SvelteKit | $7 (Starter) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Linode (Akamai) |
| Remix / React Router | $7 (Starter) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Linode (Akamai) |
| Node.js API | $7 (Starter) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Linode (Akamai) |
| Django | $25 (Standard) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Linode (Akamai) |
| FastAPI | $7 (Starter) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Linode (Akamai) |
| Laravel | $25 (Standard) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Linode (Akamai) |
| Ruby on Rails | $25 (Standard) | $12 (Linode 2GB) | Linode (Akamai) |
| Spring Boot | $25 (Standard) | $12 (Linode 2GB) | Linode (Akamai) |
| WordPress | $25 (Standard) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Linode (Akamai) |
| Ghost | $25 (Standard) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Linode (Akamai) |
| Strapi | $25 (Standard) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Linode (Akamai) |
| Static site | $7 (Starter) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Linode (Akamai) |