Vercel vs Linode (Akamai)
Pricing data as of 2026-06-09 · refreshed weekly
Vercel (serverless) and Linode (Akamai) (vps) overlap on 9 stacks. The table below shows the cheapest fitting plan on each for a typical startup workload (~50,000 visits/month) — list prices, no promos.
Vercelserverless
| Hobby | $0/mo |
| Pro | $20/mo |
Linode (Akamai)vps
| Nanode 1GB | $5/mo |
| Linode 2GB | $12/mo |
| Linode 4GB | $24/mo |
Cheapest fitting plan per stack (startup traffic)
| Stack | Vercel | Linode (Akamai) | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | $0 (Hobby) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Vercel |
| Nuxt | $0 (Hobby) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Vercel |
| Astro | $0 (Hobby) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Vercel |
| SvelteKit | $0 (Hobby) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Vercel |
| Remix / React Router | $0 (Hobby) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Vercel |
| Node.js API | $0 (Hobby) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Vercel |
| Ghost | $0 (Hobby) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Vercel |
| Strapi | $0 (Hobby) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Vercel |
| Static site | $0 (Hobby) | $5 (Nanode 1GB) | Vercel |