United Kingdom
Gone massively downhill
Been using Linode for over a decade and they've really gone downhill.Like the many other reviewers, when I tried to recently create a new account it was immediately flagged and suspended due to "suspected fraud", even after they took my payment information. How does that make sense?They also silently block outgoing email traffic for new accounts, so if you want to host a website which uses a contact form or something equally basic, you're out of luck.Finally prices have risen, unacceptably so. Linode used to be great because you could spin up an affordable server without really thinking about budgets - now you'll struggle to find a usable spec for under $30/month.Are you reading these reviews and listening to this feedback, Linode? Because the way you're going, your competitors (Digital Ocean, AWS, etc.) are looking mightily attractive in comparison.
India
Pathetic, Wasted my time
They have lost their mind, desire to provide service and etiquette.Tried signing up, got denied. They send vague response to that something to do with proxy or VPN. But proxy, VPN, temp emails etc were never used.So they essentially declined signup with normal behavioural pattern (landed on there website form their own Google ad) used personal gmail and valid cc.Then they told me on twitter to send their support team an email with the details. I did and-I received no reply, from them. They essentially ghosted me.
South Africa
Disappointing Hosting Service
United States
Is Linode(Akamai) Red lining?
Linode(Akamai) appears to offer good services, but it is hard to make use of those services if you can't get passed the "denied activation due to activity or patterns associated with fraudulent behavior" automation. This leads me to suspect that Linode is "Red Lining", that is excluding some from signing up who give valid details(*, **, ***), based on zip code or some other immutable human characteristic, that does not constitute fraud, but is instead based on subjective group and/or class based characteristics based on location. Red Lining is illegal by the way! It doesn't matter that you use a blackbox AI to do it, it is still discriminatory.*Signed up using my legal name, high quality credit card payment, correct billing address from a paid GWS email address and GitHub OAuth token, without the use of anonymizing VPN or obfuscation.**It is entirely possible that their signup automation is so inherently flawed that they haven't kept up with technology(credit card fraud preventive validations). Shortly after my (multiple) failures with signing up with Linode, I signed up with a paid plan though a competitor and was promped by my high quality credit card to verify through their third party UI. This didn't happen with Linode, but it is likely that my credit card's payment validation API requested this verification step, for which Linode(apparently) does not support.***Linode appears not to have good support for KYC, which is really a requirement if you are in this business, even to verify with TP required ID and a verification step. Likely this is just a case of a failure to support newer tech, which maybe for my purposes is better that they failed to approve me. Maybe I should raise my rating(joking).
Russian Federation
It's one of my best VPS hosting experiences ever.
I have been using Linode for a couple of years - it's one of my best VPS hosting experiences ever. A few days ago, I opened a ticket with the Helpdesk - minutes later they got back to me with a qualified answer. As per my observation from a few years about the hosting industry just 2 VPS hosting providers are doing what they promise - One is Linode and another is DedicatedCore.
Thailand
Got Scammed
I dont want to say it but they scamed meso i was using linode and lastly i cancelled account due to fund problems but i reconsidered as i still has funds so try to re sign up again and again still rejected as fraud wth how does i fraud on you company i contacted them waited and wait nope no answer soI don't recommend it at all i use them for 1-2 month and they doing this on me why dude(I'm Non us user idk why)
Lithuania
Overpriced and underperforming
Overpriced and underperformingI used Linode as my first hosting provider ever, I thought it was good, it was not. Back then I didn't realize how overpriced and underperforming Linode was. The support wasn't bad, so that's why it's a 2-star instead of a 1-star review.Overall, don't waste your money on Linode unless you want to shove money into something that gives you no value for your buck.
Brazil
I have servers at Linode even before it…
I have servers at Linode even before it was sold to Akamai. My experience of more than 6 years with Linode is excellent. Sure, the support isn't great, but who needs to open a support ticket when everything works fine?What I manage is the performance of the servers. I have a VPS with a dedicated CPU and it's great. SLA 99.99999% and very fast server response.Linode provides top-notch DNS to the world and rich documentation for customers to study. That is all!
United Kingdom
Utter rip off - DO NOT USE
Utter rip off. Worse than AWS if that is possible. Suddenly I get charged $50 FOR NOTHING.
Brazil
Muito boa empresa de hospedagem.
Só não é 5 estrelas porque os preços são bem altos, mas é uma empresa TOP para hospedagem de sites.Eu recomendo para quem tem sites e está em crescimento, ou já é consolidado com alto tráfego. Os servidor é rápido, os recursos são extremamente eficazes. Tem serviços de DNS gratuitos e um dos melhores do mundo. Você só precisa ter conhecimento para instalar seus softwares e administrar seu servidor, porque eles cobram um absurdo para gerenciar. Por outro lado, se você pode gerenciar seu servidor, A Linode "agora AKAMAI" é uma das melhores opções.
