Linode Promo Codes & Deals

Nanode 1GB is Linode's entry-level shared CPU instance at $5 a month, including 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM, 25GB SSD storage, and 1TB of outbound transfer. Billing runs hourly up to this monthly cap, so a server destroyed early in the month costs less than the full rate. Suited to lightweight services, monitoring nodes, or a small static site rather than anything running a database.

The 2GB shared plan costs $12 a month and is the tier Linode itself points to once an app needs a real database, control panel, or several containers running at once. Nanode's 1GB often isn't enough for that kind of workload. Still billed hourly up to the monthly cap, so testing configurations before committing to a full month costs proportionally less.

Dedicated CPU G7 plans start at $43 a month, running on 3rd gen AMD EPYC processors with cores not shared with other customers, unlike the Nanode and shared Linode tiers. Legacy G6 dedicated plans exist from $36, while the newest G8 generation on 5th Gen EPYC starts around $50 and moves to pure hourly billing with no monthly cap. Aimed at compilation, video processing, or busy databases.

High Memory instances start at $60 a month for 24GB of RAM, scaling up through configurations reaching 300GB for memory-intensive workloads like in-memory databases or large caching layers. This is a distinct product line from the standard shared and dedicated CPU tiers, prioritizing RAM capacity over raw compute power. Worth considering specifically when RAM, not CPU, is your actual bottleneck.

Linode Kubernetes Engine charges $60 a month per cluster for a high-availability control plane, with worker nodes, storage, and traffic billed separately on top. An LKE Enterprise tier is also available at $300 per cluster monthly for larger deployments. Useful for teams running containerized workloads who want managed orchestration without operating Kubernetes control planes themselves.

Linode offers a 7-day cancellation window during which new customers can request a full refund if the platform doesn't fit their needs. This sits alongside the $100 promotional credit rather than replacing it, giving new users both a usage allowance and a short window to back out entirely. Contact billing support directly to process a refund request within that window.

Referring a friend to Linode earns you a $20 account credit once they sign up and become a paying customer through your referral link. There's no stated cap on how many friends you can refer, so this can add up for anyone actively recommending Linode to other developers. Credits apply directly to your account balance rather than requiring a separate redemption step.

NodeBalancer, Linode's load balancing product, costs about $10 to $12 a month per balancer, or roughly $0.015 an hour if you'd rather pay hourly for shorter-term use. It distributes incoming traffic across multiple Linode instances to improve availability for applications that can't tolerate a single point of failure. A standard add-on for any production setup running more than one backend server.

Committing to a 1 or 3 year term on Linode's compute instances unlocks a lower hourly rate than the default on-demand pricing, which stays pay-as-you-go with no commitment required. This suits predictable, steady workloads better than spiky or short-term projects, where on-demand billing stays more flexible. Compare both pricing models against your actual usage before choosing a longer term.