Linode
Up to $120,000 in Akamai Cloud credits
Save up to $120,000
Developer & ITCloud computing platform with simple, affordable, and accessible Linux cloud solutions.
Who can claim it
Akamai Cloud Rise program. Company under 7 years old with paid staff, outside users or first revenue, and a plan to scale on Akamai Cloud. $500 credit on acceptance, more credits earned in year 1. Application plus interview.
Questions
What does the Akamai Cloud Rise startup program give?
Rise is a 3-year program. Year one carries between $500 and $120,000 in cloud credits, with $500 added on acceptance. Years two and three carry discounted services, and Akamai does not publish the discount size. Credits do not roll over, and usage above the monthly credit limit is billed.
Who is eligible for Akamai Rise and how do I apply?
Your company must be for-profit and under 7 years old, with paid staff beyond the founders, outside users, or first revenue, and a plan to scale with Akamai Cloud as a primary provider. Resellers, MSPs and managed hosting providers are excluded. You create a new account with a corporate email and card, submit the intake form, and join an interview.
Is Linode the same as Akamai Cloud?
Yes. Akamai bought Linode in 2022 and sells it as Akamai Cloud. The linode.com pricing page now redirects to akamai.com/cloud/pricing, and the docs moved to techdocs.akamai.com. Virtual machines are still called Linodes in Cloud Manager.
How much is the cheapest Linode?
The Nanode 1GB costs $5 per month or $0.0075 per hour. It has 1 vCPU, 25GB of SSD storage and 1TB of transfer. The Linode 2GB is $12 per month with 50GB storage and 2TB of transfer. Outbound transfer above the allowance costs $0.005 per GB.
Does Akamai give new Linode users free credit?
Yes, separately from Rise. Akamai applies a $100 credit for a set trial period to new accounts, and its referral page states 60 days. It excludes GPU plans, requires a payment method, and unused credit expires.
Does Linode charge for the Kubernetes control plane?
The standard LKE control plane is free, so you pay only for worker nodes, NodeBalancers and volumes. A 3-node cluster of Linode 2GB nodes is $36 a month. The HA control plane is $60 per cluster per month, and LKE Enterprise is $300 per cluster per month plus resources.