# Akamai Cloud / Linode

Official pricing: https://www.akamai.com/cloud/pricing  
Category: hyperscaler · Isolation: vm

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **Shared CPU** (sizes): g6-nanode-1 1 vCPU/1 GiB $0.0075/h; g6-standard-1 1 vCPU/2 GiB $0.018/h; g6-standard-2 2 vCPU/4 GiB $0.036/h; g6-standard-4 4 vCPU/8 GiB $0.072/h; g6-standard-6 6 vCPU/16 GiB $0.144/h; g6-standard-8 8 vCPU/32 GiB $0.288/h
- **Dedicated CPU** (sizes): g6-dedicated-2 2 vCPU/4 GiB $0.054/h; g6-dedicated-4 4 vCPU/8 GiB $0.108/h; g6-dedicated-8 8 vCPU/16 GiB $0.216/h; g6-dedicated-16 16 vCPU/32 GiB $0.432/h; g6-dedicated-32 32 vCPU/64 GiB $0.864/h; g6-dedicated-48 48 vCPU/96 GiB $1.296/h
- **High-Memory CPU** (sizes): g7-highmem-1 2 vCPU/24 GiB $0.09/h; g7-highmem-2 2 vCPU/48 GiB $0.18/h; g7-highmem-4 4 vCPU/90 GiB $0.36/h; g7-highmem-8 8 vCPU/150 GiB $0.72/h; g7-highmem-16 16 vCPU/300 GiB $1.44/h
- **GPU RTX 4000 Ada (hourly, no cap)** (sizes): g2-gpu-rtx4000a1-s 4 vCPU/16 GiB $0.52/h; g2-gpu-rtx4000a1-m 8 vCPU/32 GiB $0.67/h; g2-gpu-rtx4000a1-l 16 vCPU/64 GiB $0.96/h; g2-gpu-rtx4000a1-xl 32 vCPU/128 GiB $1.53/h
- **GPU RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (limited availability, request access)** (sizes): RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell x1 16 vCPU/176 GiB $3/h [beta]
- **GPU Quadro RTX 6000 (limited availability)** (sizes): g1-gpu-rtx6000-1 8 vCPU/32 GiB $1.5/h

## Features

Yes: snapshots, fork/clone, persistent disk, volumes, ≥24 h sessions, custom image (Docker or snapshot), start from your own snapshot, full VM (own kernel), Docker inside, root, systemd, SSH, public IPv4, custom domains, raw TCP inbound, egress allowlist, open internet, static egress IP, private networking, SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO, GPU, audit logs, EU data residency, scoped API keys, snapshots on demand, gVisor or VM (no shared kernel), inbound access rules, firewall inside (nftables), extra volumes

No: memory snapshots, pause/resume, idle auto-stop, your own Docker/OCI image, nested virtualization, browser, desktop GUI, computer-use API, code interpreter, browser + desktop control, anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, residential IPs, preinstalled agents, HTTPS preview URLs, self-hosting, BYOC, open source, arm64, Windows, macOS, Python, Node.js, GPU desktop, HTTP method/path egress rules, wake on request, live resize, live fork (no pause), memory fork, spend limits, MCP server, automatic snapshots, agent harness API, hosted agent API (their own agent), secret proxy, secret proxy for any API, shared volumes

Unknown: everything else. Evidence (source + quote) per feature: https://battleships.dev/data/providers/linode.json → feature_evidence

## Caveats

- DIY infrastructure rather than an agent-managed sandbox: guest installation, HTTPS/domain setup, abuse controls and operations are customer responsibilities. Linux guest administrative capabilities are not preinstalled agent features. 30% guest CPU utilization does not reduce allocated-compute charges. Unknowns remain null; a partial subtotal is not a complete invoice.
- Shared 4/8 is $0.072/h, cap $48; dedicated 4/8 $0.108/h, cap $72; premium $0.129/h, cap $86. API prices vary by region.
- Transfer is pooled and prorated, not a universal fixed account allowance. Card uses one 8GB plan allowance. Check current regional network-transfer price API; the default egress rate is not globally universal.
- Images are not RAM snapshots; snapshot_gib_month models paid image storage, not the backup plan. Disk/backup/image limits and regional quotas constrain cloning.
- Boot time to SSH-ready is not published; billing is per hour rounded up (1 h minimum per instance), so short sandbox-style sessions pay a full hour each.
- Transfer allowance is per-plan, pooled account-wide and PRORATED by hours the instance exists; G8, all GPU (except legacy Quadro RTX 6000), Accelerated and distributed-region plans include 0 TB. The card's 5,000 GiB is a full-month shared 4/8 figure: a 4/8 box that exists 176 h/month adds only ~1,205 GiB, and G8 boxes add 0.
- Premium CPU sizes are the same prices as the g7-dedicated sizes in the Dedicated mode, so they are listed once.

## How this provider charges


DIY infrastructure rather than an agent-managed sandbox: guest installation, HTTPS/domain setup, abuse controls and operations are customer responsibilities. Linux guest administrative capabilities are not preinstalled agent features. 30% guest CPU utilization does not reduce allocated-compute charges. Unknowns remain null; a partial subtotal is not a complete invoice.

Prices below are public list prices unless a row explicitly says promotion/commitment. USD; taxes excluded unless noted.

| Regime | When / billing | Captured prices | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shared CPU | On demand; Hourly rounded up; monthly cap per instance, including powered-off time. Default API USD region; regional uplifts apply. | g 6-standard-4: $0.072/h; cap 48.0 | https://www.akamai.com/cloud/pricing |
| Dedicated CPU | On demand; Hourly rounded up; monthly cap per instance, including powered-off time. Default API USD region; regional uplifts apply. | g 6-dedicated-4: $0.108/h; cap 72.0 | https://www.akamai.com/cloud/pricing |
| Premium CPU | On demand; Hourly rounded up; monthly cap per instance, including powered-off time. Default API USD region; regional uplifts apply. | g 7-premium-4: $0.129/h; cap 86.0 | https://www.akamai.com/cloud/pricing |
| High-Memory CPU | On demand; Hourly rounded up; monthly cap per instance, including powered-off time. Default API USD region; regional uplifts apply. | g 7-highmem-4: $0.36/h; cap 240.0 | https://www.akamai.com/cloud/pricing |

## Billing details
- **granularity_seconds**: 3600
- **minimum_billed_seconds**: 3600
- **setup_fee_usd**: 0
- **api**: True
- **cli**: True
- **ipv 6**: True
- **ingress_usd**: 0
- **cpu**: Shared versus dedicated/premium/high-memory classes in API.
- **backup**: 8 GB shared/dedicated backup add-on $10/month or $0.015/hour (not flat percentage); per-shape addons.backups captured in API.
- **minimum_term**: Hourly; powered-off instance billed until deleted.
- **provisioning**: Unknown; not assumed zero.

## Gotchas
- DIY infrastructure rather than an agent-managed sandbox: guest installation, HTTPS/domain setup, abuse controls and operations are customer responsibilities. Linux guest administrative capabilities are not preinstalled agent features. 30% guest CPU utilization does not reduce allocated-compute charges. Unknowns remain null; a partial subtotal is not a complete invoice.
- Shared 4/8 is $0.072/h, cap $48; dedicated 4/8 $0.108/h, cap $72; premium $0.129/h, cap $86. API prices vary by region.
- Transfer is pooled and prorated, not a universal fixed account allowance. Card uses one 8 GB plan allowance. Check current regional network-transfer price API; the default egress rate is not globally universal.
- Images are not RAM snapshots; snapshot_gib_month models paid image storage, not the backup plan. Disk/backup/image limits and regional quotas constrain cloning.

## Worked example
4 vCPU / 8 GiB; 50 concurrent × 8 h/day × 22 days = **8,800 guest-hours**; 30% CPU busy; **50 GiB-month total snapshots**, **100 GiB total egress**. 50 GiB retained state is total, not 50 GiB per VM. Compute-only subtotals below exclude unknown components and tax.

| Mode | Delete/recreate / active-window compute | 50 retained hosts, 730-hour month |
|---|---:|---:|
| Shared CPU | $633.60 | $2,400.00 |
| Dedicated CPU | $950.40 | $3,600.00 |
| Premium CPU | $1,135.20 | $4,300.00 |
| High-Memory CPU | $3,168.00 | $12,000.00 |

Snapshot subtotal: $5.0000; rate $0.1/GiB-month. Egress: see allowances, pooling/accrual and rate $0.005/GiB; not every mode has the same allowance.
Powered-off compute billed: True. A retained-host column is the always-running upper scenario when this is false; powered-off storage/IP still accrue.
Monthly caps attach to instance identities, not to a pool of replacement instances. The active-window column requires deleting/releasing billable compute between shifts for products that bill while off. Restoring from disk is not memory resume. The engine cannot perfectly model these lifecycles; see validation/estimator-gaps.md.

## Sources
- https://www.akamai.com/cloud/pricing
- https://api.linode.com/v4/linode/types
- https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/understanding-how-billing-works
- https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/network-transfer-usage-and-costs
- https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/images
- https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/backups-faq
- https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/compute-instance-plan-types