Category: VPS Showdown
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VPS Showdown – February 2024 – DigitalOcean vs. Linode vs. Vultr
New month with new observations when looking at DigitalOcean vs. Linode vs. Vultr. Even though each provider uses the same Linux kernel version, they all have different patch numbers and dates. Vultr offering the most recent, Linode second, and DigitalOcean with a version seemingly from nearly a year ago. Suspect that each provider has their…
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VPS Showdown – January 2024 – DigitalOcean vs. Linode vs. Vultr
DigitalOcean vs. Linode vs. Vultr — Don’t call it a comeback. It’s been over a year since I decided to step away from doing my VPS Showdown posts. Recently, my curiosity was reignited. Linode was acquired by Akamai. DigitalOcean saw a leadership transition. Vultr, honestly not sure what they’ve been up to, hence my curiosity…
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Winding down the VPS Showdown
It’s been a long time since I wrote my original Linode vs. DigitalOcean post. The year was 2013 and it was a simpler time. Over the last [nearly] ten years, the humble post grew from being the output of my own gross curiosity about the performance of a couple of…
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VPS Showdown – May 2022 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. UpCloud vs. Vultr
The big news for this month would be DigitalOcean’s announcement of their “serverless functions” product being beta released. Said functionality is the equivalent of AWS Lambda, GCP Cloud Functions and Azure Function. While not the most exciting news, as I don’t include any additional benchmarks, it did lead to me…
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VPS Showdown – April 2022 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. UpCloud vs. Vultr
The landscape of Virtual Private Servers is ever changing and evolving. Gone are the days of providers offering just servers. Many providers offer a wide range of managed services in addition to traditional VPS offerings. Maybe I’m too much of an old dog, but I’m finding the more recent trend…
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VPS Showdown – March 2022 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. UpCloud vs. Vultr
The biggest news this month is that Linode was recently acquired by Akamai Technologies for a whopping $900M. What that will do to the VPS landscape is yet to be seen. The most immediate impact I’ve noticed is that Linode is going to start charging sales tax in May. I…
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VPS Showdown – February 2022 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. UpCloud vs. Vultr
Around this time last year, we were dealing with one of the worst winter storms in Texas history. While it’s still pretty cold, we’ve been extremely fortunate this year. Hopefully everybody reading this is staying warm (or cool, if you’re south of the equator), safe and healthy! Similar to previous…
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VPS Showdown – January 2022 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. UpCloud vs. Vultr
So 2021 was interesting. Not going to bore you with the details of my life, but I am ready to bore you with the details of the world of virtual private servers! I forgot to do my “Christmas wish list” last month as I have in the past, but it’s…
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VPS Showdown – December 2021 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. UpCloud vs. Vultr
Here we are, with the final VPS Showdown of 2021. We’ve seen a few changes over the course of the year in terms of product offerings. One of the most notable was the adoption of AMD EPYC processors either a standard or premium offering depending on the provider. Next year…
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VPS Showdown – November 2021 – DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. UpCloud vs. Vultr
Even though the year is drawing to a close, these showdowns continue. Nothing very exciting this month other than it seems Linode took their firewall offering out of beta and Vultr did the same with their Kubernetes offering. DigitalOcean continues to lead the pack in terms of their “managed” offerings,…