LinodeReviews of linode.com

Awful experience. There is a 100$ trial, no matter what I try, I always were rejected. My card was valid, everything was correct, they just don't want to give that "free" trial. Also there was multiple $1 fees, every time I try. Tried contacting the support, no answer. Do not recommend!!

Linode allow websites such as uk420club.com to run on their servers. uk420club.com is a scam site, scamming hundreds of people daily. I contacted Linode to report this malicious website, however, they don't seem to care. "Hello, I understand that you believe that this website is fraudulently conducting business. Though this website is hosted by Linode, we are not the owners or operators of the website. As a cloud hosting provider we are not able to make a determination on the legitimacy of the many businesses whose infrastructure is hosted with Linode. It would be impossible for us to launch the type of investigation that would be able to make any real determination on the legitimacy of this website. In these situations, we would suggest that you contact law enforcement to make this report so that they can investigate further. If you have charges from the website that you believe to be fraudulent, you are empowered to dispute them with your financial institution." Now have a think about hosting your website with a company that allows scam sites. The server hosts many other websites and the IP will be posted on many scam sites. As people attack the IP, any website hosted on that server will have problems, including slow loading and bad rankings in Google due to the bad neighbourhood created by the malicious website running on the same server. Avoid companies such as Linode that allow scam sites and illegal online activities. If you care about your websites, host them elsewhere.

Created accounts are blocked. And the support marks my tickets as closed by me and leaves it unanswered

The Linode platform, web-terminal and customer care are so bad... The whole concept of Linode is to do everything difficult, to enjoy when the new customer is struggling. I, as an engineer, who worked in the IT area of Automation 40 years struggled and failed. Then I went to Vultr Vps service... and guess I could configure the VPS... And the Vultr VPS is at least 2 times faster than Linode...

Linode has fallen to shady practices. Its infrastructure is good but they consider customer as a risk recently i shifted from Digital Ocean to Linode. Was setting up an e-commerce setup. To my surprise at 4 am my time i got mail both servers get brute force attacked and restrictions on the servers is done until support reply. I set up servers again fully hardened and in evening my account gets cancelled on suspicious grounds. Never faced this kind of service ever.Thankfully their shady practices come in light early else i would be under a lawsuit from client.

Failing to make an account. My email doesn't have any reply from the support client.

Unable to create an account. No response to support request. my 10+ years old account disabled. Update: you are not responding to the support emails. I have to create an account again to submit a ticket. When I create an account you asking for credit card payment verification. I used my own credit card, your system charged and verified it. But, How you judge me like a ciriminal? Years ago I created an account with you and used your service. But your new system disabled my old account and treated me like a criminal. I'm using my own internet, own credit card and I have all the IDs to verify. No issue if you do not allow to create an account. a lot of cloud providers out there. BUT IT IS A DANGEROUS SIGNAL, YOU WILL DELETE ANY ACCOUNT AT ANY TIME WITHOUT ANY REASON. Thank god.

I started using Linode 10 days ago. I followed a tutorial to set up a linode and had a website running on an IP. 5 days later the website was gone, which was extremely inconvenient as people were using it. I tried to log in and noticed my account wasn't there. I called customer service and learned that the account got cancelled because of a fraud suspicion related to the account. They would give me no explanation for it. I also had no way of downloading my work. And I can't reactivate my account no matter what I do. The customer service person told me that their terms and conditions mention that the account can be cancelled without explanation or warning if they suspect fraud; I can't see how this is justified. I did nothing wrong, I gave my account information, name and address correctly, and I have no way of knowing why my account was flagged. Everything was fine up to this point, but I can't recommend a service where there is a risk of sudden cancellation without receiving an explanation or a way to rectify the situation.