LinodeReviews of linode.com

Disappointing Hosting Service

Linode(Akamai) appears to offer good services, but it is hard to make use of those services if you can't get passed the "denied activation due to activity or patterns associated with fraudulent behavior" automation. This leads me to suspect that Linode is "Red Lining", that is excluding some from signing up who give valid details(*, **, ***), based on zip code or some other immutable human characteristic, that does not constitute fraud, but is instead based on subjective group and/or class based characteristics based on location. Red Lining is illegal by the way! It doesn't matter that you use a blackbox AI to do it, it is still discriminatory. *Signed up using my legal name, high quality credit card payment, correct billing address from a paid GWS email address and GitHub OAuth token, without the use of anonymizing VPN or obfuscation. **It is entirely possible that their signup automation is so inherently flawed that they haven't kept up with technology(credit card fraud preventive validations). Shortly after my (multiple) failures with signing up with Linode, I signed up with a paid plan though a competitor and was promped by my high quality credit card to verify through their third party UI. This didn't happen with Linode, but it is likely that my credit card's payment validation API requested this verification step, for which Linode(apparently) does not support. ***Linode appears not to have good support for KYC, which is really a requirement if you are in this business, even to verify with TP required ID and a verification step. Likely this is just a case of a failure to support newer tech, which maybe for my purposes is better that they failed to approve me. Maybe I should raise my rating(joking).

I dont want to say it but they scamed me so i was using linode and lastly i cancelled account due to fund problems but i reconsidered as i still has funds so try to re sign up again and again still rejected as fraud wth how does i fraud on you company i contacted them waited and wait nope no answer so I don't recommend it at all i use them for 1-2 month and they doing this on me why dude (I'm Non United States user idk why)

Utter rip off. Worse than AWS if that is possible. Suddenly I get charged $50 FOR NOTHING.

Instant account cancelation when trying to create a new account. Do NOT waste your time with this unprofessional company.

Canceled my account due to budget reasons and I try to remake my account i fill everything out and then they cancelled my account setup and for that reason I'd saggiest you just run your own home labs without using linode

I'd love to not have to rent Amazon web services, but Linode just hates money and new customers. Literally impossible to create an account there. The 'blindfolded shotgun' method on cancelling sign ups is not a standardized security measure, if you didn't know, Linode.

they are gatekeeping their all services you can waste time on filling all forms in register step, but you will be instantly rejected for no reason