Linode upgrade plans to match with DigitalOcean

The lower end tier gets some more disk space, it is only the higher end gets CPU and Memory upgrade. Now the Dollar / Memory is the same across low and high end Standard Plan. I have always wondered why it wasn't the case in all previous years. Shouldn't the higher spec / memory / CPU, the cheaper it is per CPU / Memory ?

The other news not mentioned in the post is the switch to AMD EPYC CPU. I guess that is what offers much more memory and CPU core per "slices".

It is also interesting that DO decided their Non Standard Plan are CPU focus, while Linode is Memory Capacity focused.

I am not sure if Linode has improved their security, which damaged its image quite a bit. And if they have finally shipped their new Control Panel. UX was one reason why many went with DO.

Otherwise, Linode is still faster in CPU, Memory Speed, Disk I/O, Network Capacity, Network Speed, Latency. I don't know if all these are still true with new EPYC Sever. But sometimes I don't understand why Linode is not getting the similar attention as DO.

And similarly, I don't understand why everyone everything has to be on AWS. And why DO / Linode type of Cloud Services haven't moved up the ladder.

Old plans

https://web.archive.org/web/20180414185804/https://www.linod...