VPS · head to head · checked 8 August 2026
Linode vs Tencent Cloud
7 VPS plans from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs, and where the price comes from.
Linode
from $5/mo
Nanode 1 GB · 4 plans listed
Best price per vCPU: $5.00/vCPU (Nanode 1 GB)
Tencent Cloud
from $29/mo
S5.SMALL2 · 3 plans listed
Best price per vCPU: $25.50/vCPU (S5.MEDIUM4)
Which is cheaper, Linode or Tencent Cloud?
Linode's cheapest listed plan is Nanode 1 GB at $5/mo; Tencent Cloud's is S5.SMALL2 at $29/mo.
Which gives more for the money, Linode or Tencent Cloud?
On price per vCPU, Linode does best with Nanode 1 GB at $5.00/vCPU; Tencent Cloud's best is S5.MEDIUM4 at $25.50/vCPU.
How many VPS plans does each offer here?
We list 4 for Linode and 3 for Tencent Cloud, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.
Linode
Everything from LinodeNanode 1 GB
- vCPU
- 1 (shared)
- RAM
- 1 GB
- Storage
- 25 GB SSD
- Transfer
- 1 TB
- Region
- Global (Akamai edge)
Linode 2 GBapprox
- vCPU
- 1 (shared)
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 50 GB SSD
- Transfer
- 2 TB
- Region
- Global (Akamai edge)
Linode 4 GBapprox
- vCPU
- 2 (shared)
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 80 GB SSD
- Transfer
- 4 TB
- Region
- Global (Akamai edge)
Linode 8 GBapprox
- vCPU
- 4 (shared)
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 160 GB SSD
- Transfer
- 5 TB
- Region
- Global (Akamai edge)
Tencent Cloud
Everything from Tencent CloudS5.SMALL2approx
- vCPU
- 1 (shared)
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- Not included — cloud disk billed separately
- Transfer
- Not included — billed separately
- Region
- Hong Kong
S5.MEDIUM4approx
- vCPU
- 2 (shared)
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- Not included — cloud disk billed separately
- Transfer
- Not included — billed separately
- Region
- Hong Kong
S5.LARGE8approx
- vCPU
- 4 (shared)
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- Not included — cloud disk billed separately
- Transfer
- Not included — billed separately
- Region
- Hong Kong
Linode against the rest