ScaleGrid vs Linode
ScaleGrid
Optimal Baseline TierScaleGrid PostgreSQL® DigitalOcean SMALL plan (Optimal for baseline workload)
$60.00/ month
Included storage60 GB
Included bandwidth1000 GB
Included RAM4 GB
Base plan$60.00
Storage overagePlan limit
Bandwidth overagePlan limit
Compute overage$0.00
Linode
Optimal Baseline TierDedicated 32GB + RTX6000 GPU x1 plan (Optimal for baseline workload)
$1.50/ month
Included storage640 GB
Included bandwidth16000 GB
Included RAM32 GB
Base plan$1.50
Storage overage$0.00
Bandwidth overage$0.00
Compute overage$0.00
Choosing between the infrastructure of ScaleGrid and Linode requires analyzing their pricing thresholds. You can launch on ScaleGrid for $60.00. Alternatively, Linode's equivalent plan starts at $1.50. In terms of initial financial commitment, Linode is the more budget-friendly option, starting $58.50 lower than the ScaleGrid base configuration.
As your platform scales, resource limits will impact your budget. Expanding your limits on ScaleGrid means additional storage is requires a plan upgrade, while excess egress traffic is requires a plan upgrade. When evaluating the same limits on Linode, you will find that additional storage is billed at $0.10 per GB, while excess egress traffic is billed at $0.01 per GB.
Architectural Cost Simulation
Database Parameters
50 GB
100 GB
2 GB RAM
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® DigitalOcean NANO)Details →
Requires higher plan
Base plan:$13.00
RAM scaling:Plan limit
Storage overage:Plan limit
Egress overage:Plan limit
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® Amazon Web Services (AWS) MICRO)Details →
Requires higher plan
Base plan:$25.00
RAM scaling:Plan limit
Storage overage:Plan limit
Egress overage:Plan limit
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® DigitalOcean MICRO)Details →
Requires higher plan
Base plan:$30.00
RAM scaling:Plan limit
Storage overage:Plan limit
Egress overage:Plan limit
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® Amazon Web Services (AWS) SMALL)Details →
Requires higher plan
Base plan:$44.00
RAM scaling:Plan limit
Storage overage:Plan limit
Egress overage:Plan limit
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® DigitalOcean SMALL)Details →
$60.00 / mo
Base plan:$60.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® Amazon Web Services (AWS) MEDIUM)Details →
$88.00 / mo
Base plan:$88.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® DigitalOcean MEDIUM)Details →
$100.00 / mo
Base plan:$100.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® Amazon Web Services (AWS) LARGE)Details →
$172.00 / mo
Base plan:$172.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® DigitalOcean LARGE)Details →
$200.00 / mo
Base plan:$200.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® Amazon Web Services (AWS) XLARGE)Details →
$258.00 / mo
Base plan:$258.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® DigitalOcean XLARGE)Details →
$400.00 / mo
Base plan:$400.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® Amazon Web Services (AWS) X2XLARGE)Details →
$516.00 / mo
Base plan:$516.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® DigitalOcean X2XLARGE)Details →
$784.00 / mo
Base plan:$784.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® DigitalOcean X4XLARGE)Details →
$1008.00 / mo
Base plan:$1008.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® AWS High Performance LARGE)Details →
$1148.00 / mo
Base plan:$1148.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® Amazon Web Services (AWS) X4XLARGE)Details →
$1319.00 / mo
Base plan:$1319.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® DigitalOcean X8XLARGE)Details →
$1355.00 / mo
Base plan:$1355.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® AWS High Performance XLARGE)Details →
$2014.00 / mo
Base plan:$2014.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® DigitalOcean X16XLARGE)Details →
$2016.00 / mo
Base plan:$2016.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® Amazon Web Services (AWS) X8XLARGE)Details →
$2083.00 / mo
Base plan:$2083.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® AWS High Performance X2XLARGE)Details →
$3522.00 / mo
Base plan:$3522.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® Amazon Web Services (AWS) X16XLARGE)Details →
$3920.00 / mo
Base plan:$3920.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® AWS High Performance X4XLARGE)Details →
$6371.00 / mo
Base plan:$6371.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® Amazon Web Services (AWS) X32XLARGE)Details →
$7371.00 / mo
Base plan:$7371.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® AWS High Performance X8XLARGE)Details →
$11200.00 / mo
Base plan:$11200.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
ScaleGrid (PostgreSQL® AWS High Performance X16XLARGE)Details →
$22400.00 / mo
Base plan:$22400.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Lowest cost
Linode (Dedicated 32GB + RTX6000 GPU x1)Details →
$1.50 / mo
Base plan:$1.50
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 96x24)Details →
$1.51 / mo
Base plan:$1.51
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (RTX4000 Ada x1 X-Large)Details →
$1.53 / mo
Base plan:$1.53
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 96x48)Details →
$1.94 / mo
Base plan:$1.94
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 128x32)Details →
$2.02 / mo
Base plan:$2.02
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 128x64)Details →
$2.59 / mo
Base plan:$2.59
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (RTX4000 Ada x4 Small)Details →
$2.96 / mo
Base plan:$2.96
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Dedicated 64GB + RTX6000 GPU x2)Details →
$3.00 / mo
Base plan:$3.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (RTX4000 Ada x4 Medium)Details →
$3.57 / mo
Base plan:$3.57
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 256x64)Details →
$4.03 / mo
Base plan:$4.03
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Dedicated 96GB + RTX6000 GPU x3)Details →
$4.50 / mo
Base plan:$4.50
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Nanode 1GB)Details →
Requires higher plan
Base plan:$5.00
RAM scaling:Plan limit
Storage overage:$2.50
Egress overage:Plan limit
Linode (G8 Dedicated 256x128)Details →
$5.18 / mo
Base plan:$5.18
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Dedicated 128GB + RTX6000 GPU x4)Details →
$6.00 / mo
Base plan:$6.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 512x128)Details →
$8.21 / mo
Base plan:$8.21
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 512x256)Details →
$10.37 / mo
Base plan:$10.37
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (2GB)Details →
$12.00 / mo
Base plan:$12.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (4GB)Details →
$24.00 / mo
Base plan:$24.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Dedicated 4GB)Details →
$36.00 / mo
Base plan:$36.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G7 Dedicated 4x2)Details →
$43.00 / mo
Base plan:$43.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Premium 4GB)Details →
$43.00 / mo
Base plan:$43.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (8GB)Details →
$48.00 / mo
Base plan:$48.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (24GB)Details →
$63.00 / mo
Base plan:$60.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$3.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 4x2)Details →
$62.22 / mo
Base plan:$61.32
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.90
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Dedicated 8GB)Details →
$72.00 / mo
Base plan:$72.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G7 Dedicated 8x4)Details →
$86.00 / mo
Base plan:$86.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Premium 8GB)Details →
$86.00 / mo
Base plan:$86.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 8x2)Details →
$94.90 / mo
Base plan:$94.90
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (16GB)Details →
$96.00 / mo
Base plan:$96.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (48GB)Details →
$121.00 / mo
Base plan:$120.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$1.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 8x4)Details →
$122.64 / mo
Base plan:$122.64
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Dedicated 16GB)Details →
$144.00 / mo
Base plan:$144.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G7 Dedicated 16x8)Details →
$173.00 / mo
Base plan:$173.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Premium 16GB)Details →
$173.00 / mo
Base plan:$173.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 16x4)Details →
$182.50 / mo
Base plan:$182.50
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (32GB)Details →
$192.00 / mo
Base plan:$192.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 16x8)Details →
$236.52 / mo
Base plan:$236.52
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (90GB)Details →
$240.00 / mo
Base plan:$240.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (NETINT Quadra T1U x1 Small)Details →
$280.00 / mo
Base plan:$280.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Dedicated 32GB)Details →
$288.00 / mo
Base plan:$288.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G7 Dedicated 32x16)Details →
$346.00 / mo
Base plan:$346.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Premium 32GB)Details →
$346.00 / mo
Base plan:$346.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (NETINT Quadra T1U x1 Medium)Details →
$352.00 / mo
Base plan:$352.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 32x8)Details →
$365.00 / mo
Base plan:$365.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (RTX4000 Ada x1 Small)Details →
$379.60 / mo
Base plan:$379.60
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (64GB)Details →
$384.00 / mo
Base plan:$384.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 32x16)Details →
$473.04 / mo
Base plan:$473.04
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (150GB)Details →
$480.00 / mo
Base plan:$480.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (NETINT Quadra T1U x2 Small)Details →
$488.00 / mo
Base plan:$488.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (RTX4000 Ada x1 Medium)Details →
$489.10 / mo
Base plan:$489.10
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (96GB)Details →
$576.00 / mo
Base plan:$576.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Dedicated 64GB)Details →
$576.00 / mo
Base plan:$576.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G7 Dedicated 64x32)Details →
$691.00 / mo
Base plan:$691.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Premium 64GB)Details →
$691.00 / mo
Base plan:$691.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (RTX4000 Ada x1 Large)Details →
$700.80 / mo
Base plan:$700.80
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 64x16)Details →
$737.30 / mo
Base plan:$737.30
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (RTX4000 Ada x2 Small)Details →
$766.50 / mo
Base plan:$766.50
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (128GB)Details →
$768.00 / mo
Base plan:$768.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Dedicated 96GB)Details →
$864.00 / mo
Base plan:$864.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G8 Dedicated 64x32)Details →
$946.08 / mo
Base plan:$946.08
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (300GB)Details →
$960.00 / mo
Base plan:$960.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (RTX4000 Ada x2 Medium)Details →
$978.20 / mo
Base plan:$978.20
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G7 Dedicated 96x48)Details →
$1037.00 / mo
Base plan:$1037.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Premium 96GB)Details →
$1037.00 / mo
Base plan:$1037.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (RTX4000 Ada x2 Medium High Storage)Details →
$1087.70 / mo
Base plan:$1087.70
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Dedicated 128GB)Details →
$1152.00 / mo
Base plan:$1152.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (192GB)Details →
$1152.00 / mo
Base plan:$1152.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G7 Dedicated 128x50)Details →
$1382.00 / mo
Base plan:$1382.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Premium 128GB)Details →
$1382.00 / mo
Base plan:$1382.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (NETINT Quadra T1U x8 Small)Details →
$1952.00 / mo
Base plan:$1952.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (NETINT Quadra T1U x8 Medium)Details →
$2240.00 / mo
Base plan:$2240.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Dedicated 256GB)Details →
$2304.00 / mo
Base plan:$2304.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (G7 Dedicated 256x56)Details →
$2765.00 / mo
Base plan:$2765.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (Premium 256GB)Details →
$2765.00 / mo
Base plan:$2765.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
Linode (NETINT Quadra T1U x8 Large)Details →
$2816.00 / mo
Base plan:$2816.00
RAM scaling:$0.00
Storage overage:$0.00
Egress overage:$0.00
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Open our master calculatorFrequently asked questions
Is ScaleGrid more cost-effective than Linode?
The starting price for ScaleGrid is $60.00 per month, whereas Linode starts at $1.50. The true cost-effectiveness depends heavily on your specific resource requirements beyond these base tiers.
How do resource limits and scaling fees compare between ScaleGrid and Linode?
When scaling, overages dictate the final bill. For ScaleGrid, expanding extra storage requires a plan upgrade and expanding network egress requires a plan upgrade. In contrast, for Linode, storage is billed at $0.10 and egress is billed at $0.01.
Should I choose ScaleGrid or Linode for my infrastructure?
Choose ScaleGrid if your workload strictly aligns with their base limits and penalty structure. Choose Linode if their starting footprint offers a more predictable financial trajectory for your specific application requirements.
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