Easy to move
EC2 on Akamai (Linode): what it becomes and what it costs.
On Akamai (Linode), EC2 becomes Akamai Linode compute instances or Akamai dedicated-CPU Linodes. Plain VMs map one-to-one; pick the cheapest Akamai (Linode) type with at least the same vCPU and RAM.
Effort grade
Easy
Drop-in replacement at the destination or mature open source
Cost after the move, before engineer time
30% of today
Modelled from instance types; the remainder (NAT, IPs, snapshots) at 30%: NAT gateways cost nothing at the destination, snapshots are about a third of the EBS price.
Engineer time
none added
Priced from usage; it runs on the servers already counted.
In three modelled AWS accounts
What EC2 costs in the modelled accounts and what the estimator makes of it on Akamai (Linode), with the default assumptions. Not customer data.
| Account | AWS /mo | Akamai /mo | Change | Priced by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early-stage SaaS$2,981/mo in total | $1,435 | $907 | −$529 | usage model |
| Scale-up on Kubernetes$24,950/mo in total | $11,200 | $7,520 | −$3,680 | usage model |
| Data-heavy platform$79,640/mo in total | $34,000 | $25,695 | −$8,305 | usage model |
Your own EC2 line, from your export
Drop one month of your AWS cost export and the report prices every service, EC2 included, on Akamai (Linode) list prices of 18 Oct 2026, net of the engineer time to run it. In your browser; nothing is uploaded.