GameServers 🆚 Linode - Apr, 2024

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GameServers (gameservers.com) has been added on 📅 Oct 27, 2008 and last updated on 📆 Oct 30, 2022. Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2020.
Linode (linode.com) has been added on 📅 Jun 01, 2005 and last updated on 📆 Feb 19, 2020. Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2016.

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GameServers

319 Clematis Street Suite 900
West Palm Beach, NJ 33401
US

Linode

249 Arch St.
Philadelphia, PA 19106
US

linode.com is inactive, but is redirected to akamai.com

📧 Email	support@g...	support@l...
☎ Phone	+1 973 849 0500, Fax: +1 732 727 2262	+18554LINODE, India: +910008009190534, Intl +16093807100
Ranks	🏆 Alexa Rating 217,524▼-60,915 (lower is better) Alexa Rank in US 106,418 🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 54/53🔗 Links 1,659,668	🏆 Alexa Rating 4,253▲1,428 (lower is better) 📈 Domains 661,594▼-1005 (higher is better) Alexa Rank in IN 1,744 🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 80/67🔗 Links 12,351,454
Languages	en-US	en-US de-DE es-ES
📄 Info	Founded in 2004, GameServers.com is one of the leading game servers in the industry. They work directly with developers and they are proud to announce that they have hosted the servers of over 500,000 customers all around the globe. Besides providing game hosting, the company specializes in high-end web hosting solutions: Dedicated Servers;Ventrilo Server Hosting;Teamspeak Server Hosting. Some of the popular game servers they host are the following:Minecraft;ARK: Survival Evolved;Call of [...] Read full review	Akamai’s acquired Linode in early 2022. With the announcement of Akamai Connected Cloud, Linode is now fully integrated into the Akamai brand as of 2024 === Linode has been around since 2003 and it is a cloud hosting company that tries to provide an easy infrastructure which is ideal for both individuals and businesses. Their solutions are designed for web developers or app developers. Linode has a strong reputation over the world with more than 800K customers from 196 countries. They say [...] Read full review
📡 Established	February, 2000	January, 2003
🏁 Site speed	Fast, load time 1.2 seconds 73% sites are slower SEO Links count 516	Fast, load time 1.2 seconds 72% sites are slower SEO Links count 3,711

📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media
🔃 User Shares	Facebook Shared Count:	Facebook Shared Count:
	gameservers_com Started from: March, 2008 Tweets: 1,969 Followers: 9,582 Friends: 63 Last activity: Feb 2, 2018	-
	GameServers.com Likes: People talking about them: Last activity: Feb 6, 2019	https://www.facebook.com/linode/ Likes: People talking about them: Last activity: Sep 28, 2019
	Game Servers LLC Followers: 31 Entity type: Privately Held Employee Count: 11-50 Industry: Internet	https://www.linkedin.com/company/linode/ Followers: 1,152 Entity type: Privately Held Founded: 2003 Employee Count: 51-200 Industry: Internet
	GameServers Blog	https://www.linode.com/blog/ Blog Posts: 137 First post from: Dec, 2019 Language: en-US Last written post: Feb 15, 2022

🔧 Shared Hosting - 2/0
💡 Plan Name	Teamspeak Server [Linux/Windows]	-
💰 Price	$ 3.95/mo.	-
💿 Disk Space	unlimited	-
📶 Data Transfer	unmetered	-
🔌 Hosted domains	unlimited	-
🆓 Free Domain	0	-
📌 Dedicated IPs	0	-
🔨 Control Panel	[In-house]	-
🌏 Server Location	United States	-
📜 Description	INFO (mouse over)10 SLOTS (included in price) 15 SLOTS $4.21 25 SLOTS $6.76 50 SLOTS $12.71 100 SLOTS $21.21 150 SLOTS $29.71 200 SLOTS $38.21 250 SLOTS $50.96 26 Teamspeak 3 Hosting Locations Worldwide! GameServers.com is an authorized Teamspeak 3 hosting provider and we host Teamspeak throughout the [...]	-
📅 Date Plan	Nov 2022	-
💡 Plan Name	Minecraft Servers [Linux/Windows]	-
💰 Price	$ 7.99/mo.	-
💿 Disk Space	unlimited	-
📶 Data Transfer	unmetered	-
🔌 Hosted domains	unlimited	-
🆓 Free Domain	0	-
📌 Dedicated IPs	0	-
🔨 Control Panel	[In-house]	-
🌏 Server Location	United States	-
📜 Description	INFO (mouse over)Minecraft Servers include McMyAdmin control panel! Many plugins are available with one click in our industry leading control panel, including: Tekkit, ChestShop, CommandBook, iConomy, Essentials, GodPowers, Factions, McMMO, WorldGuard, WorldEdit, and more! You even have the ability to upload your [...]	-
📅 Date Plan	Nov 2022	-

🔧 Cloud - 0/16
💡 Plan Name	-	Nanode 1GB [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 5.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	25 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	1 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-	unlimited
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	1 CPU Core
🔋 RAM	-	1 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)$.0075/hr 40 Gbps Network In 1000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain threshold of Linode services used within a [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020
💡 Plan Name	-	Linode 2GB SSD [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 10.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	50 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	2 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-	unlimited
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	1 CPU Core
🔋 RAM	-	2 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)$.015/hr 40 Gbps Network In 2000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain threshold of Linode services used within a [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020
💡 Plan Name	-	Linode 4GB SSD [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 20.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	80 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	4 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-	unlimited
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	2 CPU Cores
🔋 RAM	-	4 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)$.03/hr 40 Gbps Network In 4000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain threshold of Linode services used within a [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020
💡 Plan Name	-	Dedicated CPU 4GB [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 30.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	80 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	4 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-	unlimited
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	2
🔋 RAM	-	4 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)This Linode provides dedicated CPU cores. $.045/hr 40 Gbps Network In 4000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020
💡 Plan Name	-	Linode 8GB SSD [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 40.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	160 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	5 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-	unlimited
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	4 CPU Cores
🔋 RAM	-	8 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)$.06/hr 40 Gbps Network In 5000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain threshold of Linode services used within a [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020
💡 Plan Name	-	Linode 24GB SSD [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 60.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	20 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	5 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-	unlimited
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	1 CPU Core
🔋 RAM	-	24 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)$.09/hr 40 Gbps Network In 5000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain threshold of Linode services used within a [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020
💡 Plan Name	-	Dedicated CPU 8GB [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 60.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	160 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	5 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-	unlimited
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	4
🔋 RAM	-	8 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)This Linode provides dedicated CPU cores. $.09/hr 40 Gbps Network In 5000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020
💡 Plan Name	-	Linode 16GB [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 80.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	320 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	8 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-	unlimited
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	6 CPU Cores
🔋 RAM	-	16 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)$.12/hr 40 Gbps Network In 6000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain threshold of Linode services used within a [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020
💡 Plan Name	-	Linode 48GB SSD [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 120.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	40 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	6 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-	unlimited
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	2 CPU Cores
🔋 RAM	-	48 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)$.18/hr 40 Gbps Network In 6000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain threshold of Linode services used within a [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020
💡 Plan Name	-	Dedicated CPU 16GB [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 120.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	320 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	6 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-	unlimited
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	8
🔋 RAM	-	16 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)This Linode provides dedicated CPU cores. $.18/hr 40 Gbps Network In 6000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020
💡 Plan Name	-	Linode 90GB [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 240.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	90 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	7 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-	unlimited
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	4 CPU Cores
🔋 RAM	-	90 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)$.36/hr 40 Gbps Network In 7000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain threshold of Linode services used within a [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020
💡 Plan Name	-	Dedicated CPU 32GB [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 240.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	625 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	7 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-	unlimited
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	16
🔋 RAM	-	32 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)This Linode provides dedicated CPU cores. $.36/hr 40 Gbps Network In 7000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020
💡 Plan Name	-	Linode 150GB [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 480.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	200 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	8 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-	unlimited
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	8 CPU Cores
🔋 RAM	-	150 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)$.72/hr 40 Gbps Network In 8000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain threshold of Linode services used within a [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020
💡 Plan Name	-	Dedicated CPU 64GB [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 480.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	1250 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	8 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-	unlimited
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	32
🔋 RAM	-	64 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)This Linode provides dedicated CPU cores. $.72/hr 40 Gbps Network In 8000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020
💡 Plan Name	-	Dedicated CPU 96GB [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 720.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	1875 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	9 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	48
🔋 RAM	-	96 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)This Linode provides dedicated CPU cores. $1.08/hr 40 Gbps Network In 9000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020
💡 Plan Name	-	Linode 300GB [Linux]
💰 Price	-	$ 960.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space	-	340 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer	-	9 TB
🔌 Hosted domains	-	unlimited
🆓 Free Domain	-	0
💪 CPU	-	16 CPU Cores
🔋 RAM	-	300 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs	-	0
🔨 Control Panel	-
🌏 Server Location	-
📜 Description	-	INFO (mouse over)$1.44/hr 40 Gbps Network In 9000 Mbps Network Out All services are billed automatically at the end of the month. You are charged the hourly rate for a service up to its monthly cap. You may receive a mid-month bill from Linode if you reach a certain threshold of Linode services used within a [...]
📅 Date Plan	-	Feb 2020

💻 Supported Operating Systems
	Linux/Windows	Linux

📤 List of products
	Shared Hosting	Cloud

✍️ Support Options
	Email Help Desk Phone / Toll-Free 0 *WHTop* support responses	Email Help Desk Phone / Toll-Free Live Chat Available 24/7 0 *WHTop* support responses

💰 Payment Options
	Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards	Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards PayPal

👪 Last positive / negative customers review
	-anonymous- (-hidden-) on 📆 Mar 19, 2020 😁 I don't know what these other reviews are talking about? I've been using GameServers for quite a few months now and their customer service is quick to respond, professional, and helpful. I've never had any technical difficulties and I'm sure if I [...] -anonymous- (irain84@y...) on 📆 Aug 28, 2020 😠 I purchased a server for RUST from these guys and after some days, it started crashing because it runs out of memory. They told me to upgrade to 100 slots to get more memory. This is not an option so I asked them to cancel my subscription. They did [...]	schen (shu.chen@f...) on 📆 Dec 02, 2010 😁 Mostly responding to counter the previous claims of numerous system crashes.First of all, the plan prices listed on here are totally wrong. The smallest plan (~$20 a month) is for a 512.Through personal hobby, work and freelance jobs, I've [...] -anonymous- (jjzepp@g...) on 📆 Jul 17, 2021 😠 Steadily gouging their customers while provide less support. Linode days are numbered. Avoid at all costs.

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