Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) Pricing Overview

Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) Pricing Key Insights

Last updated on Apr 09, 2026

Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) offers 1 pricing edition, starting at $5. Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) pricing tiers are designed to support different usage levels and team sizes. Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) also offers a free trial. Compare the Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) pricing table below to figure out the best fit for your needs. Some plans may require you to contact Akamai Technologies for custom pricing.

Basic — $5 / Usage Based Per Month

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Basic

$5.00

Usage Based Per Month

CPU, transfer, storage, and RAM bundled into one simple price.

Increase storage capacity with additional Block Storage or S3-compatible Object Storage. Add instant Backups with complete independency to your stack. Ensure your applications and services are highly-available with Linode NodeBalancers.

Deploy Kubernetes clusters with our fully-managed container orchestration engine.

Pricing information for Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) must be conducted with the seller.

Pricing information was last updated on September 28, 2026

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Google Cloud Run Tier 1	Pay As You GoPer Month	Pricing for services with CPU only allocated during request processing CPU: $0.00002400 per vCPU-second beyond free tier Memory: $0.00000250 / GiB-second beyond free tier Requests: $0.40 / million requests beyond free tier
Prefect Prefect Cloud	Pay As You GoPer Month	Prefer the open source Prefect framework with Prefect Cloud to power up your dataflows. Let us take care of the orchestration and enable collaboration, teams, security controls and more. Managed orchestration-as-a-service Collaboration Tools Enhanced UI
UpCloud Cloud Servers	$3.50Per Month	Deploy high-performance Linux or Windows servers with full control and flexibility. Enjoy resilient infrastructure, 99.999% SLA, and simple pricing.

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Pricing information for the above various Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) alternatives is supplied by the respective software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase any of these products must be conducted with the seller.