2026-09-27 · 2 min read
One VPS a day: Nanode 1GB in Singapore for five dollars
A small shared plan from Akamai / Linode, priced for light personal work, with a quick check of what each dollar buys.
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Todays candidate: Nanode 1GB in Singapore
Akamai / Linode lists Nanode 1GB at a standard monthly price of 5 USD before tax. The plan includes 1 shared vCPU, 1 GiB of RAM, 25 GiB of SSD storage and a 1000 GB transfer allowance, with public IPv4 included. The quote we checked is for Singapore, SG. Optional backups, tax and excess transfer are additional, and availability still depends on checkout. We have not benchmarked this plan.
What five dollars buys on paper
At that monthly price, each dollar corresponds to 0.200 GiB of RAM, 0.200 shared vCPU and 5.000 GiB of SSD. That ratio helps when you already know 1 GiB is enough for a small blog or a light service. If you need more memory headroom, compare larger plans before sorting only by the monthly sticker.
A practical filter before you chase the cheapest line
Start from the minimum RAM your app actually needs, then look at region and transfer. A five-dollar Nanode is only a bargain if 1 GiB and Singapore routing fit the workload.
Sources & verification
Checked 2026-09-27 · AI-assisted, grounded in the sources above. Prices and availability can change.