They both have their pros and cons. Linode offers more RAM for the same price. Linode's load balancers also support IPv6, DO's did not the last time I looked. A

They both have their pros and cons. Linode offers more RAM for the same price. Linode's load balancers also support IPv6, DO's did not the last time I looked. And Google's Cloud Load Balancer beats both Linode and DigitalOcean hands down in terms of TLS handshakes per second.