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Linode has over 45,000 customers (as of 2011), paying a bare minimum of $20 usd/month. Realistically they're probably bigger than that now, and the avg $/custom

Linode has over 45,000 customers (as of 2011), paying a bare minimum of $20 usd/month. Realistically they're probably bigger than that now, and the avg $/customer is higher. I'd say they're pretty good sized. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/8/prweb8739680.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/8/prweb8739680.htm

larrys 14y ago
"Linode has grown to over 45,000 customers" I'd like to point out as someone that has made the INC 500 list and knows the process very well that there is no vetting to the numbers that you give them. Back when I did it you simply needed a letterhead from your accountant and Inc went with whatever you said. (Might have changed but that's the way it was). There is obviously no audit. And there is no question that people fudge to get on the list in various ways because it's a good marketing tool. Linode is not a public company releasing information. Once again I'm not saying the info isn't correct and that they don't have that many customers. I'm simply pointing out that the fact that they issue a press release saying they have 45,000 customers (along with the math that you are assuming gives them $20/customer) isn't necessarily correct.
- agwa 14y ago
  Linode has been around since 2003 and only made the list for the first time in 2011, which happens to be right after several years of massive growth in the industry. It seems quite plausible that they would legitimately make the Inc 500 list. Another way to approximate their number of customers would be by IP address assignments: http://bgp.he.net/search?search[search]=linode&commit=Search http://bgp.he.net/search?search[search]=linode&commit=Se... I count 176,640 IPv4 addresses, and that's only direct allocations - their older customers are still using IP addresses owned by Linode's datacenter vendors (SoftLayer, HE, etc.). If what you say is true, I have no doubt that some companies fake it to get on the Inc 500 list, but given the facts about Linode it seems fairly unlikely that they faked it, and quite possible that they could be spending millions on infrastructure upgrades.
mbesto 14y ago
They do $23mil in revenue - http://www.inc.com/profile/linode http://www.inc.com/profile/linode

larrys 14y ago

"Linode has grown to over 45,000 customers" I'd like to point out as someone that has made the INC 500 list and knows the process very well that there is no vetting to the numbers that you give them. Back when I did it you simply needed a letterhead from your accountant and Inc went with whatever you said. (Might have changed but that's the way it was). There is obviously no audit. And there is no question that people fudge to get on the list in various ways because it's a good marketing tool. Linode is not a public company releasing information. Once again I'm not saying the info isn't correct and that they don't have that many customers. I'm simply pointing out that the fact that they issue a press release saying they have 45,000 customers (along with the math that you are assuming gives them $20/customer) isn't necessarily correct.

agwa 14y ago
Linode has been around since 2003 and only made the list for the first time in 2011, which happens to be right after several years of massive growth in the industry. It seems quite plausible that they would legitimately make the Inc 500 list. Another way to approximate their number of customers would be by IP address assignments: http://bgp.he.net/search?search[search]=linode&commit=Search http://bgp.he.net/search?search[search]=linode&commit=Se... I count 176,640 IPv4 addresses, and that's only direct allocations - their older customers are still using IP addresses owned by Linode's datacenter vendors (SoftLayer, HE, etc.). If what you say is true, I have no doubt that some companies fake it to get on the Inc 500 list, but given the facts about Linode it seems fairly unlikely that they faked it, and quite possible that they could be spending millions on infrastructure upgrades.

mbesto 14y ago

They do $23mil in revenue - http://www.inc.com/profile/linode http://www.inc.com/profile/linode