Their network is more reliable, their control panel is much more advanced and they offer a lot more capabilities (load balancers, longview, additional IPv4 addr

Their network is more reliable, their control panel is much more advanced and they offer a lot more capabilities (load balancers, longview, additional IPv4 addresses etc.). DO is great at what it does (I have 3 vms with them) but when you need more, Linode wins.