Cloudways is a Malta-based managed cloud platform providing hourly-billed managed VPS on 5 underlying clouds (DigitalOcean, AWS, GCP, Vultr, Linode) from about $12/month, deeply optimized for WordPress and PHP.
Akamai is a globally leading content delivery and cloud security provider that entered cloud computing by acquiring Linode, offering edge cloud and managed services. Combined with one of the world's largest distributed edge networks, Akamai now delivers full-stack cloud solutions from edge computing to cloud servers.
Founded in 2003 in Philadelphia, Linode is one of the oldest cloud server providers. Acquired by Akamai in 2022, now part of Akamai Connected Cloud. Known for $5/mo starting price, clean UI, and excellent developer docs.