A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) vs ITProTV

Likelihood to Recommend

If your organization is technical-based and offers its employees different online courses to enhance their knowledge, then A Cloud Guru will be perfect for you. There are multiple courses available from different cloud platforms. The platform is easy to use and navigate and does not require much knowledge. Even if you do not have basic technical knowledge, the courses available in A Cloud Guru are designed in such a manner that a non-technical person will understand the concept easily.

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Swarup Sangale

Strategic Partner Management Senior Analyst

AccentureInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees

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I've encouraged co-workers and non-coworkers to watch the live streams of ITProTV. Unfortunately, my company currently uses CBT Nuggets (none of the people I've asked like it/utilize it), but those who do take the suggestion often ask the same question: Why do we not use ITProTV instead of CBT? I met a young man who was in his final year of college pursuing an accounting degree. He asked me about the IT industry. I suggested he look at ITProTV in order to see if there is a subject he's interested in. He immediately signed up, and while working two jobs and going to school, he managed to get his CCNA and pass the Microsoft 70-410 within 6 months. We hired him. If you just want to hone your skills, ITProTV delivers. If you are seeking certifications, ITProTV delivers. The only demographic that I can imagine where it would be unsuited, is simply for those who are ignorant that nearly every industry involves some form of technological understanding. ITProTV is good for end users "non-IT personnel", as well as those supporting end users.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Pros

The team at A Cloud Guru is excellent at responding to user feedback that is submitted through their website.
The content created is well organized and aligns to certification paths.
The content is accessible on mobile and web platforms, which is great for learning on the go.

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Verified User

Executive in Information Technology

Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 10,001+ employees

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Amount and quality of content is great, plus the instructors are entertaining
The user interface is easy to navigate and the videos can be streamed to just about any platform
The Transcender practice tests in the subscription plan we have are practically worth the price of admission

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John-David Sayle

IT System Administrator

George Mason University - College of ScienceHigher Education, 201-500 employees

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Cons

More material on other cloud providers GCP, Azure, Huawei.
Extend the sandboxes to other cloud providers not only AWS.
Include more material for non-technical people, sometimes the sales teams are completely lost in the platform but they would like to learn about it.

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Leo Quiroa

Machine Learning Engineer

Blue Orange DigitalInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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The episode download feature could use a little work (speaking about the Android experience). When you download the episode, you need to go to downloaded in ITProTV instead of just playing on the normal episode content screen. It works well for what it is, but it would be nice to have the downloaded content play straight from the episode screen.
I've had a few little issues with the Roku. It works great, but there have been a couple times when I needed to contact support because the Roku kept saying I wasn't a subscriber. The problem mostly resolved itself, but I still occasionally get the message. It isn't a huge deal since I can still access the content on Android or through a web browser.
I would like to see an al la carte for school education. Currently, we must contact a sales rep for one-off trainings, like A+, Network+, etc. (the sales reps are phenomenal... so that isn't much of an issue!)

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Dana Morrison

IT Director

Stitch Golf HoldingsPrimary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$0 per month

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) Editions & Modules

Edition

Free	$0.00¹
Personal Basic	$31.59 ($379.00)²
Personal Plus	$41.59 ($499.00)²
Business Basic	$41.59 ($499.00)²
Business Plus	$58.25 ($699.00)²

per month
per month (per year)

Additional Pricing Details

Contact Sales for Enterprise Pricing. https://acloudguru.com/solutions/business

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

—

ITProTV Editions & Modules

—

Additional Pricing Details

Corporate memberships are available. Individual memberships are monthly or annual.

Likelihood to Renew

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) 10.0

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No answer on this topic is available.

ITProTV 9.1

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Using ITProTV has been a cakewalk. Not once have I wished that we went with a different vendor. The content stays updated. My technicians are improving their skills. We can train when we need it and access the content required. We are improving all the way around.... why wouldn't I want to renew?

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Dana Morrison

IT Director

Stitch Golf HoldingsPrimary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees

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Usability

No score

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ITProTV 9.1

Based on 1 answer

Because they have a mobile app!

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Oscar Ogando

IT Support Specialist

LCHHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) 9.0

Based on 1 answer

The support team of A Cloud Guru is quite quick. There are scenarios where A Cloud Guru was not working in my organization. We reached out to their support team and they quickly resolved the issue. Also, if any individual is facing issues accessing A Cloud Guru, their support team is quick to resolve the issue.

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Swarup Sangale

Strategic Partner Management Senior Analyst

AccentureInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees

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ITProTV 9.1

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Let me start with... their chat really works. You aren't chatting with a bot. When we first looked into purchasing ITProTV, I opened a chat on their site. One of their sales people, Brandon, contacted me quickly and by phone. I totally thought I was chatting with a computer, then the phone rang and Brandon introduced himself. I was blown away. Then, on the two occasions when I contact support, I did it through the chat. Not only did my problem get resolved quickly, a tech named Jessica followed up via email a couple days later to make sure the issues hadn't continued. Fantastic!

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Dana Morrison

IT Director

Stitch Golf HoldingsPrimary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

The main differentiator was the contents as we were interested in a cloud platform other similar platforms did not have the below: it is very good to establish cloud learning development plans and then track them and manage them for the team. The platform supports learning tracks, exams, and sandboxes with all major cloud providers guarantees that you don't get an accidental charge as a result of [the] testing and exploring the cloud

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Verified User

Manager in Professional Services

Computer Networking Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Previously my team used the Microsoft on demand training which has everything you could ever dream of from Microsoft in the same format as ITProTV. It did have the latest and greatest Microsoft training because it is Microsoft, but it only had Microsoft and nothing more. The cost was the other issue. The On demand workshops subscription cost a lot more than my budget would allow. I would have been forced to pick who was getting training and who was not which would most likely cause some friction between the team members.

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Jim Weigle

Manager of Desktop Engineering

Community Health NetworkHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Engagement scores around investment in L&D have increased.
There's excitement around upcoming changes to our technology instead of fear we have seen in the past.
We feel confident we will be able to deliver these new technologies - although we are at the start of our journey.

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Verified User

Manager in Professional Services

Financial Services Company, 201-500 employees

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I am aiming to have passed the first exam by January and I believe ITPro.TV is helping me achieve this goal.
Having these two new qualifications with the help of ITPro.TV will enabled my business to be "Cyber Ready"
This will enable us to offer advice to our clients for moving their business' forward.

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Jay mace

1st Line Support Technician

m3 Networks LimitedInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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