A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) vs Khan Academy

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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Khan Academy is a great supplement for things you already have learned, or as a mid-level course (versus a deep dive or high school/university level course). It is great for a paced learning environment if you want to casually refresh yourself on a subject or learn something new. I don't think this should be a replacement for structured learning, or if you struggle in self-paced learning environments. There have been times I would like to have been able to ask a professional (like an instructor) when struggling with a subtopic, which is possible in a classroom setting.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Law Practice Company, 501-1000 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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Executive in Information Technology

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

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Offers a variety of courses
Their courses are free
The interactivity of the courses, specifically computer science, helps to hone skills

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Employee in Customer Service

Management Consulting Company, 51-200 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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On my iPad, to change the language of Khan, I need to change the language of my iPad in the settings
It can be a bit messy and the category are a bit too generic, not enough per level category
Sometimes the quizz are too simple, it would be nice to have an extra difficult one as a bonus

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Engineer in Other

Research Company, 5001-10,000 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

—

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$0

Khan Academy Editions & Modules

Edition

Learners	Free
Teachers	Free
Districts	Free
Parents	Free

none

Additional Pricing Details

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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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Khan Academy 9.0

Based on 1 answer

I've only had to seek support one time. There was a glitch in one of my lessons and I submitted an email. The glitch was fixed by support within a few days, but I would've liked for it to be faster. However, I don't have a big complaint there because it is a free service.

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Employee in Other

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 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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Manager in Professional Services

Computer Networking Company, 1001-5000 employees

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I personally found Khan Academy much better suited for adult learning of difficult or larger topics. Not so much for smaller changes that can be communicated via email. But it was more engaging and I found the information easier to digest. Change management can be tough but with the right tools it can be a breeze.

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Manager in Sales

Insurance Company, 1001-5000 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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Manager in Professional Services

Financial Services Company, 201-500 employees

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We used the free version and it proved to be a boon
Our interns learned about the data structures and algorithmic concepts.
We also use math-heavy calculations to derive things like statistics in our machine learning models. So Khan Academy helped us get on track for the statistics courses.

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Employee in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) vs Khan Academy