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    Akamai Cloud Computing

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAkamai Cloud Computing (formerly Linode) include scalable and accessible Linux cloud solutions and services. These products and services support developers and enterprises as they build, deploy, secure, and scale applications.

    $5

    per month

    Google Cloud AI

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Cloud AI provides modern machine learning services, with pre-trained models and a service to generate tailored models.N/A
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    Akamai Cloud ComputingGoogle Cloud AI
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    Akamai Cloud ComputingGoogle Cloud AI
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsCPU, transfer, storage, and RAM are bundled into one price. Storage capacity can be increased with additional Block Storage or S3-compatible Object Storage. Instant Backups can be added with complete independence to the stack. Linode NodeBalancers ensure applications are available.—
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    Akamai Cloud ComputingGoogle Cloud AI
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    Akamai
    Chose Akamai Cloud Computing
    Better efficiency, better cost savings, improved Return on Investments. Overall the Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) cloud solutions are a step above the competition in regards to all categories. We prefer it for several reasons but the one that stands out is the cost and …
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    Chose Akamai Cloud Computing
    Google cloud provides serverless scalable services that protect key business pipelines from falling over during unexpected high volumes. Linode clusters require management and provisional scaling, which is acceptable in most cases but still requires monitoring. That said, GCP …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
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    User Ratings
    Akamai Cloud ComputingGoogle Cloud AI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (218 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (30 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (22 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
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    Performance
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (217 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    8.3
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
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    Configurability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    9.1
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    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    Akamai Cloud ComputingGoogle Cloud AI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Akamai
    Akamai Connected Cloud Linode would be a good service to host a content delivery network (CDN) because of its edge network but I'd prefer not to use Akamai Connected Cloud Linode for tasks that need GPU power such as Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence (AI) because Akamai Connected Cloud Linode lacks deep GPU compute compared to AWS or Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure
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    Google
    Google Cloud AI is a wonderful product for companies that are looking to offset AI and ML processing power to cloud APIs, and specific Machine Learning use cases to APIs as well. For companies that are looking for very specific, customized ML capabilities that require lots of fine-tuning, it may be better to do this sort of processing through open-source libraries locally, to offset the costs that your company might incur through this API usage.
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    Pros
    Akamai
    • It's super easy-to-use - set up a complete virtual environment in a few minutes.
    • Linode is the ONLY service I know that will let you DOWNSIZE a VM - super useful.
    • The price is right - spin up any size server and add additional block storage if needed.
    • Object memory is cheap and integrates very well with S3 CLIs and applications.
    • I've been very happy with the knowledgeable and friendly customer service.
    • The more recent additions of a firewall and Kubernetes is a welcome plus.
    • The load balancer ("Load Balancer") service is easy to spin up and configure.
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    Google
    • good conversion from the voice to the text
    • speed in the conversion from voice to text
    • time-saving in the conversion activity
    • analysis of the results of the conversion in real time
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    Cons
    Akamai
    • Some of the documentation requires some hand-holding to get started. It does explain how to do things, but sometimes finding the answer takes work.
    • Some of the settings are not obvious, or in locations that are not completely clear without experience.
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    Google
    • Some of the build in/supported AI modules that can be deployed, for example Tensorflow, do not have up-to-date documentation so what is actually implemented in the latest rev is not what is mentioned in the documentation, resulting in a lot of debugging time.
    • Customization of existing modules and libraries is harder and it does need time and experience to learn.
    • Google Cloud AI can do a better job in providing better support for Python and other coding languages.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Akamai
    I've been with them a long time. They provide me with the capabilities I need coupled with knowledgeable support that's not pay-for-extra. However, if I move to a non-Linux OS, the level of support by necessity will drop off. I can still ask questions about the infrastructure but I my ability to ask about OS features will decrease.
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    Google
    We are extremely satisfied with the impact that this tool has made on our organization since we have practically moved from crawling to walking in the process of generating information for our main task to investigate in the field through interviews. With the audio to text translation tool there is a difference from heaven to earth in the time of feeding our internal data.
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    Usability
    Akamai
    Simple and clear, no BS interface. From a design perspective it's no Apple or Stripe, but it does what it needs without making me want to stick a fork in my eyes, like when being forced to use Azure, AWS or GCP.
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    Google
    I give 8 because although it´s a tool I really enjoy working with, I think Google Cloud AI's impact is just starting, therefore I can visualize a lot/space of improvements in this tool. As an example the application of AI in international environments with different languages is a good example of that space/room to improve.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Akamai
    There is very little planned downtime. Whenever planned downtime is necessary I'm always given lots of advanced notice and an explanation that I can pass along to my users that they'll understand. I really appreciate that Linode appreciates my commitment to reliable service to my users. It shows that they believe they've been successful when I'm successful.
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    Google
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    Performance
    Akamai
    Servers are well dimensioned and price performant. Of course one always wants more, so if they were to upgrade their hardware for the same price I'd consider moving more workloads. Networking - never had an issue. Hardware speeds - disks are fast and can grow to great size.
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    Google
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    Support Rating
    Akamai
    Support was excellent and fast. The documentation is extensive and helpful. I learned many things from their online documentation. I did not contact them by phone, but email took a day or less. Complex problems would probably need a service contract. I liked the friendly and polite tone of the support.
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    Google
    Every rep has been nice and helpful whenever I call for help. One of the systems froze and wouldn't start back up and with the help of our assigned rep we got everything back up in a timely manner. This helped us not lose customers and money.
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    Online Training
    Akamai
    We got kick started with an initial walkthrough along with some free credits. The initial walkthrough helped us to understand Linode's ecosystem and start our hands on with Linode. We tried out some apps from Marketplace initially with the free credits, which not only helped us understand Linode better, but also those apps. We had implemented many such apps to our customers with Linode
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    Google
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    Implementation Rating
    Akamai
    We're a small organization. The implementation of our Linode solution was trivial. Once I justified a cloud server to my bosses over a co-location -- the co-lo wasn't as fast as our linode server in load tests -- it was a matter of moving one Linux implementation to another. Trivial.
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    Google
    In fact, you only need the basic tech knowledge to do a Google search. You need to know if your organization requires it or not,. our organization required it. And that is why we acquired it and solved a need that we had been suffering from. This is part of the modernization of an organization and part of its growth as a company.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Akamai
    We switched to Linode from Namecheap due to poor uptime, and never had any issues with stability ever again after switching. We also cut our costs in half by switching. We compared Linode to DigitalOcean and Vultr, with the primary factor that caused us to go with Linode initially being their documentation. After using Linode for 3 years, their amazing support is another reason why we wouldn't consider anyone else at this point.
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    Google
    These are basic tools although useful, you can't simply ignore them or say they are not good. These tools also have their own values. But, Yes, Google is an advanced one, A king in the field of offering a wide range of tools, quality, speed, easy to use, automation, prebuild, and cost-effective make them a leader and differentiate them from others.
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    Scalability
    Akamai
    Although I use only a fraction of their product offerings, the total set makes scalability an easy goal to shoot for. As I said, I have a few customers that use the services my Linode provides...and I like it that way. However, should I need to scale up, I can...without incurring any more cost than I need to.
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    Google
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    Return on Investment
    Akamai
    • With the partnership of Linode, Configr is today the best performance hosting solution in Brazil.
    • With Linode, Configr can provide a PaaS solution without the cost of taking care of all the infrastructure issues such as IaaS.
    • Linode allowed Configr to be one of the biggest hosting companies in Brazil.
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    Google
    • Artificial intelligence and automation seems 'free' and draws the organization in, without seeming to spend a lot of funds. A positive impact, but who is actually tracking the cost?
    • We want our employees to use it, but many resist technology or are scared of it, so we need a way to make them feel more comfortable with the AI.
    • The ROI seems positive since we are full in with Google, and the tools come along with the functionality.
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    ScreenShots

    Akamai Cloud Computing Screenshots

    Screenshot of the interface to manage all LinodesScreenshot of the Cloud Manager used to create Linode instances, manage Kubernetes clusters, add backups to Linodes, deploy Marketplace Apps, or create Object Storage buckets.Screenshot of the fully-managed container orchestration engine to deploy Kubernetes clusters.Screenshot of dedicated CPU instances that run on their own CPU cores. No sharing the processor with other instances.