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A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)

Overview

What is A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)?

A Cloud Guru (ACG) is a cloud learning provider that states they have helped 2,000,000+ people and more than 4,000 organizations level up their cloud skills. Founded in 2015, ACG was started by brothers Sam and Ryan Kroonenburg who…

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Free

$0.00

Cloud
per month

Personal Basic

$31.59 ($379.00)

Cloud
per month (per year)

Personal Plus

$41.59 ($499.00)

Cloud
per month (per year)

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://acloudguru.com/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)?

A Cloud Guru (ACG) is a cloud learning provider that states they have helped 2,000,000+ people and more than 4,000 organizations level up their cloud skills.

Founded in 2015, ACG was started by brothers Sam and Ryan Kroonenburg who recognized cloud learning through traditional training providers was expensive, outdated, and a pain to consume. With the acquisition of Linux Academy in 2019, ACG combined the strengths and benefits of both companies to create A Cloud Guru platform for modern tech skills.

ACG's approach to learning modern technologies includes access to updated courses, labs, and learning paths, instructors that aim to keep learners motivated, hands-on learning in real cloud environments, and bite-sized lessons to fit into a busy workday.

With its hands-on multi-cloud content library, ACG aims to give businesses the edge by scaling cloud expertise across their organizations and charting an accelerated course to cloud maturity.

in June 2021, Pluralsight announced they had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire A Cloud Guru. The acquisition is expected to close in late 2021.

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) Features

  • Supported: Unlimited Courses, Quizzes & Certification Practice Exams
  • Supported: Unlimited Hands-On Labs
  • Supported: Cloud Playground (Servers & Sandboxes)
  • Supported: Certification Accelerator Program
  • Supported: Weekly Cloud Roundups
  • Supported: Community Forums
  • Supported: ACG Mobile Apps
  • Supported: Records of Completion
  • Supported: Learning Paths
  • Supported: Skills Assessment
  • Supported: Study Groups
  • Supported: Management Portal

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A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported CountriesGlobal
Supported LanguagesEnglish

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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A Cloud Guru works well as part of the Cyber Academy Program

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 08, 2021
AF
Vetted Review
Verified User
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
3 years of experience
At PwC, we use A Cloud Guru as part of the Cyber Academy program to uplift our team member's cloud knowledge and skills. We encourage the team to do the training at their own pace and get certified.
  • Course materials (video)
  • Reference materials
  • Lab
Cons
  • Mock exam
  • Comparison / linking between certifications (high level introduction)
A Cloud Guru works well when people [have a] certain level of IT / Cyber knowledge. But for the new joiner/entry-level people, may need classroom-based training and more basic/foundational courses before jumping into the A Cloud Guru courses.

A Cloud Guru: Definitely recommended

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 11, 2021
GA
Vetted Review
Verified User
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
2 years of experience
We use A Cloud Guru in several departments, on the IT Group. We use it to review our infrastructure on AWS and get ready to obtain the certification on architecture. At the same time, we are lowering our costs on the cloud.
  • The instructors are really good at explaining from a beginner lever to advanced.
  • The courses are really well structured, and the labs really show you step by step the resources on the cloud.
  • The business level gives well structured use reports of the ACG users.
ACG really works well with a certification scenario. We got the certification with barely 1 1/2 weeks of use (at the middle level of architecture). The high level will need more time but the introduction reminds you that.

A Cloud Guru from both a student and educator perspective

Rating: 9 out of 10
May 16, 2021
Vetted Review
Verified User
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
3 years of experience
We have been using it for both individual self-guided studying as well as for structured study groups where a number of people are working towards a common certification. As far as I am aware, most people use it for working towards a certification rather than bite-sized learning. We have been using it in just our department however it is used in other pockets of the organisation. We find that it reduces the need for supervised or organisation led learning when individuals are new to the cloud.
  • Clear content
  • Wide variety of topics
  • Content is fun in places
  • Cloud playground reduces the need to manage training accounts
  • Hands on labs help to reinforce learning
Cons
  • The pace that instructors speak at can be quite variable
  • Quite often, bad practice is taught so that topics can be covered quickly
  • The exam questions are not as hard as the AWS exams or other online platforms
I wouldn’t say there are many scenarios where A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) is inappropriate. It has a wide variety of content at different levels of complexity. One area that could be not perfect is if training is required on a service that isn’t supported in the cloud playground. A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) is perfect for those individuals who want to work towards gaining a certification, however, I think that sometimes it is lacking deep dive courses in some areas.

Fast-paced employee learning environment

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 16, 2021
Vetted Review
Verified User
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
1 year of experience
We use it for learning at our company and find it very easy to use and a fun way of helping our people learn as quickly as possible, as we are very time poor here. That is why we love A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy's merger decision, as it helps us consolidate.
  • Demo
  • Sandbox environments
  • Structure
Cons
  • The UI is very busy
Suited to companies that want a fast-paced environment for their employees to learn and find topics they are interested in and provides a great simple and direct pathway to certification exams with major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, GCP, and even more specific topics like Linux and databases.

Great platform to get started on cloud

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 06, 2021
Vetted Review
Verified User
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
1 year of experience
We are using A Cloud Guru to skill up our staff because we are moving our applications to the AWS cloud. We are also looking at other cloud providers and would be using the A Cloud Guru platform for its learning paths and sandboxes. We are also making use of the platform for certification preparation as well.
  • 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.
Cons
  • Not all content has closed captioning.
  • There are technical issues at times that require me to log back into the platform to continue learning.
  • I would have like more labs for the Azure based content.
  • I feel that the Azure content could have gone deeper in learning. There are many areas that were glossed over such as the data warehousing section in AZ-304.
A Cloud Guru is well suited to get started on a cloud platform. It is not so well suited for experienced cloud engineers. The best way to obtain deeper experience is to have more hands-on labs. A Cloud Guru is also for certification prep. It allows you to figure out which areas you need more concentration on while going through the course.
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