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Akamai Cloud Computing
Formerly Linode

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What is Akamai Cloud Computing?

Akamai Cloud Computing (formerly Linode) accelerates innovation with scalable and accessible Linux cloud solutions and services. These products, services, and people give developers and enterprises the flexibility and support to build, deploy, secure, and scale applications more easily from cloud…

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What is Akamai Cloud Computing?

Akamai Cloud Computing (formerly Linode) accelerates innovation with scalable and accessible Linux cloud solutions and services. These products, services, and people give developers and enterprises the flexibility and support to build, deploy, secure, and scale applications more easily from cloud…

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What is Akamai Cloud Computing?

Akamai Cloud Computing (formerly Linode) accelerates innovation with scalable and accessible Linux cloud solutions and services. These products, services, and people give developers and enterprises the flexibility and support to build, deploy, secure, and scale applications more easily from cloud to edge on Akamai's distributed network.

Akamai Cloud Computing Features

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Features

  • Supported: Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
  • Supported: Dynamic scaling
  • Supported: Elastic load balancing
  • Supported: Pre-configured templates
  • Supported: Monitoring tools
  • Supported: Pre-defined machine images
  • Supported: Operating system support
  • Supported: Security controls
  • Supported: Automation

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.

Akamai Cloud Computing Videos

Why build on Akamai's distributed cloud computing platform?
Unlocking possibility by deploying cloud capabilities at the edge.
Building the next generation of applications. Scale instantly, automatically, efficiently, and securely anywhere in the world.

Akamai Cloud Computing Technical Details

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Akamai Cloud Computing starts at $0.

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and DigitalOcean are common alternatives for Akamai Cloud Computing.

Reviewers rate Availability and Implementation Rating and Product Scalability highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of Akamai Cloud Computing are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We used Linode's virtual server offerings throughout the whole lifecycle of our products: discovery, research, development, testing, development and in production too. Our processes did not require much special requirements, so any VPS provider could fulfil them yet we chose them for their clean, no nonsense setup, and responsive customer service.
  • Fast response time to customer queries.
  • Simple pricing model.
  • Reliable infrastructure.
  • Slow rollout of data centres.
  • Product rollout speed.
When looking for a no nonsense cloud platform offering, where requirements are well defined, when budgets are fixed, but engineering capabilities vary, when there is a requirement for a quick to set up testing lab.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's used by a division that makes commercial SaaS software and is used to host the commercial software product and the test and development environments for it as well.
  • The documentation is excellent, especially as it covers not just how to use Linode but how to work with Linux, Apache, Nginx, etc.
  • It's sooooo much easier to do things in Linode than similar tasks in AWS. The structure of how the service works and the representation of it within the UI is simple and really easy to understand.
  • The ticket/notification system is quite good. I like combining notifications about server events (rebooted, etc.) with support conversations.
  • I'd like to see Linode offer S3-like file storage.
  • There's a bit too much maintenance, scheduled and otherwise, that I've experienced, especially stuff that requires server migration that takes far too long for large servers. Most recently in order to not have excessive downtime I was compelled to do my own migration on a rushed time schedule in order to avoid Linode's mandatory downtime for a migration.
  • I'd like Linode to be FedRamp certified.
I'd recommend Linode for anyone that wants to run their own servers, whether the need is large or small. The only situations where I wouldn't recommend Linode is when the person doesn't actually want to work at the server level (like someone that just wants to create a website for their business).
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I am using Linode to support a number of websites, services, and email across all groups in my organization. The websites are provided through a running instance of Apache. The services are provided through a number of different open-source packages (e.g., Dropbox, SonarQube, Confluence, Dovecot) and bespoke code, including MySQL, Python, PHP, Redis, and Java). Any service needed by anyone in my organization can be hosted on the Linode system.
  • Flexibility--I can set up applications and manage them as I see fit.
  • Economy--the cost of running a Linode server with adequate resources is quite low.
  • Up time--the Linode servers and their networks rarely seem to be offline, which is important to my business.
  • Support--each time I have had an issue, usually of my own making, the Linode team has addressed it in a timely and professional manner.
  • To be honest, I have no suggestions for making Linode better though, as any consumer would agree, if it dropped in cost I would not fuss.
Most appropriate: small to mid-size companies who need to run websites, email, and other services (e.g., Confluence or Jira) in a cost-effective manner, and on virtual servers with quite usable CPU, memory, and networking. Less appropriate: use by companies who are unable or unwilling to have the technical staff necessary to manage the server (e.g., installing apps, setting up databases) and associated services. Using Linode mostly requires skills in working with Linux systems through a shell, although Linode provides some web-based tools to make this a bit easier.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Linode for web applications that cannot be run on our WordPress site, including a mailing list and conference registration.
  • Fully customizable server configuration.
  • Range of server plans based on specific needs.
  • Extensive help center with guides for a range of use cases.
  • Easy to configure reverse DNS.
  • Easy to swap IP4 addresses with an existing Linode when building a replacement one.
  • Wish we could swap IP6 addresses as well (not just IP4).
  • When rebuilding a Linode, would be nice to use a Marketplace app (seems to be available only when creating a new Linode).
  • Need better documentation of Marketplace apps, especially settings during creation phase.
Linode is well suited for those needing a fully customizable server for a range of applications. It is definitely not for those looking for a one-click WordPress setup.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our organization uses Linode to host a collaboration and file sharing platform. By using Compute, Object Storage and Block Storage we achieve a great deal of cost and performance.
  • Support.
  • Price.
  • Stability.
  • Data center location (South America would be preferred).
The only reason why I wouldn't recommend Linode to colleagues is the current exchange rate which makes paying for products in USD extremely expensive in Brazil.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Linode for two purposes: hosting internal tools for every team and department in the company and even more important the hosting of our products (SaaS software solution).

We mainly use virtual machines that we manage on our own and build our own cluster running our software stack with it.
  • Performance.
  • Ease of use.
  • Affordable pricing.
  • Additional services offered.
  • From developers for developers.
  • Support.
  • Sometimes slower with features others provide already.
  • More European hosting regions.
  • Incorporated European company that makes it easier for GDPR reasons.
If you search for a hosting provider for your own virtual machines where performance and reliability is important, Linode is the way to go. Also if you develop your own software and sell it, it's a great way to deliver it to your customers in a cheaper and better way then using a managed service. Here you have control over your own software stack.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I've been using Linode for about a decade, and use it for web hosting servers, database servers, and remote storage backup sites.
  • Customer service.
  • Reliability.
  • Pricing.
  • Upgrades are a tiny bit clunky, but still very doable.
Linode has been great for web hosting, database hosting, and general virtual servers. I've appreciated that they haven't tried to be AWS in the past (i.e. API services rather than simple virtual servers), though perhaps that's the way they're heading now and if so, I can't necessarily recommend that since I've only used servers. Great service for virtual servers.
Andrew Schott | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Used for web, email, voice and video communications, and collaboration for all: Apache, postfix, dovecot, mumble, matrix, jitsi, Nextcloud.
  • Allows for me to do what I want do, how I want to.
  • For the lazy, there are very good one button servers for many common needs.
  • Quite good customer service.
  • Website still meh at best.
  • Officially support Oracle, Red Hat, and SuSE Enterprise.
I have zero experience with their managed hosting. But everything else works great. Rock solid and reliable. My only complaints are no Red Hat (or other Enterprise Linuxes). I am forced to upload a preconfigured VM.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Linode both in house for our own website and personal cloud services. We also use Linode as the primary cloud service provider for our clients. This ranges from simple web services up to and including NextCloud and VoIP services. The flexibility and ease of use it Linode makes it ideal for projects large and small.
  • Simple setup.
  • Simple management.
  • Ease of expandability.
Whether you need a one click WordPress setup or a larger multi-server setup complete with compute and block storage, Linode does it all.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Niche Development utilizes Linode virtual servers to provide web and email services for the company. We started using the mail services a couple years ago, and migration of our web services from AWS has just begun as a cost-saving procedure.
  • Cost. Linode offers many of the same services as "other" cloud providers, but does so at a much reduced rate.
  • Linux. I have been a heavy Linux advocate since 1999, and Linode fits that profile as well.
  • Familiarized operation. Working with my Linode VMs feels more like working on a physical or VM server than I have found with "other" cloud providers, and the Linode web console provides the information I need to manage those devices without overwhelmingly cluttering screens with multitudes of options that don't apply to those needs.
  • I would like an option to add more memory (such as 1G) to an existing VM instead of increasing the entire VM to the next level. For example, I have a Linode 2GB system with 50G of storage. That VM has plenty of storage, but could use another 1G of RAM, however it really doesn't need to be bumped to the 4GB plan as the extra 30G of storage, and even some of extra 2G of RAM that comes with that plan would not be utilized. Allowing a "partial" increase of of those two options would be great if available.
I think Linode is very well suited for businesses that need to operate public-facing servers for services provided to both themselves and/or the public, but either can't afford to, or are unable to, stand up physical servers or a VM farm for virtual servers in a data center.

It's also great when you want to just spin up a dedicated VM for a particular development project, knowing it can be easily torn down when the project is over, or migrated to a production environment.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Linode to deploy customer-facing portals as well as for development and staging. I use managed services for production, and they are typically very quick to respond to issues when needed. I particularly like that I have a number I can call when there is a critical issue. We recently sold a product and moving several Linodes to a new account was unexpectedly easy.
  • Managed services respond quickly
  • Have phone number when needed
  • Moving Linodes is easy
  • I wish they offered a deeper level of managed services for maintenance
Great for small deployments or customer portals and development. I don't have experience with larger applications.
April 29, 2021

Ideal for developers

Carlos A Karle | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Linode to host our commercial projects. Excellent service. Simple to use and to configure.
  • Easy to manage.
  • Easy to configure.
  • Good support.
  • S3-compatible storage [is] expensive.
  • There should be [an] email service like [their] Simple Email Service in AWS.
Linode is well suited for developer[s] who have OS knowledge, can install software, services and configure them on their own.
April 26, 2021

Lindoe is awesome

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We using Linode for doing our apps live. [It is] used by the whole of the organization as well as some of our clients.
  • Uptime
  • Speed
  • Service
  • Help Support
  • Downtime for some locations
Speed is fast [and] uptime is awesome in Asia's servers. The best thing about the Linode is its pricing plans, which are very attractive and cheap but still have [the] best service.
Rudolph Pereira | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
[Linode] is used by the Open Source development team for hosting Ningx, MySQL and PHP based web applications. Several websites have been publicly hosted.
  • Linode servers are easy to configure. It comes with a stable OS on which you can install exactly the services you need to install.
  • It is cheaper than other cloud VMs like AWS and Azure.
  • Performance of the VMs is good. You could host small apps on the smallest linode which costs $5 per month.
  • The blob storage should have pay for how much you use.
  • There should be a email service like there Simple Email Service in AWS
  • There should be option to scale down to save on costs in off seasons.
[Linode] is well suited for developer who have OS knowledge, can install software, services and configure them on their own.
It is not good for user who are not experienced in using the Linix CLI. Since there is not much UI to do such tasks. It does not have a UI for CI/CD
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
We use Linode to host various VPS's for our client's public facing websites. It saves us having to setup our own infrastructure and is used across our whole company. It's provides the reliability we need to be able to concentrate on developing our products. We have also use Linode in the past to host various apps such as 3CX phone system and Unifi cloud controllers.
  • Reliability - this is key for us as any downtime effects our reputation
  • Simplicity to scale services - the interface is very quick and effective to use
  • Keeps the costs down - hosting our own equivalent infrastructure would cost a lot more
  • Lack of Cloud Firewall - this was missing for quite some time, and although it is available now, it did mean we had to migrate a few of our services away to DigitalOcean at the time
Testing and development is a excellent use case for Linode. You can spin up a new Linux machine in under a couple of minutes, deploy and test your application publicly, and then destroy the instance and only pay for the time it was running.
Shane Bill | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Linode as a means for developing various client services through Nginx, Mysql, and PHP base applications.
  • Linode servers are easy to configure.
  • Easy to expand and decrease without much trouble.
  • Overall performance is great on VM machines, and easy to spin off clones.
  • Great support.
  • Intuitive backend interface.
  • Servers maintaining email services tend to regularly get blacklisted, which makes me wonder what kind of vetting and/or response they do to spam-based applications on other VMs.
  • Overall, amazing servers although recently they have had serious repeated issues with US sites which is frustrating.
  • Additional locations in Canada would be ideal.
Linode is an amazing system for quickly creating a VM, and then deploying the various tools within that virtual machine. There are lots of flavours that you can install for OSs. It is extremely powerful, affordable, and scalable as you need. I can see this working for many different types of company sizes, and infrastructure needs.

In terms of hosting mail servers there does seem to be issues in terms of their nodes being blacklisted frequently. I don't know if this is common but it would be extremely helpful to provide specific VM space that has a zero tolerance for spamming which would help those of us receive higher rankings.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Linode services for our customer projects including websites, systems, etc. The main problem we face in Sri Lanka, when it comes to a web based system is execution speed and up time. Linode address both issues effectively so we can provide a quality service to our clients.
  • Customer service.
  • Uptime.
  • Security.
  • Solid partner program.
  • Maybe easier server management dashboard for non-technical people.
  • Certification program for partners.
Top customer service. Every other issue can be sorted out when there is good customer service.
April 01, 2021

Fantastic service

Matt Hoffman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Works fantastic. We use it to host websites for our clients as well as our own personal projects. Using cPanel, we've been able to host approximately 20 websites and still come barely anywhere close to our usage we pay for.

In addition, offering free hosting for clients can sometimes be a differentiator for us.
  • Hosting.
  • None that I can think of.
Has docs for newer users as well as more experienced ones. They also offer a managed plan for those that do not want to deal with anything regarding their hosting - something I will more than likely be transitioning to within the next couple of months. I'd definitely recommend them for any advanced or beginner user.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Linode is our outsource provider of choice for cloud processing. They provide all of the server resources we use in-house or use as platforms for SaaS offerings, apart from laptops and a very niche service provision, they are our IT hardware provider.
  • Configurable product offering--we can rightsize VM provisioned machines
  • Very competitive pricing
  • Responsive support team
  • Lots of useful guide documents available
  • A huge range of supported platforms
  • VM management interface is often changed and often not for the better
  • No cross-site migration capability
  • Limited EU data centers
  • Resize of a VM may be easy but requires outage
Very suited to our market, providing definite sized reliable platforms for running industry-standard application services on a Linux platform. We configure the servers to use Linode's offering of the latest kernel, which removed a maintenance task and ensures we have the latest kernel at boot time.

Linode is not really suitable for non-Linux offerings--you can run a Windows VM but it's all down to the user. As the name implies, Linode are very Linux centric.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We're currently using Linode to host experimental and new deployments, and, having completed our evaluation period, we're roadmapping an infrastructure migration to go all in, replacing our current hosting providers. I appreciate having access to "raw" Linux boxes, running whatever we need, unmediated by the hosting vendor's interface. We've inherited a lot of classical consumer-grade web hosting stuff, so Linode really shines in comparison - no competition when it comes to instrumentation, scale, flexibility, etc. They have an API, too, so we're looking at potential dynamic provisioning from the app level in the future - it feels like a new world of possibilities have been opened up by working with a modern provider.
  • Pricing
  • Scale
  • API - love the programmability of the platform itself
  • Web interface is a little bit clunky sometimes - this has improved over time
I find myself comparing them to Stripe - a fairly common service that's been redone right, by and for the types of people who have to actually use the thing every day. Programmers want to automate things and work with the tools they already use and value for their flexibility. Linode provides that low-level access and openness. The community images are also a great value add for rapid prototyping - and you can instantly spin up a nanode for next to nothing and mock it out.

It's definitely not for anyone who's unwilling to engage with the Linux ecosystem. I consider this a feature.
March 30, 2021

Awesome Linode

Albert Mensah-Ansah | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Linode is basically our provider for VPS solutions. Whenever we build a web application, we host it on Linode servers. It is used by the tech division of the organization. It basically takes our mind off the complexity of aws(ec-2 instances) and their not so transparent billing. I find Linode to be very simplified, clean and gets the job done with very transparent billing.
  • The documentation to get you started is very good. Detailed enough to get you off the ground and not too bulky to bog you down.
  • Pricing and Billing very clear and fair.
  • The Linode platform is not complicated. You are just shown what you need to see at any point in time.
  • I get a ton of emails about Linode server issues and because of the quantity of notifications, it's hard for me to sift through them to know what one is related to my server or which of them I should be concerned about.
  • I need a notification that tells me my server is not being used and it's one wasting money. I don't get that notification.
  • Apart from these two, I don't really have any cons for Linode. It's great for the things I do.
Linode is best suited when you are deploying a solution for a client and the client has no constraints concerning where it is deployed. The place where it is less appropriate is suggesting it to someone who is coming from an AWS background with a lot of buttons and knobs to turn.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We host all of our technical infrastructures with Linode across the entire organization. Linode allows us to easily and cost-effectively manage all of our technical infrastructure needs.
  • Great value
  • Simplicity of offering
  • Breadth of solutions
  • DDOS Protection, tools & services to protect infrastructure from bad actors.
Linode addresses the needs of most technology companies very well with a broad selection of offerings at competitive prices.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
We are using Linode in many areas including company's staging/development server, email/web server, DNS, application server and email server/gateway, web server for customers. It's being used by the whole organization.
  • Predictable monthly cost (easy to plan and control).
  • Intuitive work flow and console (no/little learning curve).
  • Provide variants of Linux flavors (best choice for those using less popular distro).
  • The only IaaS that provide Gentoo distro out of the box (as far as I know).
  • Good customer services, friendly and polite (far better than the top 3 IaaS providers as of 2021).
  • Network performance. This is the only problem we're facing in Linode, not all nodes will faced the issue, but some nodes. In short, it's nearly 20% will be facing network performance issue in certain areas.
  • Price in additional storage ($0.10/GB) is too high compare to others.
Development wise: Very suitable for those using less popular Linux distro. Suitable for testing/staging server.
Organization wise: Very suitable for organization's email/web/application server.
Customer wise: Very suitable to sell your SaaS as dedicated node to customer that may consume unpredictable outbound traffic.
Less suitable for connectivity-critical application especially in development countries (countries that lack of decent network infra).
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
To host websites for our clients. It is used for database-driven websites (rather than 'serverless'), which make up about 25% of our customer base. Linode allows us to cost-effectively and easily run servers where needed.
  • Notifications
  • Upgrading servers
  • Straightforward interface
  • Server-side analytics with URL requests, unique visitors, geographic location, pages requested but not found, etc. would be amazing.
Cost-effective dedicated hosting.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
By far one the best companies in the cloud providers industry. Their service is outstanding. Spinning up servers is a breeze and if you decide to upgrade or change you[r] Linode, the process is super easy. This applies to the tools they provide to the user. Their support is phenomenal. They respond very quickly and their answers are rock-solid and they always try to clarify as much as possible.
  • Excellent support
  • Awesome service
  • Great tools
  • You have to power down your server to upgrade it to another Linode plan
  • None
My go to solution when I need to spin up a server. Highly recommended for both small and large applications.
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