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Great quality cloud hosting for unbeatable prices
Updated March 09, 2024

Great quality cloud hosting for unbeatable prices

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Linode

I'm using Linode's VPS services to host all my company and project websites. I chose Linode because they offer VPS servers on different locations worldwide. I had zero experience with VPS and their documentation made it relatively easy to host all my websites. I don't have to depend on shard hosting anymore.
  • Fast.
  • Cheap.
  • Expandable.
  • A little bit more support for website downtime.
  • More options/variations for the cheaper plans would be great (double my CPU currently means 4x more expensive).
  • Lower costs for web hosting.
  • Faster hosting means better SEO, more visitors and higher ad income.
  • Don't have to deal with shared hosting anymore.
I did not try or look into any other providers. Because of a client I knew about Linode and got familiar with their services, dashboard and support. I got a good impression and it was a no-brainer to use Linode for my own VPS needs.
Their support is fast. As mentioned before, a little bit extended support would be nice. There is a support forum, but topics often get no replies. A simple "we can't offer support for questions like these" would help a lot already, so you can move on and find help elsewhere.
I'm not really sure what this means. I'm happy with their services and it's very good value for the money. Although I never had to use it so far, their backup service gives me peace of mind and is very cheap. My Linode bill is about $30 a month, so that is negligible.
Overall I'm quite happy. Although my websites go down relatively a lot. Every time it's for about 10 minutes, but I think it shouldn't happen at all since every time there is no apparent reason. I never have these issues with shared hosting. It's not causing serious problems, although it gets pretty annoying sometimes.

Do you think Akamai Cloud Computing delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Akamai Cloud Computing's feature set?

Yes

Did Akamai Cloud Computing live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Akamai Cloud Computing go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Akamai Cloud Computing again?

Yes

Their dashboard and UI is really clean and works great. Everything you need to know about your VPS is there. It's easy to manage and upgrade your plan, domains and everything else. Their support is good and fast, although after almost 2 years I still don't know why my websites go down every now and then. Their support can't answer questions like this (somehow understandable).

Using Linode

1 - Graphic design and web development
1 - It's just myself
  • Web hosting
  • Ecommerce
  • Data gathering
  • Data gathering
It performs well, moving to a different provider would cost too much time, not necessary

Evaluating Linode and Competitors

Yes - Shared web hosting, it was very limited and also more expensive
  • Scalability
  • Ease of Use
Adding more resources instantly, if needed
I wouldn't

Linode Implementation

After all everything worked very well and I learned a lot from it
  • Implemented in-house
Yes - It was quite an adventure in the beginning, but with the Linode support pages and other online resources it all worked out well
Change management was minimal
  • Downtime

Linode Training

Configuring Linode

It's just a few clicks and everything changes automatically
No, it's already very simple and easy to work with
No - there is no facility to customize the interface
No - we have not done any custom code
N/A

Linode Support

ProsCons
Knowledgeable team
Kept well informed
Quick Initial Response
None
No, not necessary
I can't remember, in the end you have to take care of everything yourself. Unless it's an issue caused by Linode

Using Linode

It's very easy to use
ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Well integrated
Consistent
Convenient
Feel confident using
Slow to learn
Lots to learn
  • Creating a new Linode
  • Scaling a Linode up or down
  • Backups
  • Rebooting, monitoring
  • Figuring out the cause of web server issues
Yes - It's just a responsive website, but it works very well

Linode Reliability

There are many options to pick from
It was always available when I needed it
It really depends how good you are at finetuning a web server, PHP settings, MySQL settings, etc.

Integrating Linode

  • iPhone app
  • Google Workspace
  • Cloudflare
No
Currently I don't

Relationship with Linode

It was only a few clicks and everything was running
No issues arised
None

Upgrading Linode

Yes - Very smoothly, no down time
  • More resources
  • Faster website
  • Faster web server
  • More CPU power
  • Less web server issues (PHP, MySQL)