Item: Akamai Cloud Computing
Rating: 8
Author: Praneeth Karnena

Overall Satisfaction with Linode

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are a small start-up. Hence cost matters to us a lot. Our primary requirement is to cut costs as much as possible. Hence we mostly used open-source technologies and implemented everything by ourselves. We are running everything on a single server. We did a test run on major cloud providers like AWS and GCP. Linode's price-to-performance ratio is much higher than both AWS & GCP. Also, as seen on the internet portals, folks at Linode are pure geeks and tech enthusiasts. They have built everything from the ground up. We loved that as geeks ourselves and our journey with Linode started.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Price-to-performance
Cost effective
Uptime
Support

Cons

Making the dashboard UI cleaner and simpler
Launching different and diverse services
Launching intranet-based security features
More granular control over user management

Return on Investment

On a technical perspective, it is positive, 190% approx.

Alternatives Considered

There are giants in the cloud industry like AWS and GCP, which most businesses and corporations prefer. They offer a wide range of services. Hence they are preferred. And they offer enterprise support. They offer full control over user management, security and permissions. They have a vast range of services, their control panels are fully loaded and not very intuitive and easy to use.

Linode lacks in these aspects. Coming to the price-to-performance ratio, Linode beats all of them most of the times. Linode offers superior performance at a much lesser price. That is their main USP. Though Linode does not offer a wide range of services like AWS and GCP, Linode's control panel is simple and is very intuitive.

Support Rating

While Linode does offer support, it is purely US-centric. The response is not very swift as well. Global customers from India, Europe and other Asian countries have a tough time reaching phone support.

Due to the timezone variations, if something goes badly wrong, then the user has to suffer grave losses. There's a whole room for improvement in the support.

But on the other hand, Linode's support personnel are very personal and geeky. They can do wonders and can fix things in a snap. You can rarely find this combination in other cloud providers.

Other Software Used

Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean, Vultr Bare Metal

Likelihood to Recommend

Linode is particularly well suited for start-ups. Also, for geeks and open-source developers. Linode is highly cost-effective. If you just floated a small company and looking to optimize costs, and have a bunch of geeks, then Linode is pure love for you! You get full control over the server and can build everything you can dream of.

On the other side of things, Linode does not provide a lot of services like other cloud providers like AWS and GCP. So, if you are a large business or a corporation, Linode might not always be the best fit for you. Linode lacks core services like Managed Databases, Firewalls, CDN, App Platforms and more.

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