Linode--good solid cloud hosting at a decent price.
Updated March 10, 2024
Linode--good solid cloud hosting at a decent price.
Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Linode
We use Linode for hosting a number of sites ranging in scale. The flexibility of the servers with known fixed pricing is really useful and allows us to plan well in advance. Additionally the speed with which we can spin up new servers allows us to scale for short-term spikes in traffic in a managed way.
- Customer support is always fast and knowledgeable.
- Pricing is competitive.
- The web UI is easy to navigate.
- Sometimes I'd like to be able to specify more configured options for a virtual server.
- Bandwidth out--should be less of concern these days.
- Linode just gets out of the way and lets us do our thing. I'd guess that's a positive ROI but we've not measured it in any meaningful way.
- DigitalOcean Droplets and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
AWS is more expensive and less predictable. I get the feeling AWS might scale better for huge sites but cannot say for certain. DigitalOcean Droplets seems to be on a par with Linode, and cost-wise they are very similar. I've tried using Thema few times but always come back to Linode, as their interface just seems a bit easier to me.
Total cost of ownership isn't something I'd share publicly. The value provided is not having to think about hosting on a day-to-day basis.
Uptime is the same for any online business, totally crucial. Linode always meets (or exceeds) expectations on this. We've only had downtime a few times in 12 years across a number of servers. There have been a couple of short, planned outages that we were notified of in advance. Although less than ideal, they are infrequent and well within what we'd expect for the pricing.
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
Using Linode
1 - Director of Technology - currently just a small studio so only one person actively uses / manages the hosting requirements. But multiple others have access in case of emergency.
1 - Pretty much the same as previous answer. Just one person.
- Hosting
- Scalability
- Database
- None unexpected - just normal hosting
- Current plans only apply to hosting
Evaluating Linode and Competitors
- Ease of Use
A straightforward UI and deployability. Plenty of user guides online to get hosting up and running.
The same process would apply.
Linode Implementation
- Implemented in-house
- No issues
Linode Training
- No Training
Yes - easy to use guides are online for everything we needed.
Linode Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed No escalation required Immediate help available Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
No - unlikely to need it as we have access to competent devops in an emergency.
It has never been needed, so no exceptional support would have been an option!
Using Linode
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using | Requires technical support |
- Setting up a new linode
- Deploying a server with hosting enabled
- rebooting
- Managing expected costs
- Nothing really