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Nobody beats Linode’s price/performance/reliability combination
Updated March 04, 2024

Nobody beats Linode’s price/performance/reliability combination

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Linode

I use Linode to host my business website as well as custom websites for clients. I also host apps related to providing services to my customers, like network management controllers.
  • Reliability.
  • Technology.
  • Transparency.
  • Simplicity and focus.
  • Support.
  • Speed.
  • Documentation.
  • Community.
  • Finding documentation relating to the specific technologies active on my account.
  • Low quota for deployment images gets in the way sometimes.
  • S3 compatible storage isn’t ALWAYS compatible.
  • One less decision to make.
  • Reliability means more time for clients.
Most of my knowledge of competing products is secondhand. Linode has never given me much reason to look elsewhere—they’ve been so competitive on price and performance. The main competitor has been on-premises or collocated servers, but those are obviously completely different product categories.
I have found Linode support to be quicker and more responsive than they promise they will be. Prompt answers to questions, even when the problems have been flat out user error. Never has a support agent made me feel dumb or uninformed.
I know with Linode I’m not overpaying for infrastructure. When I need 3 servers, I’ve got 3 servers. When I need 25 servers and a couple load balancers, that’s what I’ve got until my needs or my clients’ needs change again.
For customers paying me to host websites, uptime and reliability are paramount. Planned maintenance windows are communicated well in advance, which I appreciate. In the last five years I can’t think of a customer outage that was Linode’s fault.

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

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service), Canvas, Google Workspace for Education
If you just need a website and don’t have a desire to learn server administration, Linode isn’t for you. For any service where virtualized servers are appropriate, it’s hard for me to see where Linode would be unsuitable. They’ve always handled my needs, from a simple $5 “nanode” to clusters of servers providing online learning environments and video processing/transcoding/hosting for an online higher ed institution.

Using Linode

1 - I’m everything - tech, marketing, support, development