Overall Satisfaction with Linode
As our main product is an education platform, we need to host the website. The site being a heavyweight application, I can't use typical hosting. So we buy VPS from Linode. Linode is one of the best in the market according to our need because our platform is non-profit, so we can't afford big servers all month long. Linode gives us the flexibility to resize servers when the load increases. Our site is built with PHP and we have built a deployment cycle in our Linode, so the development process has been so [much] easier.
- Pricing
- Resizing Feature
- One Click App Installation
- Free OS-Image Storage
- Pricing
- Managed Database Service
- Multiple OS options in one click apps
- Minimizing charge
- Resizing ability
- Easing the deployment cycle
DO doesn't take debit card, only credit card. Not good for many people because taking a credit card in many countries has certain legal requirements that many people don't have. Plus their OS-Image storage costs money. Vultr doesn't offer resizing. Moreover, if you have a multiple app server, you have [to] spin up another server and config it to balance the load. In Linode, the load balancer is a different product. Offer's one click service.
My organization is non-profit, so keeping the cloud charge low is an important factor. As Linode offer[s] instant resizing, we can upgrade the system whenever we assume that there might be heavy load and then downgrade later. This way we can minimize our cost.
Our site is an e-learning site. Students pretty much solve problems at all hour of the the day., so it is very important for us [to] stay online 24/7.