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Kamran Imamguliyev - PeerSpot reviewer
Co Owner at NVC LLC
Real User
Top 10
Free trial, easy to use, and lots of options
Pros and Cons
  • "The support is amazing! They solve the issues on the fly."
  • "It would be great if there were a section on the provider's website that shows a set of services for a particular business. It would be helpful to have some kind of checklist of services that are suitable for your blog, which are required, and which can be set up later."

What is our primary use case?

When I started to blog on social media and had a few followers, everything suited me. Then I started promoting my services, and social media functionality was no longer useful. 

I decided to build a website to process the orders. It also annoys me that the quality of photos and videos is constantly being cut. I use such expensive photography equipment, yet the quality is awful anyway. I have a standard blogging set: a lot of photos and videos, and I plan to stream, also. Therefore, page loading speed and points of presence in several countries were important to me.

How has it helped my organization?

It's very good that G-Core has a trial with the ability to test all the functions. They have a bunch of tier plans, and when starting, it may not be clear which features you need and which you don’t. 

Also, I wanted to test if their hosting is really as fast as they say and if there are any glitches. 

While there was little traffic on my site, I used a free CDN plan for several months and bought hosting. 

Everything works great from the first day of use. Now, I have already switched over to another tier, as the traffic has increased

What is most valuable?

G-Core is the second provider I use. There were problems with streaming, although the number of people at that time was small. The video constantly dragged, and there were problems with buffering. That’s the biggest improvement for me, as far as all my work is related. I'm now showing a high-quality and good-looking picture. After I started using G-Core, this problem with low-quality images disappeared. 

I also monitor the statistics of devices from which my content is viewed the most, and it’s good that there is a traffic-splitting function. 

The support is amazing! They solve the issues on the fly. In the beginning, I had some problems and used their support a lot.

What needs improvement?

When I was setting up a website, I did not have a specialist who would help me to understand what settings I needed or didn't need at all. I’ve read a lot of information to understand what exactly is appropriate for my blog. It would be great if there were a section on the provider's website that shows a set of services for a particular business. It would be helpful to have some kind of checklist of services that are suitable for your blog, which are required, and which can be set up later. While it's great that there are trial periods and user-friendly interfaces, still, you can go crazy.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used the solution for more than a year.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I previously used Cloudflare.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I'd advise others to use the trial to understand your needs.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I jumped in from Cloudflare, and I am happy.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Raghu Gopal - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer - Devops at Saama
Real User
Offers good load balancers but needs to improve its routing policies
Pros and Cons
  • "The product's initial setup phase was very easy."
  • "The multiple routing policies present in the product have certain shortcomings where improvements are required."

What is our primary use case?

Kubernetes is engraved in Amazon Route 53. In my company, we have created records using Amazon Route 53. It is possible to integrate Amazon Route 53 as the DNS service.

What is most valuable?

In our company, the most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that we were able to provide our applications through the internet. The tool creates the DNS, which exposes our company's application to end users.

What needs improvement?

There are many routing policies present in the product. Currently, I use the simple routing policy and geolocation routing policy. The multiple routing policies present in the product have certain shortcomings where improvements are required.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon Route 53 for five months. I am a customer of the tool.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There are some breakdowns in Amazon Route 53, and because of that, my company needs to look into Amazon EKS.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

Each time our company does the monitoring of applications, we know that we have set up some special values for applications. We can use the scalability option after 50 to 80 percent of our company's application is used.

How was the initial setup?

The product's initial setup phase was very easy. My company needs to get the IT team to configure the load balancer, after which it is given to the DNS, which is set up on Amazon Route 53.

The solution can be deployed in ten to fifteen minutes.

What other advice do I have?

For traffic management, I have been using different routing policies, like single routing policies and geolocation routing policies, as the routing policies in Amazon Route 53.

The benefits of the use of the traffic flow feature of the tool stem from the fact that we use it in our company's load balancer. In an application, if I have given 1,000 requests for a server, with the help of auto-scaling and load balancer, our company can manage 1,001 end users and the traffic.

The product can be integrated with other AWS services using IAM roles and policies. The IAM role is useful for integrating all the services in AWS.

I recommended the product to those who plan to use it.

I rate the tool a seven out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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