Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) vs Kubernetes comparison

"The management of different DNS domains is beneficial due to the user-friendly interface that provides all necessary options."

"Service availability is the most valuable feature. It gives every user 100 percent uptime."

"The fact that you can get a person on the phone has just been fantastic."

"The most valuable feature is the static IP address, which has been very helpful for being able to log into the same address over the course of more than a decade."

"Because of the way that their pricing model is set up, I can scale up or down the size of a customer's server very easily. It makes life very easy for me when they run out of space, need more speed or RAM, etc. I can very easily pay the difference and reboot the machine, and now I have the upgrade that I wanted. That just makes it extremely simple."

"Generally speaking, I have not found any faults using Linode. For what we wanted, they provided a complete solution."

"The fact that you can do any Linux distribution is great. You can try out any Linux distribution, even some of the more obscure ones, and they are always keeping them up-to-date. As soon as a new distribution comes out, it is on the platform pretty much the same day, which I find really helpful."

"The ability to fire up a virtual machine, use it, and then kill it, is quite a valuable feature for me."

"The easy management of containers is one of the main features I have found useful."

"The best thing about Kubernetes is orchestration. It is very good. We will not see much downtime unless there are some human errors. We do not see much downtime or issues with the container or automation."

"The implementation, and the way that they can, with a few clicks, load hundreds of machines without any trouble is very useful."

"Auto-scaling and self-healing features are very good."

"There's a lot of community support if you need to get help."

"It's scalable."

"Kubernetes also offers rollback control and auto-scaling capabilities, which are crucial for maintaining an application's availability even if nodes or pods go down."

"Offers automated rollouts and storage orchestration"

"There is room for improvement regarding customer support."

"The suitability of this solution depends on the features that you need. If you're an Uber-sized company then you're probably not going to want to start using Linode. If you are a large-sized organization then you're going to want to start using one of the bigger providers that gives you the scalability and the feature set that you are probably going to be needing in the future."

"When it comes to marketing and exposure, Linode needs improvement because I just randomly found them by looking for Linux solutions."

"I don't know how all of their services work, but my understanding is that they're not offering the entry-level machine for someone who just wants to own their own web page."

"It would be helpful if they offered a service where they handle the Linux security."

"I would like Linode (without cluttering things) to provide some type of DevOps workflow where people are configuring their pipelines from running their tests and deploying to their test server. Once approved by clicking a button, it just gets deployed to production. I would like something like Azure DevOps, which we use for large applications, and would be something nice to have in Linode."

"It would be nice if they had more data centers in Latin America."

"Its cost can be improved."

"Kubernetes should improve its consistency across different types of deployments. My customers tell me that they get much better performance when Kubernetes is deployed on VM versus PaaS services from Azure."

"This solution is not very easy to use."

"Kubernetes can improve pod escalation."

"Kubernetes is a complex solution. The product needs to be more manageable and user-friendly."

"There is room for improvement in this area, as Kubernetes could benefit from having more integrations, such as for scanning vulnerabilities."

"Lacks some scalability and more user-friendly operability."

"Currently has a very minimal UI for certain things."

"The network policies and RBAC management across multi-clusters could be improved. This is an issue we're trying to solve in the market."

"There are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees to include things like extra public IPs and backup services."

"When we started with the service, the cost was approximately €5 per month."

"The value for the price is really good."

"Being that they are small, their prices are slightly higher than the large providers like Amazon if you compare raw computing power."

"Compared to other providers, I find Linode's pricing a bit higher. Storage could be more affordable."

"Compared to other service providers, like AWS and Google, the cost of services are much less and more affordable. We are saving about 90 percent by going with Linode versus other cloud providers."

"Pricing-wise, I find it simple in that they give you a monthly fee, but they also charge it hourly. So, if you are using the service for a small part of the month, then you are only paying for that small amount instead of a whole month, like with other providers. It is a flat monthly fee if you use the service for the entire month. It just makes things so simple. Because they are focusing on Linux, you don't have to worry about licensing costs of Windows and things like that. So, the price that they give you is the price that you need to pay each month. I just find it so simple compared to the likes of AWS and Azure. It is nice, easy, and predictable. I know exactly what I am going to be paying each month and what resources I get for that price."

"There might be something a little bit cheaper but I find it very fair and competitive, and nothing to complain about."

"If you're using a public cloud, the cost depends on the number of nodes you are planning to deploy Kubernetes on."

"Kubernetes is open source and is an orchestration platform. It is a cost effective solution and its pricing depends on your company and how you use it"

"If you have a solid AKS and a solid DevOps process, you'll automatically get an ROI, not just in terms of cost but also in how quickly you can see your business application progress."

"In addition to Kubernetes, you have to pay for support."

"Kubernetes is an open-source solution that can be free. We have some distribution with licenses, such OpenShift and Tucows in Amazon. They are billing services."

"Kubernetes is open source. But we have to manage Kubernetes as a team, and the overhead is a bit high. Compared with the platforms like Cloud Foundry, which has a much less operational overhead. Kubernetes, I have to manage the code, and I have to hire the developers. If someone has a product, a developer should know exactly what he's writing or high availability, and all those things may differ the costs."

"The solution itself is open-source, so there is no cost attached to it. However, it requires a virtual machine to operate, which does come at a cost; a choice of a pay as you go model, or a monthly charge via an enterprise agreement. There is a pricing calculator available, where organizations can determine the level and number of virtual machines required, and how much that will cost."

"The price of Kubernetes could be lower. However, it is less expensive than VMware Tanzu. Additionally, technical support is expensive. The overall cost of the solution is approximately $1,000 annually."