Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) vs NetScaler comparison

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

"When it comes to the Linode Kubernetes Engine and the amount of automation it provides, it's awesome, it's a game-changer. If a process randomly dies, it could take me a while to notice that it has died, if I haven't set up monitoring. With Kubernetes, it will just restart itself using Heartbeats."

"Overall, Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) is easy to use and has a fair price, making it accessible and straightforward, which is crucial when compared to other complex solutions."

"The number one thing we like about Linode isn't necessarily a service, it's their support. We've found their support to be absolutely fantastic. They've been so outstanding with their support. Every single time we call them and we ask for advice or help, they go above and beyond and it's really made us appreciate what they do."

"I very much like the support that you get, and I think that it's excellent."

"When I started using Linode, I found its functionality easy to navigate, user-friendly and responsive to my needs. It provides clear reminders about services I'm not using, like DNS zones, which I appreciate."

"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."

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

"The solution is very stable. We don't have any downtime or issues of that nature."

"When our primary link goes down I can still get to my Cisco devices and the NetScaler devices on-prem because of the SDN solution. If the internet connection at one of the branches goes down, we can still route them, they still get internet based on the SDN solution through one of the other sites. They can carry on working."

"Provides resiliency for applications that reside on servers, as well as connectivity to remote applications."

"It allows students to access required software for their studies."

"The solution was very easy to deploy."

"The load balancing feature of this solution is very good."

"Load Balancing and SSL offloading are key features."

"It is a complete solution for those looking for an all-in-one."

"One thing that I'd really like to see is auto-scaling node pools for their Kubernetes. I don't think that they have that. That's a huge one and would be very helpful. Specifically, what I would like is auto-scaling node pools that would scale down to zero nodes, which is tricky. That's very important for certain use cases."

"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."

"They don't have role-based access control, which is problematic for us."

"They could have more international servers. There are certain places throughout Europe and Eastern Europe which are very open to doing a lot of technology business, such as Romania. Romania is very open to technology. At other service providers, I have stuff in Romania. I think there are some Eastern European locations that would be more open to it. So, if they could have more European points of presence, that would be more helpful."

"There is room for improvement regarding customer support."

"It's not really an issue with Linode itself but upgrading Linux major versions can be challenging. It would be be fantastic if Linode developed a way to ease transitioning to a major new Linux upgrade."

"They are already working on the firewalls and VLANs, which need improvement, and are now in beta. I am on the beta program for the firewalls, but I can't use it yet because they are only in Mumbai and Australia, and I am not in those data centres. This is the one thing that I have been waiting for almost since the day that I joined them, so it is nice that they are doing that. The VLANs will be an improvement as well, and I am keen and waiting for that."

"Because they are a smaller company, they do not have, for example, all of the ways for authentication that Amazon or Azure has."

"The technical support has room for improvement."

"The WAF component needs to be simplified so that it is easier to use."

"We had some bugs in the previous firmware. These were not big issues, but more testing on the firmware would be key to happier customers."

"The technical support could be better. Whenever I contacted support, I rarely got the solution that we needed. And most of the time, I finished fixing the problem by looking on the internet or by finding documents about the problem on Google."

"We face challenges with the solution's firmware upgrades frequently."

"We have issues with the certificates. All authorization processes need certificates, however, every three months we needed to change certificates. This process iss complicated for us because Citrix does not have a not user-friendly interface and does not off user-friendly services. This needs a lot of improvement."

"The tool's pricing is a pain point since we have many cheaper alternatives."

"Should offer more flexible cost-effective licensing for small to medium sized organizations."

"Currently, we are at $40 a month but they have costly solutions as well."

"The value for the price is really good."

"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."

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

"is a little cheaper than Google or Amazon, more or less on par with the other competitors."

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

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

"At this point, I'm paying more like $35 per month for a slightly bigger machine, and the backup, and the object service."

"After deployment, Citrix Netscaler shifted to a subscription-based license scheme for support, which is slightly more expensive."

"You get the value for your money. There aren't any hidden fees."

"We have all the features and functions of Citrix because we have a premium license."

"For the specific use case that my customers primarily engage with, I would give the pricing a rating of seven out of ten."

"The client pays for the Citrix NetScaler license annually."

"You can do CapEx and then a yearly monthly fee, or you can do a subscription model, whether that's one month, month-to-month, or three-year subscription model."

"The pricing for Citrix Web App and API Protection is unreasonable. I don't know the exact price, but I heard it's tens of thousands and it's a bit too much for the small country I live in."

"We have been evaluating F5, Citrix, and other ADC products. Citrix is the most expense of all of them."