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Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) vs Amazon Elastic Container Service comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.3
Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) offers cost efficiency, flexibility, and intangible benefits, enhancing user satisfaction and promoting project viability.
Sentiment score
4.5
Organizations save costs and time using Amazon Elastic Container Service with Fargate, enhancing financial gains and reliability.
This saving is achieved since, with EC2, the entire virtual machine must be running regardless of workload, whereas Fargate eliminates this cost.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.8
Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) offers prompt, 24/7 support, praised for responsiveness and effective, human-centric customer service.
Sentiment score
7.2
Feedback on Amazon Elastic Container Service's support is mixed, with fast response varying by subscription, affecting cost and expertise.
They respond with relevant and easy-to-follow solutions.
They were very responsive to my issue.
We do not rely heavily on technical support from AWS as we have our own teams managing the infrastructure.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Akamai Connected Cloud offers scalable solutions and adaptability for small to medium businesses, though some limitations exist compared to others.
Sentiment score
6.3
Amazon Elastic Container Service offers impressive scalability with some limitations, excelling in high-traffic applications but lagging in auto-scaling reactivity.
For my usage, which is a small business, I rate the scalability of Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) around nine or ten.
Amazon Elastic Container Service users have limited access to AWS services and tiers compared to EC2 users, further restricting scalability options.
Scalability becomes an inherent capability in the cloud context, and this service does well in that regard.
Amazon Elastic Container Service has a scalability rating of ten out of ten.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) is praised for stability, reliability, proactive management, and minimal downtime, despite minor location-specific challenges.
Sentiment score
6.1
Amazon ECS is highly stable, with ratings 8-10, minimal bugs, 99.99% uptime, praised reliability, and some configuration issues.
The stability of Amazon Elastic Container Service is excellent.
Amazon Elastic Container Service is mostly very stable.
 

Room For Improvement

Akamai Connected Cloud needs better security, support, expanded data centers, improved interface, and enhanced features for global performance.
Amazon ECS needs cost transparency, reliability, usability improvements, enhanced security, better integration, and streamlined monitoring and scaling features.
The main improvement I would like to see from Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) is the ability to duplicate the server as it is and initialize a new one with the same features.
The main area for improvement is the lack of a backup feature to the local hard disk or storage.
It would be useful to have the option to sort or group by tags on the domains page.
Currently, when scaling with Amazon Elastic Container Service, I have to choose between monitoring CPU or memory usage to scale up or scale out; there is no option to monitor both simultaneously.
When it comes to new-age services around AI, particularly in the areas of LLMs and genomics, these services are not fully available in our region's availability domain.
 

Setup Cost

Akamai Connected Cloud offers cost-effective, predictable pricing with no hidden fees, appealing to enterprises over AWS, Google, and Azure.
Amazon ECS offers flexible pay-as-you-go pricing, valued for scalability, though costs may rise unexpectedly due to misconfigurations.
I always receive more features for the same price.
Our customers often do a trade-off between requiring services at particular SLA levels and being willing to pay a premium price to us as partners.
Amazon Elastic Container Service is quite cheap compared to Google, particularly for hosting databases.
 

Valuable Features

Akamai Connected Cloud excels in affordability, global coverage, flexibility, scalability, robust security, and exceptional customer support.
Amazon ECS offers scalable, cost-effective container management with AWS integration, Fargate simplification, and reliable, secure, zero-downtime operation.
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.
Their support is really good. I can ask anything at any time, and they are able to resolve issues like reinstating deleted Linodes.
I use the backup features as my main benefit from Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode), and since my business is small, I don't need more than this.
It inherently offers scalability by default, without our IT teams needing to take the extra load to make the services available for our end users.
Amazon Elastic Container Service makes horizontal scaling easy and is especially effective when working under the ECS service.
Amazon Elastic Container Service allows the opportunity for low cost, as it is less expensive than EC2, to get used to all these concepts, paradigms, and techniques.
 

Categories and Ranking

Akamai Connected Cloud (Lin...
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (3rd), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (9th)
Amazon Elastic Container Se...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Container Management (6th), Containers as a Service (CaaS) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Services solutions, they serve different purposes. Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) is designed for Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) and holds a mindshare of 7.0%, down 13.1% compared to last year.
Amazon Elastic Container Service, on the other hand, focuses on Container Management, holds 1.4% mindshare, down 2.1% since last year.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode)7.0%
Amazon AWS16.0%
Microsoft Azure15.5%
Other61.5%
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
Container Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amazon Elastic Container Service1.4%
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform19.7%
VMware Tanzu Platform12.1%
Other66.80000000000001%
Container Management
 

Featured Reviews

Julio Graham - PeerSpot reviewer
Support resolves issues quickly and helps in expanding storage efficiently
Their support is really good. I can ask anything at any time, and they are able to resolve issues like reinstating deleted Linodes. They include features like retaining deleted Linodes for 30 days. They offer volumes and object storage, which I can add quickly, and they are high speed. I can easily expand space for database work. Although I used to create images, I found them outdated and prefer installing new images.
FABIO NAGAO - PeerSpot reviewer
Horizontal scaling is streamlined when deploying modern workloads
Currently, when scaling with Amazon Elastic Container Service, I have to choose between monitoring CPU or memory usage to scale up or scale out; there is no option to monitor both simultaneously. This limitation makes it challenging to define a balanced scale-out automation since a well-written software should balance between processing and memory.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Comms Service Provider
11%
University
8%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Financial Services Firm
24%
Computer Software Company
17%
Government
7%
Transportation Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise18
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Linode?
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 ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Linode?
I find Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode)'s pricing very competitive. They never charge extra without improvements. I always receive more features for the same price.
What needs improvement with Linode?
I am not satisfied with the customization options from Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) because I still haven't tried any new capabilities provided by them yet. I am still keeping it as a virtual se...
What do you like most about Amazon Elastic Container Service?
Implementing the product has helped me monitor the parameters. I utilize tools like CloudWatch and AWS systems to track these parameters. If any issues arise, I alert our developer team to address ...
What needs improvement with Amazon Elastic Container Service?
The solution must improve backup and compatibility around OS like Windows and Mac.
 

Also Known As

No data available
Amazon ECS, Amazon EC2 Container Service
 

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Sample Customers

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