Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) vs Fastly comparison

"The most valuable aspects of Linode are the virtual server and the clean server. I install what I need on it."

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

"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 most valuable features are the simple scalability and ease of starting a new virtual machine."

"The cloud management panel is nice."

"The virtual machine configuration tool is very helpful for setting up a new server or for modifying an existing server."

"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."

"Linode has many other cloud servers across the globe."

"The product helps our organization to access sites located in different regions quickly."

"Its initial setup process is straightforward."

"The product's initial setup phase is straightforward."

"Rate limiting is a good feature that protects from volumetric attacks."

"Fastly uses configuration versioning, where you can deploy a new version in less than one minute."

"Support is good; the product works as advertised. We have a Slack connection with them. So we can basically ask for help, live, engage, and ring when they respond. Very quickly."

"Compute@Edge features are valuable to me."

"Its cost can be improved."

"Our primary concern is always the latency."

"The network between different servers isn't very good. I have to install additional solutions to link the servers with each other."

"The product must improve its security."

"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."

"They recently changed the web interface and although the older one did not look as good, the new one is less responsive."

"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 no notification from the company regarding upgrades."

"Stronger analytics would be helpful, like showing configurations that haven't served a certain amount of traffic in a while. With many properties, things can get lost track of - duplicates or unused configurations not properly decommissioned."

"Support is not that great."

"The solution's pricing could be better."

"What I don't like about Fastly is that they charge a heavy price."

"The product should provide improved bot detection and management."

"It is missing a "staging" platform to deploy a test configuration with all of the real settings, which would allow us to properly test before putting it into production."

"Fastly's customer service area needs improvement."

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

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

"I pay $5 per month for each of three servers, for a total of $15 per month, and I normally prepay a few months in advance."

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

"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."

"The biggest benefit of Linode is the pricing. It's the best deal in the business... Their pricing model is also very simple compared to Azure. I don't understand why Azure doesn't price things the way that Linode does."

"One key difference is that pricing is very hard to come by and to understand with all the bigger companies. Their pricing models are so weird and it's hard to figure out exactly how much I am going to pay for this kind of service. Everything is piecemeal. With Linode, it's simple and straightforward. You know exactly what you will have to pay at the end of the day."

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

"Fastly is less expensive than one of its competitors."

"The solution is cheaper than other products in the market."

"The pricing has been very competitive."

"I've generally found Fastly to be very competitive in pricing, especially around Compute@Edge."

"You need to pay a premium price for the tool."

"In my opinion, Fastly is priced competitively."

"It is an expensive solution."