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Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) vs Google Kubernetes Engine comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Customer Service

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Sentiment score
6.9
Google Kubernetes Engine support receives mixed reviews, with varied response times, regional differences, and experienced users often self-sufficient.
 

Room For Improvement

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Google Kubernetes Engine needs improved network configuration, user interface, security, support, cost efficiency, and feature enhancements for competitiveness.
Log observability could be made easier so someone from high school can use it without having technological expertise.
 

Scalability Issues

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Google Kubernetes Engine is praised for scalability and auto-scaling, though cluster complexity is noted by some users across industries.
 

Setup Cost

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GKE offers flexible machine configurations, with varying costs based on resource use, from $90 to $3000 monthly.
 

Stability Issues

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8.5
Google Kubernetes Engine is praised for its stability, robust architecture, and frequent updates, despite minor issues in complex deployments.
 

Valuable Features

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Sentiment score
7.5
Google Kubernetes Engine excels with seamless deployment, robust scalability, multi-cloud integration, intuitive management, and strong support for containerization.
 

Categories and Ranking

Akamai Connected Cloud (Lin...
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (7th), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (11th)
Google Kubernetes Engine
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Container Management (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) and Google Kubernetes Engine aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) is designed for Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) and holds a mindshare of 14.6%, down 15.8% compared to last year.
Google Kubernetes Engine, on the other hand, focuses on Container Management, holds 3.0% mindshare, down 3.6% since last year.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
Container Management
 

Featured Reviews

Julio Graham - PeerSpot reviewer
Helpful automation scripts, good documentation, responsive support, easy to use and manage
The ability to fire up a virtual machine, use it, and then kill it, is quite a valuable feature for me. They have a lot of startup scripts, I think they are called stack scripts, whereby you can install something at a click of a button. For instance, you can install a whole server at the click of a button. Linode gives the users a lot of control. Another thing that I use quite a lot is their documentation. They have documentation on how to perform tasks and often, I use that to educate a client on how to do something or on how to maintain something, et cetera. This is because a lot of customers are used to simpler systems like an iPhone, where if you want an app then you just download it from a store, press a button and it installs, or press a button and it updates. The truth of the matter is that with servers and things like that, whilst people like the push button idea, it's a lot more complex than that. With these stack scripts, the people at Linode have thought about all of the things that a new user would not think about. They do all of that stuff and then walk you through it, and that's where Linode's documentation is really good. They walk you through what you have to do to secure a server, what you have to do to run a patch, or whatever. They've got all those sorts of knowledge bases of information, which I think is invaluable, especially for clients who are uneducated in these things. It's extremely important to me that Linode offers worldwide coverage via multiple data centers, for various reasons. One is that because we live in this global world, our customers are everywhere. Secondly, for people who need geo-redundancy, with for example a server in China and one elsewhere as a backup, it's great. It's also nice because if they were just US-based, I wouldn't be able to use them because I would need to go through a whole process of trying to certify the data integrity in other regions. I'm sure that most people wouldn't bother with this because of all of the EU laws and the UK laws around data privacy. The US's data privacy laws are far more relaxed than what they are on my side of the world. The fact that I can have a server in London means that I don't have to bother with all of that. My physical location of that server is in London and to me, it is really important. When you compare Amazon, they claim to have infrastructure all over the place but I think that the bulk is centered in Germany. Even if it is in a few different places, everything gets backed up to the US, which is a problem for a lot of people.
Abhilash Gopidas - PeerSpot reviewer
The auto-scaling feature helps during peak hours, but the support is not great
The product has no downtime. Automated scaling is a valuable feature. During peak hours, the datasets are on a higher volume. We need scaling in place. Otherwise, there's a degradation in the performance. We might sometimes miss data, or there will be no data sync between systems. Auto-scaling helps deal with performance needs during peak hours. There's no lag time for processing data.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
University
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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?
Compared to other providers, I find Linode's pricing a bit higher. Storage could be more affordable.
What needs improvement with Linode?
I'm not sure what could be improved at Linode since they're likely already making enhancements, especially with the Akamai acquisition and, I don't have any specific suggestions as I haven't encoun...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Kubernetes Engine?
I'm aware of the normal pricing, but it's not on top of my head. AWS is generally cheaper than GCP for most use cases. Costing fluctuates based on different purposes and sizes.
What needs improvement with Google Kubernetes Engine?
The primary area for improvement would be the complexity involved when working with Google Kubernetes Engine, especially when using Terraform. It can be more complex compared to AWS. Additionally, ...
 

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