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Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) vs Google Kubernetes Engine comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Akamai Connected Cloud (Lin...
Average Rating
8.8
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
Mar 15, 2021
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
Mar 13, 2024
The auto-scaling feature helps during peak hours, but the support is not great
We use the solution for running microservices for different healthcare workflows like authorization claims and adjudication with no downtime and to do continuous deployments Earlier, we used an on-premise solution, so we faced downtimes. It was a monolithic architecture. Google Kubernetes Engine…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"The cloud management panel is nice."
"It is also important that Linode offers worldwide coverage via multiple data centers. The ability to deploy on multiple servers, worldwide, allows us to have distributed services and failover and redundancy."
"The simplicity by which you can handle your inventory is one of the things I like the most."
"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."
"We can scale up and down as we require."
"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."
"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."
"GKE's plugin management and configuration sync are excellent features. The amount of data it provides is good, and I've been able to integrate it with the things I need."
"The most beneficial feature is the ability to separate each project and manage permissions more effectively."
"I am satisfied with the stability offered by the solution."
"The solution is more user-friendly than AWS or Azure. I can also easily scale out the service in the future when the number of customers grows. GKE is the leader of Kubernetes service and it can be easily updated. I love the tool's user interfaces."
"It's easy to manage and deploy. It's the best."
"It is easy to use and deploy."
"Its functionalities, such as computing the namespaces, clusters, pods, and restart logs, are easy to use."
"The deployment of the cluster is very easy."
 

Cons

"The only improvement in this aspect of the service which I can think of is perhaps a pool of developers who could be hired for those cases where the need goes beyond the support offered."
"There is room for improvement regarding customer support."
"I've had some difficulties with some of their IP addresses being banned by certain mail servers."
"Its cost can be improved."
"It would be nice if they had more data centers in Latin America."
"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."
"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."
"The network between different servers isn't very good. I have to install additional solutions to link the servers with each other."
"Our critique is that we have to do too much work to get the cluster production-ready."
"The network configuration has to be simplified."
"Their documentation is a little here and there. Sometimes, the information is not clear or updated. Their documentation should be a little bit better."
"The notifications are not informative."
"Google Kubernetes Engine is less stable in some highly complex deployments with many nodes."
"The product's integration with third-party vendors needs improvement."
"The monitoring part requires some serious improvements in Google Kubernetes Engine, as it does not have very good monitoring consoles."
"The product’s visible allocation feature needs improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The value for the price is really good."
"There are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees to include things like extra public IPs and backup services."
"Compared to other providers, I find Linode's pricing a bit higher. Storage could be more affordable."
"The solution is neither cheap nor expensive."
"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."
"The pricing model is very simple. I like the simplicity of it, starting at $5, then doubling as it goes up from there. That is a brilliant idea, and it is not complex at all. It is about as dead simple as you can imagine. So, if you want to double what you have, then you double your price, pay the money, and reboot. It is done. It's that simple. You can't beat that."
"At this point, I'm paying more like $35 per month for a slightly bigger machine, and the backup, and the object service."
"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."
"Currently, it costs around $1000 per month which sorted our deployment. So once we get more clients, having a huge suffix, costs can go up."
"I would rate the solution's pricing a nine out of ten. The tool costs around 3000 dollars per month. There are no additional costs apart from these."
"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."
"We are planning to use external support, and hire a commercial partner for it."
"It is competitive, and it is not expensive. It is almost competitive with AWS and the rest of the cloud solutions. We are spending around 3K USD per month. There are four projects that are currently running, and each one is incurring a cost of around 3K USD."
"Initially, Google Kubernetes Engine was a little bit cheaper, but now its prices have been increased compared to the pricing model and the features that are made available by its competitors."
"The price for Google Kubernetes Engine could be lower - I'd rate its pricing at three out of five."
"I would rate Kubernetes' pricing four out of five."
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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
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
7%
 

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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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