Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) vs Kemp LoadMaster comparison

"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."

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

"For small businesses and people who have some technical skills and are good with Linux command line, this solution is great. I love Linode because it is very fast. Whereas, the same configuration on Azure and AWS will be so slow. The best thing is that their pricing and speed are great."

"It has helped to minimize the risk and scale services at large in virtually no time."

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

"The cloud management panel is nice."

"The solution integrates easily."

"The creation of instances is very good, as is their interface which is not complex and is easy to use. With the dashboard it is easy to create a new instance and add your favorite things. You can add Debian, Ubuntu, or CentOS, or any flavor of operating system. You can select the RAM for your instance as well."

"​Simple to install with good documentation."

"Load-balancing is a great feature that is very easy to configure and it is always working fine."

"Persistence is very valuable. This holds the connection information of the source and that connection is important to RDP and our APO calls. The connection has to be persisted to the original source to operate properly. We also use the subsections for sub-services to create services inside our services for our API resources, this is most awesome. We would not be able to do this without Kemp and offer this type of sub-service to route based on an API instance. It routes the traffic properly based on the sub-service type."

"The feature that allows us to easily disconnect a server when we need and bring back online is the most valuable. It's a click of a button. This allows us to keep all systems up. We can then run updates, perform reboots whatever we need to one of the servers without taking production down."

"Great web balancing and remote access balancing."

"There is a simplicity to the setup and configuration."

"The configuration is really easy and the web portal is self-explanatory."

"Failover is seamless and our services are rock solid."

"The product must improve its security."

"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."

"Everything is up-to-date for a small business. But for big business, they need to improve certain things. For example, there should be better security."

"It would be helpful if they offered a service where they handle the Linux security."

"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."

"Its cost can be improved."

"The suitability of this solution depends on the features that you need. If you're an Uber-sized company then you're probably not going to want to start using Linode. If you are a large-sized organization then you're going to want to start using one of the bigger providers that gives you the scalability and the feature set that you are probably going to be needing in the future."

"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."

"Over the last several major versions, the GUI has remained virtually unchanged and still seems lacking."

"The cost of the GEO upgrade is not cost-prohibitive but it's something that would be a nice add-in, out of the box."

"I want Kemp LoadMaster to provide users with better reporting capabilities in relation to TCP packets. In general, the connections that are present in the system require improvement."

"Several elements of the GUI need work. For example, if you have many content switches, it’s difficult to find the ones you need. And where is the search feature?"

"It has all types of logs and they are very detailed, but it's a little bit hard to search for a single event."

"In the next release, Kemp should include the ability for LoadMaster to create different DNS record types."

"It lacks an officially supported, well-written SCOM Management Pack."

"If you want logging for SMTP traffic, you have to enable ESP, which requires you to define allowed IP addresses. That’s irritating, to say the least."

"The monthly cost depends on your requirements."

"I pay just over £20 per month and have done so ever since I started eight years ago, which to me is good value."

"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. If you have very small applications, you can use the plan which costs $5 per month. That gives you 50 GB of memory and almost 1 GB of RAM. If you need more than you have to select the next plan which is $10 per month, which has about 70 GB of data and 2 GB of RAM."

"There are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees to include things like extra public IPs and backup services."

"The value for the price is really good."

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

"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 price is lower than other options."

"From a cost perspective, Kemp is very competitive and is not hard to justify by any means."

"​I have control on the licensing and all the prices since I work for a partner.​"

"The pricing is alright and we pay a monthly licensing fee"

"The Kemp LoadMaster is a tremendous value."

"Any decent product will cost money and if you want great support and a great product, then you will want to spend the money on it."

"Download Kemp's VLM trial and take it for a test drive; you will be impressed."

"The price of the solution is cheap."