Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode) vs Kubernetes comparison

"The ability to fire up a virtual machine, use it, and then kill it, is quite a valuable feature for me."

"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."

"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 management of different DNS domains is beneficial due to the user-friendly interface that provides all necessary options."

"The most valuable feature is the domain settings page."

"We can scale up and down as we require."

"Generally speaking, I have not found any faults using Linode. For what we wanted, they provided a complete solution."

"The cloud management panel is nice."

"The most valuable feature is that it's a container orchestrator. It has a huge user base and it is easily incorporated into all of the public clouds."

"The best feature is autoscaling. It's effortless to use for scaling deployment parts, CI/CD, etc."

"The autoscaling feature is the most valuable. Kubernetes itself is an orchestration tool. It automatically detects the load, and it automatically spins up the new Pod in the form of a new microservice deployment."

"The best thing about Kubernetes is that most of the containerized applications are centralized."

"It's scalable."

"The scalability seems quite good."

"The most valuable feature of Kubernetes is container orchestration."

"The most valuable feature of Kubernetes is automation. It is the best tool for automation."

"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."

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

"It would be helpful if they provided the additional Linux distributions that I prefer using. But there is still a workaround. I can do it without direct support. It's a bit more complicated, but it can still be done."

"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."

"The product must improve its security."

"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."

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

"Our primary concern is always the latency."

"It would be nice if they could make it easier for developers and infrastructure staff to automate some of the pieces that they have to do manually at the moment."

"We faced a challenge while migrating and upgrading versions of Kubernetes. After the upgrade, some pods were not up as expected, leading to downtime."

"There is room for improvement in this area, as Kubernetes could benefit from having more integrations, such as for scanning vulnerabilities."

"The solution can be quite complex for many users."

"This product should have a more advanced built-in scheduler that uses real application metrics in the scheduling strategy."

"In the financial service sector, I'd rate scalability an eight out of ten. But do it in a controlled manner, not auto-scaling. If your application has a bug and you enable the autoscaler, it will spike your costs. If someone deploys an application with a bug, that's automatically a problem."

"Currently has a very minimal UI for certain things."

"The security of the solution is in its infancy and needs a lot of work."

"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."

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

"Overall, it is cost-effective. They offer flat, no lock-in pricing. We also get discounts. As compared to its competitors, it is costly, but at the same time, it has many features."

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

"The pricing model is simple."

"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 solution is neither cheap nor expensive."

"The solution itself is open-source, so there is no cost attached to it. However, it requires a virtual machine to operate, which does come at a cost; a choice of a pay as you go model, or a monthly charge via an enterprise agreement. There is a pricing calculator available, where organizations can determine the level and number of virtual machines required, and how much that will cost."

"If you're using a public cloud, the cost depends on the number of nodes you are planning to deploy Kubernetes on."

"You need to pay for a license if you buy branded products. For example, if you take the services from Azure, AWS, or Google, the price of the Kubernetes cluster is inclusive of the service that's being offered to us on a pay-and-use model."

"This is an open-source solution, so there are no licensing costs associated with its use."

"Kubernetes is open-source. Kubernetes is free, but we're charged for AWS utilization."

"The price of Kubernetes could be lower. However, it is less expensive than VMware Tanzu. Additionally, technical support is expensive. The overall cost of the solution is approximately $1,000 annually."

"Microsoft provides reasonable costs for Kubernetes."

"Kubernetes is free; it's open-source software."