We compared Amazon AWS and Linode based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Amazon AWS provides a wide array of tools and services, offering extensive features and scalability. Nevertheless, the initial setup process may be more complicated than competing solutions, and AWS is considered costly. Linode is commended for its user-friendly interface, straightforward deployment, and dependable performance. However, some users have expressed worries regarding network connectivity, customer communication, and latency problems.
"The solution can scale well."
"AWS has many integrations and plenty of tools available for anyone to take advantage of. There are new features being added all the time."
"Amazon AWS is good in terms of deployment and user experience. Their certificate management and load balancer are also good features."
"The initial implementation process is not difficult or complex."
"The solution also helps organizations to move applications to a containerized platform."
"It is enough for us in terms of features. We don't have too many transactions, and it is sufficient for our current needs."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the S3."
"Since AWS came a bit later to the market, they are always improving and upgrading their platform."
"The cloud management panel is nice."
"Linode offers cost-effective pricing, and it enables me to swiftly deploy my services."
"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 ability to fire up a virtual machine, use it, and then kill it, is quite a valuable feature for me."
"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."
"I very much like the support that you get, and I think that it's excellent."
"The most valuable features are the simple scalability and ease of starting a new virtual machine."
"They have a very nice web interface to allow you to manage and reorganize your server."
"Support response times can be improved, especially in areas where faster assistance is crucial."
"We don't know whether to increase server capacity or alert notifications. We don't know which hard disc to purchase or what the next recommended CPU is. There should be an indicator. We would like to have more guidance."
"One problem is that the AWS public cloud doesn't have shared storage capabilities. The second thing is the cloud performance versus on-prem."
"It is difficult to hand over legacy applications when migrating them to the cloud."
"Customer access to APIs is limited so that logs cannot be checked properly."
"Configuration could be simplified."
"The customization could improve. However, it depends on the customization needed."
"We would appreciate it if the product was cheaper."
"I've had some difficulties with some of their IP addresses being banned by certain mail servers."
"The network between different servers isn't very good. I have to install additional solutions to link the servers with each other."
"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."
"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."
"I would like to see more seamless integration with backup, although it's pretty easy to do."
"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."
"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."
Amazon AWS is ranked 2nd in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 250 reviews while Linode is ranked 6th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 27 reviews. Amazon AWS is rated 8.4, while Linode is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Amazon AWS writes "Reliable with good security but is difficult to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Linode writes "Straightforward to set up, helpful support, and the Object Storage is useful for system backups". Amazon AWS is most compared with OpenShift, Microsoft Azure, SAP Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Pivotal Cloud Foundry, whereas Linode is most compared with Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Cloudflare, Google Kubernetes Engine and Amazon EKS. See our Amazon AWS vs. Linode report.
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