We compared Linode and Google Cloud based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Overall, the user reviews highlight that both Linode and Google Cloud offer reliable performance, excellent customer support, competitive pricing, and positive returns on investment. However, Linode stands out for its fast server setup, extensive documentation, and robust networking capabilities, while Google Cloud excels in scalability, integration with other Google services, and security measures. Users also emphasize the need for enhancements in certain areas for both platforms.
Features: The valuable features of Linode include reliable performance, fast server setup, extensive documentation, robust networking capabilities, and excellent customer support. Google Cloud emphasizes robust scalability, seamless integration with other Google services, excellent performance, extensive security measures, and reliable customer support.
Pricing and ROI: Linode's setup cost is straightforward with minimal effort and no hidden costs, while Google Cloud offers flexible licensing options. Users find both pricing competitive and good value for money., Linode's product has shown a positive ROI with increased efficiency and cost savings, while Google Cloud's product has also demonstrated positive returns on investment and value.
Room for Improvement: Linode: Users have identified areas for improvement in terms of enhancing their experience based on feedback. Google Cloud: Users have highlighted the need for improvements in speed, reliability, ease of use, transparent pricing, and customer support based on feedback.
Deployment and customer support: Based on user reviews, the duration required to establish a new tech solution varies significantly for Linode and Google Cloud. Some users spent three months on deployment and an additional week on setup for Linode, while for Google Cloud, some spent several months on deployment alone. Additionally, the terms "deployment" and "setup" may refer to the same period of time. Overall, the implementation time for Linode seems to depend on individual circumstances, while for Google Cloud, it depends on individual circumstances and requirements., Linode's customer service and support have been commendable, with users expressing satisfaction and positive experiences. Users appreciate the prompt and helpful assistance provided by Linode's support team. On the other hand, Google Cloud's customer service has been praised for its excellent assistance, responsiveness, and reliability in addressing customers' queries and concerns.
The summary above is based on 51 interviews we conducted recently with Linode and Google Cloud users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud is its security."
"Google Meet is simple to use regarding configuration and recording sessions."
"What I like most about Google Cloud is its stability. I also like that its GUI works fine for my company."
"The most useful feature of Google Cloud is that it's basically completely managed or fully managed. There is no administration or maintenance needed from the user, and it's very simple to use."
"This is a solution that's so easy to expand when you need it to. It's the best I've ever seen. It's much better than Azure."
"Simple to use on the web, and makes things easy for a software developer."
"It's available any time you need it."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud is its flexibility."
"The cloud management panel is nice."
"The solution integrates easily."
"The simplicity by which you can handle your inventory is one of the things I like the most."
"Because of the way that their pricing model is set up, I can scale up or down the size of a customer's server very easily. It makes life very easy for me when they run out of space, need more speed or RAM, etc. I can very easily pay the difference and reboot the machine, and now I have the upgrade that I wanted. That just makes it extremely simple."
"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."
"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."
"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 storage available for this solution could be improved, especially compared to a solution like Microsoft which offers 1 TB of storage. Google cloud offers only 30 GB."
"The ease-of-use could be improved for less technical users."
"If there were more documentation and training, it would be very helpful in explaining the underlying processes."
"My only concern is that a number of the offerings are built on their own proprietary technologies which means means that, with respect to the offerings in Google Cloud, it's difficult to have a path to migrate to other cloud providers."
"Could provide more services."
"Current technologies keep on changing, so definitely those new changes need to be incorporated quickly. The competition is always out there to be one step ahead. How those open-source platforms can be easily integrated into the cloud, is going to be the key in the future."
"The product should be more cost-effective."
"The price of the solution could be more transparent."
"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."
"They recently changed the web interface and although the older one did not look as good, the new one is less responsive."
"They don't have role-based access control, which is problematic for us."
"The product must improve its security."
"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."
"Its cost can be improved."
"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."
Google Cloud is ranked 4th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 66 reviews while Linode is ranked 6th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 27 reviews. Google Cloud is rated 8.2, while Linode is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Google Cloud writes "Great for big data with off-the-charts scalability for storage and databases". 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". Google Cloud is most compared with Alibaba Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Red Hat OpenShift and SAP Cloud Platform, whereas Linode is most compared with Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Cloudflare, Google Kubernetes Engine and Amazon EKS. See our Google Cloud vs. Linode report.
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