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.
"It's a perfect tool for startups."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"This platform is popular with technical users because of the abilities for customization and fine-tuning performance."
"Google Cloud's most valuable attribute is its capability for on-demand auto-scaling, and it also simplifies numerous intricate tasks for its users."
"The solution has improved our web apps so that we can have a canary deployment. GCP also helps us upload new features and changes to our software without impacting a lot of users with the network. The AI features have improved the software as well."
"The solution is fairly easy to deploy."
"The solution works well for BigQuery and big data analysis support such as column alerts and tabular databases."
"What I like most about Google Cloud is its stability. I also like that its GUI works fine for my company."
"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."
"We can scale up and down as we require."
"Linode has many other cloud servers across the globe."
"It has helped to minimize the risk and scale services at large in virtually no time."
"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 most valuable aspects of Linode are the virtual server and the clean server. I install what I need on it."
"Generally speaking, I have not found any faults using Linode. For what we wanted, they provided a complete solution."
"I very much like the support that you get, and I think that it's excellent."
"It is complex to set up."
"I would like to see more code generation features that enable you to take user input in simple English and automatically convert it to code."
"The product must provide AI features."
"The analytics that they have are very focused. It serves Google and not really the client."
"The solution should be more configurable for high-volume databases."
"I would like to see some improvement in the accessibility features of this solution."
"The security features must be improved."
"Workload management could be better. Their pricing could also be more flexible."
"Because they are a smaller company, they do not have, for example, all of the ways for authentication that Amazon or Azure has."
"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."
"The product must improve its security."
"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 encountered any major issues. I might consider using API for managing DNS records, but overall, I'm satisfied with Linode."
"The network between different servers isn't very good. I have to install additional solutions to link the servers with each other."
"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."
"There is room for improvement regarding customer support."
"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."
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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