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Ken Biggs
Great service and support, easy to resize and scale, and easy to manage
The relatively small but well-focused set of services is adequate for our use. We install our own software and run our own servers, so they're... Read more →
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  • "I pay just over £20 per month and have done so ever since I started eight years ago, which to me is good value."
  • "The pricing model is very simple. I like the simplicity of it, starting at $5, then doubling as it goes up from there. That is a brilliant idea, and it is not complex at all. It is about as dead simple as you can imagine. So, if you want to double what you have, then you double your price, pay the money, and reboot. It is done. It's that simple. You can't beat that."
  • "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."
  • "Compared to other service providers, like AWS and Google, the cost of services are much less and more affordable. We are saving about 90 percent by going with Linode versus other cloud providers."
  • "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."
  • "The value for the price is really good."
  • "Pricing is very good and flexible, according to the resources required."
  • "Being that they are small, their prices are slightly higher than the large providers like Amazon if you compare raw computing power."

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    What do you like most about Linode?
    Top Answer: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… more »
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Linode?
    Top Answer:Compared to other providers, I find Linode's pricing a bit higher. Storage could be more affordable.
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    What needs improvement with Linode?
    Top Answer: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… more »
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    Ranking
    15th
    out of 67 in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
    Views
    1,133
    Comparisons
    998
    Reviews
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    6th
    out of 67 in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
    Views
    15,105
    Comparisons
    11,713
    Reviews
    7
    Average Words per Review
    630
    Rating
    8.3
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    Overview

    Unleash a new level of Kubernetes performance, optimize your network, and easily deploy and manage your hyperconverged infrastructure globally. See how to optimize your multicloud connectivity and achieve high-performance storage with our partners.

    Reach more customers faster

    • Expand global reach with fully automated infrastructure across a global platform that is developer friendly.

    Get your data closer to your customers

    • Build enterprise-grade, cost optimized infrastructure with leading digital storage providers.

    Deliver world-class digital experiences at the edge

    • Quickly scale to improve performance with proximity to customers in growing metros.

    Directly access a world of service providers, customers and partners

    • With native integration into Equinix Fabric®, you can efficiently and securely reach the users, partners, clouds and networks that matter most to your business.

    Optimize cloud costs and increase security

    • Reduce public cloud egress costs while gaining greater control over surface vulnerability by isolating sensitive workloads in a single-tenant infrastructure.

    Innovate faster with DevOps automation

    • Automate digital infrastructure and software deployment in minutes, not months using the most popular DevOps tools.

    Dedicated support, all day every day

    • Technical account management and support are available, including shared Slack channels for responsive, personalized

    Simplify your cloud infrastructure with our Linux virtual machines and robust set of tools to develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier.

    Linode believes that in order to accelerate innovation in the cloud, virtual computing must be more accessible, affordable, and simple. Our infrastructure-as-a-service platform is deployed across 11 global markets from our data centers around the world and is supported by our Next Generation Network, advanced APIs, comprehensive services, and vast library of educational resources. Linode products, services, and people enable developers and businesses to build, deploy, and scale applications more easily and cost-effectively in the cloud.

    Increase storage capacity with additional Block Storage or S3-compatible Object Storage. Add instant Backups with complete independency to your stack. Ensure your applications and services are highly-available with Linode NodeBalancers. Deploy Kubernetes clusters with our fully-managed container orchestration engine.

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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Educational Organization7%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company45%
    Media Company27%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    University9%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise67%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business89%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise4%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise57%
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    Equinix Metal is ranked 15th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) while Linode is ranked 6th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 27 reviews. Equinix Metal is rated 0.0, while Linode is rated 8.8. 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". Equinix Metal is most compared with Amazon AWS, F5 Volterra, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Tata Communications InstaCompute, whereas Linode is most compared with Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Cloudflare and Google Kubernetes Engine.

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