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Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) Overview

What is Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

Akamai + Linode Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) accelerates innovation with scalable, simple, affordable, and accessible Linux cloud solutions and services. Our products, services, and people give developers and enterprises the flexibility, support, and trust they need to build, deploy, secure, and scale applications more easily and cost-effectively from cloud to edge on the world’s most distributed network.

Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) Details
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The Developer Cloud Simplified

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Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) is an exciting option for developers and enterprises to build, secure, and deliver their modern applications at planetary scale. Akamai combines the best of both worlds - the scale and breadth of core services of a hyperscaler with the simplicity and affordability of an alternative cloud provider.


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Year Founded
1998
HQ Location
Cambridge, MA
Twitter
@Akamai
119,772 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
10,409 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ:AKAM
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$3,198
Description

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every day, billions of people around the world connect with their favorite brands to shop online, play the latest video games, log into mobile banking apps, learn remotely, share videos with friends, and so much more. They may not know it, but Akamai is there, powering and protecting life online. Over
0 years ago, we set out to solve the toughest challenge of the early internet: the “World Wide Wait.” And we’ve been solving the internet’s toughest challenges ever since, working toward our vision of a safer and more connected world.With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences.Our leading security, compute, and delivery solutions are helping global companies make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day.Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation.


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Recent Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) Reviews

Dakota S.
DS
Dakota S.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great Service with Reliable Hosting"
There is practically no downtime and the node just work.
Levon K.
LK
Levon K.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Linode is the best!"
cheap and fast very eazy to use, i like this is best choise
Niteesh k.
NK
Niteesh k.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"It's has been a great experience with akami to say the least i moved here from digital ocean."
The ease to upgrade and downgrade my machine size was a great help. The ease to implement the concepts i have to reality. Customer support have b...
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Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) Media

Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) Demo - Linode Cloud Manager
Cloud Manager is a user- and mobile-friendly interface to deploy and manage virtual machines, configure networking, and control user accounts.
Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) Demo - A Cloud Experience Developers Love
Cloud Manager is a user and mobile-friendly interface to deploy and manage virtual machines, configure networking, control user accounts, and access and configure the full range of Linode services.
Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) Demo - Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE)
Deploy Kubernetes clusters with our fully-managed container orchestration engine.
Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) Demo - Dedicated compute for CPU-intensive workloads
Dedicated CPU instances run on their own CPU cores in the Linode infrastructure. No sharing the processor with other instances.
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Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) Pros and Cons

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Antonio  G.
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

admin panel is extremely well defined and adding a service or managing instances is as simple as can be. They have servers that are highly accessible and offers a secure backup for our sensitive business data. Also love the team behind where they are always available to help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

There is nothing major that I found, their service fits our needs well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our primary hosting solution and e commerce platform is Akamai Connected Cloud (we are able to manage, transfer, back up, and restore our data on the platform) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Support of Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)

Hey Antonio! Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. We're happy to hear our platform is meeting your needs!

Seringe S.
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

The platform is user-friendly and intuitive, making it easy to manage my resources even with limited cloud experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

Dedicated servers are quite expensives, would really love if they manage to reduce maybe the pricing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) solving and how is that benefiting you?

They have servers located in Milan, since my users are italians, this is crucial for minimizing latency and ensuring a fast and responsive experience for my user base. This localized presence significantly reduces data travel time, leading to quicker page loads and improved overall performance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Niteesh k.
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AI Software Engineer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

The ease to upgrade and downgrade my machine size was a great help.

The ease to implement the concepts i have to reality.

Customer support have been great as many time i have contacted them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

To be honest i haven't face any as of now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have been using akami to host my personal projects that have been a great help for my job hunt journey. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Levon K.
LK
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What do you like best about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

cheap and fast very eazy to use, i like this is best choise Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

nothing is very good, i like this service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) solving and how is that benefiting you?

price is the best and is not desconecting your vm if you no have money in your card there were many times when I forgot to top up the card but they did not disconnect and sent a message Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cody S.
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Senior Desktop Engineer
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What do you like best about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

I like how simple it is to use and how it empowers me to put multiple websites out into the world for my businesses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

Don't know much about akamai when linode was local to my city and I visited head quarters Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm able to host my games that I make in unity by hosting lamp servers on akamai Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Support of Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)

Hey Cody! We're happy to hear you're enjoying the platform. Thanks for taking the time to leave a review!

Aneesh J.
AJ
Controls SIM Engineer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

The experience was amazing. I was able to set up everything really smoothly. There exists a plethora of documentation on spinning up a virtual instance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

Due to my lack of networking knowledge I wasn't able to set up my virtual instance as a VPN server. Not sure if the business is looking to add AI capabilities to help users navigate times like these. However, my overall experience was good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am not able to keep up with any advancements Linode is making in its cloud services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ben L.
BL
Co-Founder and CTO
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

I like the affordability and ease of use of the dashboard. I ran the yabs.sh benchmark on Digital Ocean, Vultr and Akamai\Linode and Akamai\Linode came out on top. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

2 challenges I faced with Linode -

1 - You can't "stack" node balancers, once you reach the 10k limit it's then up to your DNS server to round robin distribute the traffic, which is imperfect as a load balancer.

2 - There's no way to scale up\down a database cluster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Having performant hardware at an affordable cost with many regions for user locality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Support of Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)

Hey Ben! Thanks a lot for taking the time to write a review. We have gone ahead and submitted your feedback about our NodeBalancers as a feature request for implementation in the future.

I would like to mention that while the scaling of our Managed Databases was not possible previously, it is possible in the new generation of our product: http://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/aiven-manage-database#resize-a-managed-database-cluster

A limitation, however, is that you cannot scale down your cluster.

Thanks again for the review!

Dakota S.
DS
Chief Operations Officer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

There is practically no downtime and the node just work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

I would like for the network charges to be more clearly described on some of the shared plans. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Allowing us to remote into a CGNAT by use of a cloud hosted wireguard instance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jonathan F.
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What do you like best about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

I spin up severs all the time with Linode. Very quick and simple and perfect for POC and production services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

Nothing really. It’s simple, the UI works and it’s just a pleasant experience all round Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) solving and how is that benefiting you?

POCs and long running or big compute services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

nanda c.
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Lead Analyst
Information Technology and Services
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What do you like best about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

It is very simple to use and developer friendly, Strong security is something I like most Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)?

No so good competitive pricing, can make less Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode) solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have faced latency issues and other Cpaas providers, My client services used to be interrupted and have face backlash from my clients. also when reacing out to other customer support teams like AWS, we need to pay extra amount. which is no the case with Linode. Their account managers are very supportive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Support of Akamai Connected Cloud (formerly Linode)

Hi Nanda! We appreciate the feedback. Thanks a lot for taking the time to write a review. We're happy to hear you're enjoying the platform!