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Michael B.
CEO
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best about Cycle?
First and foremost, at Red Dot, we focus on data security. Cycle.io provides us with an industry-leading level of security and comfort that allows us to continue to scale operations without degradation in protection.
I never deviate from our secure, risk-averse strategy when it comes to protecting our data, which is a must in the healthcare space. I view Cycle.io as an enhancement to this strategy that has the added benefit of allowing a laser focus on core competencies, which takes a ton of pressure off our team. We can easily choose where and how to allow access to an application and, at the same time, eliminate the possibility of small oversights in configurations that could lead to security vulnerabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Cycle?
There is nothing to dislike. As our team continues to scale up, I can see that our partnership with Cycle is more than a means to an end; cycle is a vital part of our team and growth strategy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Casey D.
Head of Engineering
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best about Cycle?
Cycle gives us what we need to run our app without extra fuss. Their support team is quick to help, making it easy to start using the platform. This helps our team work faster and get more done. Because Cycle is simpler to manage, we spend less time on upkeep and save money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Cycle?
While I appreciate Cycle's rapid innovation, sometimes the documentation lags a bit behind the latest updates. This occasional gap is a small trade-off for the platform's constant improvements. It would be great to see the docs keep pace with the new features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Thomas S.
Head of Product
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best about Cycle?
As a founder, one of the unspoken elephants in the room is cloud infrastructure - which provider, which region, routing tables, CIDR configs, the list and technical upkeep do not end. With Cycle, I was able to deploy services 10x faster with minimal experience in DevOps. This is truly a game-changer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Cycle?
I wished I would have found this product back in 2018 when I was first starting to build applications as a developer getting started in building platforms and also advising other ventures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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David C.
CEO
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best about Cycle?
The amount of incoming work we had before Cycle was a lot to manage. With Cycle, the whole team agreed that we’d be able to quickly set up our environments and onboard new clients - all the while migrating existing projects so that we had one place to manage everything.
Now things are more simple. On average, Cycle saves us about 10-20 hours per week with our managed projects, which is something we’re focused on growing. Every time we add a project to Cycle, we see that number increase. It translates to thousands of dollars in savings per month without even considering the cost impact of not needing a specialized engineer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Cycle?
At the end of the day, scaling a dev shop really comes down to how much value you can deliver on each project. With Cycle, that’s been a lot easier for us. With that said, their dev team is quick to help if any problems arise, so there are no negatives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Amy S.
Account Manager/Paralegal
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best about Cycle?
Our team implemented Cycle near end of year in 2019, since then, we've referred to Cycle as the "easy button." -- Immediately after implementation, we saw a tremendous amount of value.
We were looking for something that could simplify and automate the DevOps side so our team could stay focused on building out our core. With Cycle, we saw a way to accomplish that goal quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Cycle?
I only have pros for Cycle. Using the platform means we can operate without hiring specialized DevOps engineers, which saves us so much time and money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Jacob S.
Junior Developer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best about Cycle?
The day or night assistance with any configuration help or troubleshooting needs. They're always ready to help! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Cycle?
They're still in the process of adding some key features that will help us implement the systems were using on their platform. Looking forward to their release! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Mark Z.
Operations Manager
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best about Cycle?
The technical expertise the Cycle staff offers is incredible. But where they truly shine is their customer service and support. It is second to none. Whether you are a small client or a large enterprise client, you feel like you are their only client. So impressed and would highly recommend them! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Cycle?
Honestly, I have been with them for over two years, and there is nothing I can say bad about Cycle. They are just a fantastic technology partner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Joshua K.
Lead Engineer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best about Cycle?
Kubernetes solutions compete directly with Cycle. They both tackle the same space. So what is the difference?
The difference is time. Kubernetes is the kitchen sink. To get moving on it, one must dedicate a significant initial spend in time and money by climbing the steep learning curve or hiring an expensive FTE to handle the details.
This reality can be hard to swallow for a lean startup that wants to progress rapidly with deployments while ensuring that scale is there when the time comes.
Cycle presents an attractive alternative. If you know how to build a docker image and not much else, you have everything you need to begin deploying your production and stage environments. Their UI is slick and approachable. The API that powers it is well-documented for your scripted use if required. The feature set contains all the essentials for a startup to go from zero to scale without the need for a full-time operations specialist. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Cycle?
As nicely designed as their UI is, the API itself appears to take precedence, so the web interface tends to trail it in features and bug fixes. Some enhancements to the real-time updating on the web console are needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Narendran M.
CEO
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best about Cycle?
Cycle has an amazing team that responds very quickly. It also makes cloud deployments and CI/CD very easy! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Cycle?
Image builds sometimes fail with minimal logs or error messages, but this is rare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Brent K.
Director of Information Technology
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best about Cycle?
Cycle's web GUI makes it very easy to use and accessible when managing container orchestration. Their staff has been great with continuous development of new and requested features as well as troubleshooting any bugs that appear. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Cycle?
I haven't run into many downsides, but if I had to nitpick a few there were some bugs early on with deploying our data to stateless services on AWS. Their team discovered this flaw and walked us through every step of the way to ensure all of our data was securely migrated onto stateful services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best about Cycle?
Cycle has tons of features for managing containers all accessible through a super slick and responsive portal UI. Build and deploy with a single click, automate backups just by providing a few shell commands. DNS, load balancing, VPNs, Let's Encrypt integration... The list goes on and on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Cycle?
With all the features and configuration that Cycle offers, there is a learning curve. Luckily their support is super responsive and knowledgeable. So far, all of our issues have been resolved within a day. Often problems are resolved in a few minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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