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    A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AA Cloud Guru (ACG) is a cloud learning provider that states they have helped 2,000,000+ people and more than 4,000 organizations level up their cloud skills. Founded in 2015, ACG was started by brothers Sam and Ryan Kroonenburg who recognized cloud learning through traditional training providers was expensive, outdated, and a pain to consume. With the acquisition of Linux Academy in 2019, ACG combined the strengths and benefits of both companies to create A Cloud Guru…

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    A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0.00
    per month
    Personal Basic
    $31.59 ($379.00)
    per month (per year)
    Personal Plus
    $41.59 ($499.00)
    per month (per year)
    Business Basic
    $41.59 ($499.00)
    per month (per year)
    Business Plus
    $58.25 ($699.00)
    per month (per year)
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    A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsContact Sales for Enterprise Pricing. https://acloudguru.com/solutions/business
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    A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
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    Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    For me, A Cloud Guru was the best platform for learning and retaining what I've learned. I really enjoyed taking courses at A Cloud Guru. Other platforms where too slow, or seemed to be trying too hard, and I never felt like I was learning much compared to A Cloud Guru.
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    Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    We have not evaluated any other providers besides ACG as the original offer we got quite a few years ago was so nicely matching and working for us. Therefore we did not have any requirements to look at any other providers besides ACG. Commercially we have not yet seen any …
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    Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    A Cloud Guru is better focused on cloud-native technologies.
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    WE have tried taking free training courses directly from Amazon but their LMS is difficult to naviate and the video are not engaging. Pracitce Exams are too easy vs the actual exams.

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    The main differentiator was the contents as we were interested in a cloud platform other similar platforms did not have the below: it is very good to establish cloud learning development plans and then track them and manage them for the team. The platform supports learning …
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    We did POC with three companies [including Pluralsight Skills] and selected A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy).
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    I have used both A Cloud Guru and Udemy for Business and I feel A Cloud Guru does a better job. With Udemy you have to purchase your modules. With A Cloud Guru you get everything in one place. This work[s] better for me as I can move from one certification to the next.
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    Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    Compared to O'Reilly in general, the ACG [A Cloud Guru] content is more specific to AWS and with more examples and real-world use cases. O'Reilly is broader in terms of technologies you can learn, but none of them go deep into the details. Another thing is that O'Reilly focuses …
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    Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    Cantrill.io gives far more content and lab work to build skills within the certification boundaries. If there was a similar vendor for both Azure and Google, we would have considered going with targeted vendor training vs a generalized provider.
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    Course choice is much smaller than Udemy but the quality feels a lot higher. There's accountability for them being accurate and you can see them being regularly updated. The labs and playgrounds are really useful for getting to grips with technical concepts.

    I think the …
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    Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    We compared A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) with Cloud Academy and Udemy for Business. The content for A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) was much more engaging and interactive. Cost was on par with Cloud Academy.
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    Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    We have tried LinkedIn learning but there are a lot of older courses and not too many for the IT Pro. I think it is great for management and soft skills, but nowhere near the depth of A Cloud Guru. I know for my team, we like the many different and up to date courses for a vast …
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    Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) was the only platform we evaluated for the vast majority of our cloud training, however we have found other providers are better in certain areas and use them to supplement A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy). For example, TutorialsDojo and WhizLabs both …
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    Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    Udemy has a wider and broader range of topics for your users to browse and choose from whereas A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) has more finely tuned or a more carefully selected and curated range of videos and courses for your users to browse and choose from. I think each one has …
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    Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    I don't know any alternatives to A Cloud Guru. There is a LOT of videos around the web for training ourselves to cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP), but none of them are proving us private access to a real cloud platform for practicing during the training. Who else provides …
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    Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    We have tested Udemy and Coursera, but (specifically), in terms of cloud technology, we prefer ACG.
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    Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    Have not used any others. A Cloud Guru is the original and leader in this field.
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    Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    ACG has more focused and relevant content to meet the needs of the business
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    Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    ACG contents are more relevant to the future of technology and a bit more advanced.
    Incentivized
    Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    A Cloud Guru provided better freshness of content and was priced more competitively than other cloud training platforms. A Cloud Guru also had training paths that other providers did not have on their platform. I also enjoyed the fact that there are reports that you can run on …
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    User Ratings
    A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (26 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)