A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) vs. Coursera

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)

Coursera

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	A 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brothers Sam and Ryan Kroonenburg who recognized cloud learning through traditional training providers was expensive, outdated, and a pain to consume.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…	$0 per month
Coursera	Score 8.9 out of 10	N/A	Coursera is an online catalog of learning content, available to businesses to help them to strengthen critical skills, Develop, retain, and advance critical talent, or use role-based assessments to identify skills gaps and advancement opportunities.	$399 per year per user (for less than 125 employees)

Pricing

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)

Coursera

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)

Coursera for Teams: $399
per year per user (for less than 125 employees)
Coursera for Business: Contact Sales

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)	Coursera
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Contact Sales for Enterprise Pricing. https://acloudguru.com/solutions/business

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Community Pulse
	A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)	Coursera
Considered Both Products	A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) Garner Albright Mobile Service Tech 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. Incentivized Helpful? Jan Daniel Sulaiman Product Manager IoT 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) A Cloud Guru is better focused on cloud-native technologies. Incentivized Helpful? Mark Nowowiejski Sr. Instructional Designer Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) 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. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) We did POC with three companies [including Pluralsight Skills] and selected A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy). Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) 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. Incentivized Helpful? LQ Leo Quiroa Machine Learning Engineer 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Sagar Dhanrale Director, Technical Enablement , Global Customer Success 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. Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Oster Senior Cloud Engineer 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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 … Incentivized Helpful? GA Gerardo Aldecua XaaS Coordinator Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) We have tested Udemy and Coursera, but (specifically), in terms of cloud technology, we prefer ACG. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) Have not used any others. A Cloud Guru is the original and leader in this field. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) ACG has more focused and relevant content to meet the needs of the business Incentivized Helpful? Abdulrazzaq Alkhateeb Snr Manager, Professional Services. Head of Delivery, APJ Chose A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) ACG contents are more relevant to the future of technology and a bit more advanced. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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 … Incentivized Helpful?	Coursera Verified User Anonymous Chose Coursera Many other LMS systems, including Blackboard, and Canvas, have been examined or utilized by us in the past. Each has advantages and disadvantages, but I believe Coursera is an attractive option for any company because of its well-known brand and global presence of high-level … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Coursera We've looked at or used many different LMS platforms including Blackboard, Learnshare, Canvas, Cornerstone, SABA, and many others. Each has its pros & cons but I feel Coursera given its brand recognition and built-in following it's a great value for any organization. I would … Incentivized Helpful? PM Piyush Mittal Consultant Chose Coursera Udemy for Business Incentivized Helpful? Oleksandr Torlo Chief Technology Officer Chose Coursera Coursera certainly has the best content for courses of interest to our organization. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Coursera I like Coursera because it has lots of high quality contents I can use. I learn a lot from the professors from the top universities in the world. Coursera also has generous policy of financial aids. I am thankful for that policy that makes my learning on Coursera more reachable. Incentivized Helpful? Rei Shinozuka, CFA®, FRM® Director Asset Liability Modeling & Strategy, Office of CFO Chose Coursera Coursera has been the only tool of its kind I've used intensively. I've seen video lectures from other learning providers and while they can be effective, what makes Coursera special to me is its interactivity and creative ways to allow the student to solve problems and gain … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Coursera Edx, safari, Lidia, etc Incentivized Helpful? Alejandro Matheu, MD, MBA Chairman of the School Organizational Team at Paradise Professional Delelopment School and Digital Marketing Manager at Hospital Herrera Llerandi Chose Coursera Coursera has a wider variety of courses and more institutions as partners. The certifications Coursera gives, have more value than other brands. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Coursera I like Coursera much better than Udemy. The user interface of Coursera is much better. I also feel the content of Coursera is little bit better than udemy. Incentivized Helpful? Donovon Carter DevOps Engineer Chose Coursera I think Coursera has the best overall interface. I think you will find that different platforms go in different directions, and have different specialities. For the most part the differences are more in the types of courses they offer than one being particularly better than the … Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Starodubtsev Freelance Web Developer Chose Coursera Coursera has wide range of disciplines and some subjects other MOOC platforms do not have. I am using Coursera along with other online educational platforms and courses to arrange courses on a complex schedule. Coursera has a free option (free listener) where students are able … Incentivized Helpful? Ilia Tarasov Architectural Consultant Chose Coursera There is a Mentor Course, for those chosen that have been good at some courses. You can find almost everything (talking about courses), of lots of topics and categories. It's simply amazing. You can learn a lot, even if you don't pay for the certificate. Incentivized Helpful? Nic Klopper Director Chose Coursera Obviously, Coursera lacks some of the formal credentials that a college or university degree offers. It also has limitations when it comes to a broad scope curated academic course that a university degree offers. However, it does afford users who couldn't afford a full-on … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)

Coursera

Learning Management

Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
	A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) - Ratings	Coursera 8.8 Ratings 3% above category average
Course authoring	00 Ratings	8.90 Ratings
Course catalog or library	00 Ratings	9.10 Ratings
Player/Portal	00 Ratings	8.90 Ratings
Learning content	00 Ratings	9.50 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications	00 Ratings	9.20 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Social learning	00 Ratings	8.90 Ratings

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User Ratings
	A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)	Coursera
Likelihood to Recommend	9.9 (0 ratings)	8.5 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)	Coursera
Likelihood to Recommend	If your organization is technical-based and offers its employees different online courses to enhance their knowledge, then A Cloud Guru will be perfect for you. There are multiple courses available from different cloud platforms. The platform is easy to use and navigate and does not require much knowledge. Even if you do not have basic technical knowledge, the courses available in A Cloud Guru are designed in such a manner that a non-technical person will understand the concept easily. Incentivized Swarup Sangale Strategic Partner Management Senior Analyst Read full review	It's absolutely ideal for programming. Today, most programming environments are available for free and enthusiasts can tinker with programming on their own. But Coursera structures that process and presents iteratively more complex assignments to the student. I found it useful for non-programming. I took a refresher Calculus course and the user was able to enter solutions symbolically which I found impressive. Incentivized Rei Shinozuka, CFA®, FRM® Director Asset Liability Modeling & Strategy, Office of CFO Read full review
Pros	The team at A Cloud Guru is excellent at responding to user feedback that is submitted through their website. The content created is well organized and aligns to certification paths. The content is accessible on mobile and web platforms, which is great for learning on the go. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Coursera's courses are extremely good. They are well designed and being a full time employee I really appreciate the fact of how well they are designed. They have made sure that everybody gets enough time to complete it. There is an active community which is very helpful. No matter how good a teaching material is, you might always need extra help. This community can answer your question. And also this becomes extremely relevant if you are taking programming courses There are assignments to test your skills. This is a great way to evaluate yourself. At this point if you feel like you haven't understood something, you can always go back and refer the videos. Most of these assignments can be applied to real world problems as well which is great Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	More material on other cloud providers GCP, Azure, Huawei. Extend the sandboxes to other cloud providers not only AWS. Include more material for non-technical people, sometimes the sales teams are completely lost in the platform but they would like to learn about it. Incentivized LQ Leo Quiroa Machine Learning Engineer Read full review	If you leave the projects for the weekends, your Sunday nights could be a drag. But I list this as a benefit also, it enforces discipline on the learning process. I hope Coursera continues to offer no-cost and low-cost learning opportunities. I honestly can't think of any serious deficiency in the product. I am a huge fan. Incentivized Rei Shinozuka, CFA®, FRM® Director Asset Liability Modeling & Strategy, Office of CFO Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	It’s marvelous. Incentivized Alejandro Matheu, MD, MBA, MSc in Digital Marketing Chairman of the School Organizational Team at Paradise Professional Delelopment School and Digital Marketing Manager at Hospital Herrera Llerandi Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	User-friendly and developer-friendly Web UI. Incentivized Andrew Starodubtsev Freelance Web Developer Read full review
Support Rating	The support team of A Cloud Guru is quite quick. There are scenarios where A Cloud Guru was not working in my organization. We reached out to their support team and they quickly resolved the issue. Also, if any individual is facing issues accessing A Cloud Guru, their support team is quick to resolve the issue. Incentivized Swarup Sangale Strategic Partner Management Senior Analyst Read full review	I’ve used it a couple of times and... that did great. They take their time, but in the end they solve your issues. Incentivized Alejandro Matheu, MD, MBA, MSc in Digital Marketing Chairman of the School Organizational Team at Paradise Professional Delelopment School and Digital Marketing Manager at Hospital Herrera Llerandi Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	Coursera is familiar, intuitive, compatible and easy to use and implement. Incentivized Andrew Starodubtsev Freelance Web Developer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	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 tracks, exams, and sandboxes with all major cloud providers guarantees that you don't get an accidental charge as a result of [the] testing and exploring the cloud Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	We've looked at or used many different LMS platforms including Blackboard, Learnshare, Canvas, Cornerstone, SABA, and many others. Each has its pros & cons but I feel Coursera given its brand recognition and built-in following it's a great value for any organization. I would not want to build out an entire MBA or other MASTERS level online program on it but it is a great way to allow potential students to experience your institutions content for a low price (of free). Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Engagement scores around investment in L&D have increased. There's excitement around upcoming changes to our technology instead of fear we have seen in the past. We feel confident we will be able to deliver these new technologies - although we are at the start of our journey. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	The greatest benefit of Coursera is access to quality courses on various subjects that you can either browse or dive in deeply. Customizable, flexible and accessible. Helps our department to recommend trainees courses on this website and gain important knowledge. Also, the courses are provided by big-name universities which helps students in their careers Developing and exploring professional skills. Incentivized Ilia Tarasov Architectural Consultant Read full review
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