A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy) vs. Renaissance myON

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)

Renaissance myON

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brothers Sam and Ryan Kroonenburg who recognized cloud learning through traditional training providers was expensive, outdated, and a pain to consume.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
Renaissance myON	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	myON is a digital reading platform that provides students with 24/7 access to thousands of fiction and nonfiction books and news articles—in English, Spanish, and additional languages. A multimedia reading experience with colorful illustrations, professionally recorded audio, and annotation tools makes each text engaging and unique. Built-in close reading tools, customizable literacy projects, and a large collection of nonfiction titles support lesson plans centered on reading and writing…	N/A

Pricing

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)

Renaissance myON

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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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)	Renaissance myON
Free Trial
Yes	No
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)	Renaissance myON
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?	Renaissance myON JB Jil Borden Library Media Teacher Chose Renaissance myON These two products work very well together as well as by themselves. myON Reader gets some good support from myON News. After students read articles, the program suggests books in myON Reader for them to continue reading on that particular subject. myON Reader has a good … Incentivized Helpful? AO Athena Ogden Teacher Chose Renaissance myON Renaissance myON is hands down the best as compared to Epic. I am allowed to consistently monitor my students. I am able to print reports to help evaluate student progress. I can also use these reports during parent/teacher conferences so parents and guardians can see where … Incentivized Helpful? DS Denise Stevenson Teacher Chose Renaissance myON I like that myOn is connected to all of our resources on Renaissance. The STAR assessments will recommend books at the student's level. They are connected, so students can take an AR quiz when they are done reading. Epic is not designed to do those things. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Renaissance myON Epic is far easier to use, with more engaging titles and a user-friendly platform. Incentivized Helpful? EC Elizabeth Cavazos School Librarian Chose Renaissance myON Freckle is primarily used in our elementary schools and they say they really like the program. Incentivized Helpful? MS Meredith Sanders Teacher Chose Renaissance myON All the Renaissance products are so user friendly and have the ability to fit into any educator's classroom needs. [Renaissance] myON [Reader] goes hand in hand with Accelerated Reader and easily links the quizzes for the students to access. My students have stayed so engaged … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Renaissance myON Renaissance Accelerated Reader and Renaissance Star Assessments Incentivized Helpful? SH Shonda Hill Teacher Chose Renaissance myON I have only used books on myON. Incentivized Helpful? Mario Sanchez Teacher Chose Renaissance myON Easier to use and has a better availability to students reading habits. Incentivized Helpful? JESSICA MARTINDALE Teacher Chose Renaissance myON I like Accelerated Reader because it shows the comprehension level the students have after they read a book. However, I like myON because it just does a few more things than AR-- it goes above and beyond, and you are really able to see the growth your student has made on a … Incentivized Helpful? VB Vanessa Brown English Teacher Chose Renaissance myON They all work very well together and I would recommend all three programs. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)

Renaissance myON

Learning Management

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

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User Ratings
	A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)	Renaissance myON
Likelihood to Recommend	9.9 (0 ratings)	7.4 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (0 ratings)	7.8 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)	Renaissance myON
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	myON is a good program for all students in the middle grades. Using the suggested readings, several of our EL students have increased their vocabulary as well as overall reading proficiency in English by at least 1/2-1 grade equivalent within a school year. Incentivized JB Jil Borden Library Media Teacher 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	Helps students gain comprehension by suggesting reading materials at their level. Because the program has the capacity to read to the students, they get a to hear a good role model which helps develop fluency and accuracy in their reading. It is easy to access and helps keep students on track with their reading goals. Incentivized JB Jil Borden Library Media Teacher 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	I could never figure it out. Students levels from their STAR test did not translate into the books suggested on myON. The platform is cumbersome and inaccessible for students and teachers. I am fairly tech-savvy, but I could never navigate through and understand how myON worked. Eventually, I gave up and switched to Epic. The book selection was poor. Only the non-fiction books were interesting to my students. None of the popular titles and authors were available. It was a big disappointment and frustration for me and my students. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous 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 believe this product provides students with faster and easier access to books. This increases their time spent on task reading. myON reader is a product that is great for students and teachers. If there are any issues and concerns while using myON, there are many help resources available to offer assistance. myON Reader works so well with the rest of the Renaissance Platform. This consistency is great for everyone! Incentivized Verified User Anonymous 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	All the Renaissance products are so user friendly and have the ability to fit into any educator's classroom needs. [Renaissance] myON [Reader] goes hand in hand with Accelerated Reader and easily links the quizzes for the students to access. My students have stayed so engaged while reading/listening to fun books on different topics for class. They love the fact that they can listen to the books while following along in the digital book. This helps my struggling readers have success. Incentivized MS Meredith Sanders Teacher 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	Students continued to read on their level and were motivated by all of the books being an AR book with a quiz and points to earn. Incentivized SH Shonda Hill Teacher Read full review
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