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Akamai Cloud Computing vs. Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

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Akamai Cloud Computing

367 Reviews and Ratings

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

338 Reviews and Ratings

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Akamai Cloud Computing

    Score7.9 out of 10
    		N/AAkamai Cloud Computing (formerly Linode) include scalable and accessible Linux cloud solutions and services. These products and services support developers and enterprises as they build, deploy, secure, and scale applications.

    $5

    per month

    Amazon S3

    Score8.8 out of 10
    		N/AAmazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.N/A
    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsCPU, transfer, storage, and RAM are bundled into one price. Storage capacity can be increased with additional Block Storage or S3-compatible Object Storage. Instant Backups can be added with complete independence to the stack. Linode NodeBalancers ensure applications are available.—
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    Community Pulse
    Akamai Cloud ComputingAmazon S3
    Considered Both Products
    Akamai
    Verified User
    Chose Akamai Cloud Computing
    We have used both DigitalOcean and EC2 in the past, and a client is currently using EC2.

    DigitalOcean certainly has some attractive offerings, particularly price-wise, but it did not seem to suit our needs at the time.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Akamai Cloud Computing
    Most of my knowledge of competing products is secondhand. Linode has never given me much reason to look elsewhere—they’ve been so competitive on price and performance. The main competitor has been on-premises or collocated servers, but those are obviously completely different …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Akamai Cloud Computing
    Completely prefer Linode to AWS. Currently still have some legacy services there but Linode is above and beyond better in the way you can manage your instance and with the predictable cost.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Akamai Cloud Computing
    I chose Linode over Amazon mainly because it was a better fit for my business, and was cheaper, but also because I enjoy backing smaller Linux-driven companies over "big tech" companies, many of whom are already degrading our country with their corporate policies and pay-outs …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Akamai Cloud Computing
    AWS is more expensive and less predictable. I get the feeling AWS might scale better for huge sites but cannot say for certain. DigitalOcean Droplets seems to be on a par with Linode, and cost-wise they are very similar. I've tried using Thema few times but always come …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Akamai Cloud Computing
    We migrated away from EC2 and S3 and onto Linode's instances and block storage. The reliability and speed is comparable, but Linode's price is cheaper and their customer service is far faster and better. I also prefer Linode's dashboard - particularly their DNS management, …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Akamai Cloud Computing
    After evaluation, Linode is still cheaper. We want it cheap and predictable (until we raise Series A).
    Incentivized
    Marc Lewis
    Owner in Information Technology at Innovotel, LLC (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Akamai Cloud Computing
    One of our clients was previously hosted on Rackspace, then Google Cloud Services. Their Rackspace services were very expensive and provided little in the way of migration or management. After re-engineering their deployment, we migrated them to Google Cloud Services (GCS) …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Akamai Cloud Computing
    Linode is cheaper and easier to understand, though it may not have all of the same options.
    Incentivized
    Erik Arneson
    Consultant in Information Technology at Self-Employed (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Akamai Cloud Computing
    Linode offers a fairly specialized subset of cloud services, which makes the dashboard interface a million times easier to use than both GCP and AWS. In addition, their VPS offerings give you a broader range of control with (thankfully) fewer options. This makes it easier to …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Akamai Cloud Computing
    We also use Digital Ocean to host our servers, which I believe has a very comparable set of services and quality.
    Incentivized
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Akamai Cloud Computing and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
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    Ratings
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    Universal recovery00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings7.97 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings9.47 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings9.48 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings9.28 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings8.18 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings8.78 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Akamai Cloud Computing and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    Feature
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    -
    Ratings
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    Continuous data protection00 Ratings9.48 Ratings
    Replication00 Ratings9.27 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics00 Ratings8.48 Ratings
    Malware protection00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings9.58 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Akamai Cloud ComputingAmazon S3
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (216 ratings)
    9.2
    (74 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.3
    (29 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (21 ratings)
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (215 ratings)
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)