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Akamai Cloud Computing vs. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

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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

    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is designed to make deploying and managing containerized applications easy. It offers serverless Kubernetes, an integrated continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) experience, and enterprise-grade security and governance. It allows development and operations teams on a single platform to rapidly build, deliver, and scale applications with confidence.N/A
    Pricing
    Akamai Cloud ComputingAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
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    Akamai Cloud ComputingAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    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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    Akamai Cloud ComputingAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    Considered Both Products
    Akamai
    Chose Akamai Cloud Computing
    The thing that caught my eye was the price to start with. I move to Digital Ocean because they had better options for virtual network isolation, but I came back as soon as Linode fixed the issue. There support is great and things just work.
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    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
    Akamai Cloud ComputingAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Akamai Cloud Computing and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
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    Ratings
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    5.6
    1 Ratings
    Security and Isolation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Container Orchestration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Cluster Management00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Storage Management00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Discovery Tools00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Akamai Cloud ComputingAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (216 ratings)
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.3
    (29 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (21 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (215 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 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)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)