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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brothers Sam and Ryan Kroonenburg who recognized cloud learning through traditional training providers was expensive, outdated, and a pain to consume.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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    Udacity

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AUdacity aims to change lives, businesses, and nations by creating job-ready digital talent. With over a decade of experience creating digital talent at scale, Udacity addresses the global talent shortages impacting growth, productivity, and innovation. Udacity's curriculum, personalized mentor support, and measurable outcomes strive to create expertise with a focus on the in‑demand competencies that ensure workplace relevance.

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    A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)Udacity
    Editions & Modules
    Free
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    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)
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    Starting Price
    $399.00
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    Offerings
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    A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)Udacity
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsContact Sales for Enterprise Pricing. https://acloudguru.com/solutions/business—
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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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    A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)Udacity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (26 ratings)
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    Usability
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    9.5
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    Support Rating
    9.0
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    8.7
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    User Testimonials
    A Cloud Guru (Linux Academy)Udacity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    A Cloud Guru
    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.
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    Udacity
    It's suited well to support on developing a project and following a set curriculum to get things and material in order. Also it has the idea of a nano-degree as the mini-certification to focus on working through a program over a course of a few months. It's more of an interactive course and best for having access for a set period of time. It helps to prepare well for exams but less beneficial when it comes to more applications I find, and should not be used to supplant any resource, but to use in conjunction with.
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    Pros
    A Cloud Guru
    • 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.
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    Udacity
    • Courses are very high quality and updated regularly.
    • Instructors and Mentors are available for live tutoring.
    • Relevant projects are assigned in order to keep learning material fresh and top of mind.
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    Cons
    A Cloud Guru
    • 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.
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    Udacity
    • Quiz questions in some cases could be made clearer. I didn't feel the questions were always phrased in a way that I could easily understand what was being asked.
    • Requests for support can sometimes take a very long time to get resolved.
    • Cost structure changed from a fixed-price model to a subscription-only model, and prices are significantly increased as such.
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    Usability
    A Cloud Guru
    No answers on this topic
    Udacity
    They are already very good. But, would be great if Udacity improves the area of standardizing offline projects and exercises so that people could attempt to work offline. Including documentation on how to do it. More practical or real-world projects to choose and work on after course completion. Maybe a community can do it.
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    Support Rating
    A Cloud Guru
    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.
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    Udacity
    I didn't personally have any issues with the program, but scheduling time to review the final project was easy, and the assistant was pleasant to work with.
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    Alternatives Considered
    A Cloud Guru
    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
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    Udacity
    I combined my learning from various platforms and did on exclusively reply on any one. However, the free courses in Udacity lacks the comprehensiveness as Coursera.
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    Return on Investment
    A Cloud Guru
    • 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.
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    Udacity
    • I am already in a great position as a CTO with a great company. I hope to be able to build some new technology with what I am learning, but I haven't applied any of it yet to my own real-world problems. I will though.
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