Simple, fair and fantastic support.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Akamai Cloud Computing to host web servers for web application purposes. We're currently supporting multiple different clients on a single linode and are scaling towards hundreds of thousands of monthly users. Clients range from WordPress installations to custom applications written in PHP and backed by MySQL databases, all hosted on linodes.
Pros
- Simple and fast interface.
- Fair and simple pricing.
- Continuously developers their offering adding more capabilities.
- Fantastic support.
Cons
- Missing functionality compared to peers, for example DigitalOcean.
- Historically used to lower prices regularly to stay competitive, not so much anymore.
- Not very differentiated from similar cloud providers.
Return on Investment
- Was able to scale our company from 0 to hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue, even with challenging scaling needs.
- Grew with our usage. Added features and capabilities as we needed them.
- Their support was able to swiftly figure things out in times of stress and need.
Alternatives Considered
DigitalOcean, OVHcloud Public Cloud, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform
Other Software Used
DigitalOcean, OVHcloud Public Cloud, Amazon Web Services









