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    ManageWP

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AManageWP is a WordPress management console that allows users to manage multiple WordPress sites with ease.N/A

    Rackspace Managed Hosting

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ARackspace Managed Hosting is cloud computing company Rackspace's managed IT services and IaaS offering. Its infrastructure options include bare metal servers, virtual single-shared servers, and cloud multi-tenant environments.

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    ManageWPRackspace Managed Hosting
    Editions & Modules
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    Linux
    $23.00
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    Windows
    $75.00
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    Windows + SQL
    $128.00
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    Pricing Offerings
    ManageWPRackspace Managed Hosting
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsStarting is easy and free. Premium upgrades are there for those that need more. If you want to free up your time and let ManageWP do the heavy lifting - we are there for you with a number of automations (safe updates, automated backups, scheduled security and performance checks, etc.), site migration tools, website templates and more. Special bundles were built for agencies and companies creating affordable discounts for customers with large number of websites.โ€”
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    ManageWP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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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
    ManageWPRackspace Managed Hosting
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of ManageWP and Rackspace Managed Hosting
    Feature
    ManageWP
    9.5
    6 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Rackspace Managed Hosting
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    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of ManageWP and Rackspace Managed Hosting
    Feature
    ManageWP
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Rackspace Managed Hosting
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    API10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of ManageWP and Rackspace Managed Hosting
    Feature
    ManageWP
    8.2
    9 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Rackspace Managed Hosting
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    WYSIWYG editor8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section9.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of ManageWP and Rackspace Managed Hosting
    Feature
    ManageWP
    7.0
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Rackspace Managed Hosting
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    SEO support8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions3.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ManageWPRackspace Managed Hosting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    1.0
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    2.2
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    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
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    Support Rating
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    1.0
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    User Testimonials
    ManageWPRackspace Managed Hosting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ManageWP
    If you are a WordPress development shop, or host a number of WordPress websites, this is for you. Even if you only have one website but are looking for an easy way to make updates, schedule backups and keep track of the maintenance of your site, this would be a great tool. The cost is reasonable and it saves time, while adding peace of mind with "Safe" updates.
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    Rackspace
    Rackspace is very well suited as a IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) provider, particularly when you're planning on leaving the infrastructure up for a period of time. They seem to focus a bit more on that aspect of infrastructure. That is to say, they seem to promote running servers for longer periods of time and not spinning up/shutting down servers frequently based on usage spikes. While, they do support that sort of availability -- they don't have features built into their offering, necessarily, that make it a lot easier to implement. Our experiences with Rackspace have been 100% around their cloud platform, but they have another entire part of their business that is centered around hosting/maintaining/supporting physical hardware (bare metal). They have had a great reputation over the last several years (10+) for being top-notch providers in this space, which is one reason we even considered them for our Cloud-based hosting needs. We don't have any direct experience with their "bare metal" offerings, but their reputation is certainly great, and worth noting.
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    Pros
    ManageWP
    • Managed Wordpress Updates - ManageWP allows you to update all out-of-date themes, plugins and core files on all your websites with the click of a button.
    • Automated Backups - ManageWP allows users to setup an automated schedule of backups (including free monthly backups).
    • Maintenance & Development Mode - ManageWP allows users to place a specific site into Maintenance or Development Mode, allowing them to block users from accessing the site with a click of a button.
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    Rackspace
    • Fanatical Support - I can't stress how great their team is. Not only are they knowledgeable, whenever I call in (during the day or in the middle of the night), I never have to wait more than a minute to speak to someone.
    • Webmail, Hosted Exchange, and Office365 Support - As an IT team of one, Rackspace's cloud solution and migration team has really helped me over the years to minimize issues for users, but also provide a reliable and flexible email platform.
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    Cons
    ManageWP
    • The reports could be prettier, more templates in order to avoid having to customize for each client so heavily.
    • It would be nice to see if recommended plugin updates are actually production and not beta versions.
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    Rackspace
    • Latest outage 12/2/22 and counting over 75 hours - in my opinion, support has been miserable. In my experience, there's little/no communication regarding the problem or cause. No support. In my opinion, erroneous advice. Virtually NOTHING for users. I feel we've been abandoned.
    • Outage appears to have been caused by unpatched servers & no backup servers
    • In my opinion, NO COMPANY should trust their data or services to a nonresponsive company like Rackspace.
    • In my experience, there are NO published policies/practices re: server maintenance (patching) to mitigate hacking, NO published policies/practices re: backup servers in the event of problems. I feel it's stupid of me as a user to have chosen to trust them with critical services
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ManageWP
    No answers on this topic
    Rackspace
    If I wake tomorrow completely incapable of managing a client cloud operation, our dedicated Rackspace Cloud Engineering Team is deployable as literal extension of our business, immediately addressing all needs and requirements without cause of business disruption for our consultancy, and more importantly for the mission-critical ones of our clients. For this reason alone, Rackspace is our choice of choices!
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    Usability
    ManageWP
    It's very straightforward for basic use, but less you dig in more for advanced use. Seems like it would be approachable to the average person.
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    Rackspace
    The company does not put as much focus on usability as other cloud competitors and it is kind of clear. It would be good to take a quarter and gather intense feedback, and then another quarter and focus purely on UI enhancements and backend interoperability
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    Support Rating
    ManageWP
    No answers on this topic
    Rackspace
    In my experience, their support team is massively overworked โ€” taking FOUR DAYS to look at tickets, and a MONTH to fix problems!
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    Alternatives Considered
    ManageWP
    Prior to ManageWP, we utilized InfiniteWP, a free (with paid extensions), self-hosted alternative. We found the interface to be unwieldy, and the paid extension pricing to be a bit confusing. The headache of maintaining the software and server infrastructure to run the platform, overshadowed the cost savings for us.
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    Rackspace
    LiquidWeb or Amazon both offer some products that could be considered similar. I will say though, after years of dealing with Rackspace, their service is what always has me coming back. Their support is typically so much better than other vendors that I hesitate to use other vendors. Pricing might be cheaper, but when you have an issue and need it resolved ASAP, then Rackspace has come through in the majority of cases for me.
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    Return on Investment
    ManageWP
    • High positive ROI as it has saved us doing manual updates on multiple website
    • It has helped us scale our careplan offerings to service more clients
    • Helps with automation and admin time
    Incentivized
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    Rackspace
    • We've found it helpful to host our own web sites on their cloud servers, which is a positive.
    • We've also hosted our Nagios instance on a low-end cloud server, which is also a positive.
    • A negative impact is that they've now decided to start charging for their support.
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    Screenshot of ManageWP Overview page with Action centerScreenshot of ManageWP Websites page - landing page for website managementScreenshot of ManageWP Add-ons/Price breakdown pageScreenshot of ManageWP Security check with vulnerabilities detected on a number of websites