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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Rackspace Managed Public Cloud

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ARackspace offers managed public cloud infrastructure services for Microsoft Azure, Amazon (AWS), Google Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud.N/A

    Softchoice

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASoftchoice is a technology solutions and services provider headquartered in Toronto that equips organizations to be agile and innovative, and for their people to be engaged, connected and creative at work. That includes moving them to the cloud, helping them build the workplace of tomorrow, and enabling them to make smarter decisions about their technology.N/A
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Rackspace Managed Public CloudSoftchoice
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Rackspace Managed Public CloudSoftchoice
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    Rackspace Managed Public CloudSoftchoice
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Rackspace
    Augment current IT staff. Repeated tasks that can be part of a runbook. Setting up and tearing down of network services and servers.
    Incentivized
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    Softchoice
    Softchoice is my go-to reseller for all things related to licensing. They have skilled resources available for many complicated enterprise licensing needs.
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    Pros
    Rackspace
    • Azure support for processes
    • Network services and support
    • Architecture review
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    Softchoice
    • Requirements gathering.
    • Pre-sales support.
    • Licensing experts.
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    Cons
    Rackspace
    • Project planning
    • Customer service rep doesn’t necessarily have the leverage to get things done.
    • Missed tasks that were part of the runbook.
    • Pushing gear that might not be the best for the customer.
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    Softchoice
    • They do not always have staff deployment resources, and sometimes use contractors.
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    Usability
    Rackspace
    Due to their vast areas of expertise, they can be leveraged in different projects. They can also be used to augment the current architecture and provide redundancy as needed. We use their engineers to review architectures and get industry recommendations.
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    Softchoice
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    Support Rating
    Rackspace
    They are available when needed and the runbook is followed 80% of the time. There can be some missed processes, which can lead to problems.
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    Softchoice
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    Alternatives Considered
    Rackspace
    We used hosting.com in the past. The customer support is significantly better. Knowledge of products is more. Better handling of expedited/emergency situations. Responsive to feedback. The account rep is available for any escalations. Due to the vast area of expertise, we leverage them for different aspects of infrastructure
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    Softchoice
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    Return on Investment
    Rackspace
    • Less time spent supporting services and more time can be spent on architecture.
    • Off hour support.
    • Initial review of current architecture and recommendations.
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    Softchoice
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