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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DigitalOcean

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ADigitalOcean is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform from the company of the same name headquartered in New York. It is known for its support of managed Kubernetes clusters and “droplets” feature.

    $5

    Starting Price Per Month

    Rackspace Managed Hosting

    Score1 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.

    $23

    per month

    Pricing
    DigitalOceanRackspace Managed Hosting
    Editions & Modules
    1GB-16GB
    $5.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    8GB-160GB
    $60.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Linux
    $23.00
    per month
    Windows
    $75.00
    per month
    Windows + SQL
    $128.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DigitalOceanRackspace Managed Hosting
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    DigitalOceanRackspace Managed Hosting
    Considered Both Products
    DigitalOcean
    Chose DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean easily has the most flexibility, best pricing, and best ease of use, of the competitors we had used. Rackspace offers better engineer access and support, but this comes at a very significant cost. Heroku offers a cloud container system, which has less maintenance, …
    Incentivized
    Rackspace
    Chose Rackspace Managed Hosting
    Rackspace has infinitely better support than other cloud services providers I have had experience with. Their support via phone and live chat are incredibly knowledgeable and friendly, and I never have to wait longer than I feel is acceptable. Beyond customer service and …
    Incentivized
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Features
    DigitalOceanRackspace Managed Hosting
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of DigitalOcean and Rackspace Managed Hosting
    Feature
    DigitalOcean
    8.3
    33 Ratings
    Rackspace Managed Hosting
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing7.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates10.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools10.032 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images7.531 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support8.331 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    DigitalOceanRackspace Managed Hosting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (33 ratings)
    1.0
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    2.2
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)