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Liquid Web vs Rackspace

Facing a Rackspace price hike or EOL hardware deadline? Liquid Web manages your migration end-to-end, so your team doesn’t have to take it on alone.

Fully managed migration handled by our team

Continued support even after migration

Transparent pricing, published up front

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Why search for a Rackspace alternative?

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If you’re here, chances are you already have a reason to consider a change. Maybe you’re facing an unexpected cost increase, your hardware is aging toward end of life, or you need more control over how your environment is managed.

Whatever triggered the search, choosing a Rackspace alternative is only part of the decision.

Moving your infrastructure brings its own questions: Who scopes the migration? Can your existing Windows and SQL workloads move without being re-architected? Who manages the cutover, and can it happen within your maintenance window?

That’s where Liquid Web takes on the work. Our team scopes and manages the migration around your existing setup, so moving away from Rackspace doesn’t become another project for your team to own.

Liquid Web vs. Rackspace

See how Liquid Web compares with Rackspace.

Get more than Rackspace

Moving off Rackspace is about more than picking a new server. You need to know how the migration actually happens, what your contract really commits you to, and what support looks like once you’ve signed.

Here’s how Liquid Web and Rackspace compare on that.

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What to compare

Liquid Web

Rackspace

Published pricing online

Provided by quote

Flexible contract structure

Fixed-term with automatic renewal provisions

Fully managed migrations, scoped and handled

No public documentation

PCI / SOC compliance resources
24/7 support

Only at managed and intensive service levels

Bare metal servers

“After being a Rackspace customer for over 10 years, I switched to Liquid Web. For the price I was paying for a single box at Rackspace I now have TWO boxes that are more powerful. The support is great and they have gone above and beyond the call of duty.“

Andrew Kaplan

Rackspace alternative FAQ

Businesses evaluate Rackspace alternatives for different reasons, including changing hosting costs, end-of-life hardware or software, support requirements, or needing more control over how their environment is managed. If a renewal or a hardware change is approaching, evaluating your options early gives you more time to plan a migration instead of rushing the decision.

Rackspace’s dedicated hosting contracts typically run for a fixed term. If you’re still under contract, you can start evaluating options and planning a migration now. The timing of when you actually switch is a separate decision from when you start the process.

Look beyond specs and pricing. Consider who will handle the migration and whether your existing workloads can move without unnecessary re-architecting, then look at what ongoing support is actually included and how much control you’ll have over maintenance and changes to your environment.

Rackspace is most known for their managed hosting services and partnerships with hyperscale cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. They were known for their “Fanatical Support℠” for a period of time, but the quality of their support has significantly declined in recent years.

On managed plans, our migration team scopes your current environment, including Windows and SQL Server workloads, and handles the technical work of the cutover. We’ll walk through a timeline with you before anything is scheduled.

Rackspace’s closest competitors in the dedicated server space include Liquid Web, OVHcloud, Hetzner, Hivelocity, and Leaseweb. These providers offer similar infrastructure capabilities with a mix of unmanaged and managed hosting services, global data center availability, and varying degrees of performance, support, and price flexibility.

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