GoDaddy vs. Rackspace 2021

Find out which one is the best for your needs

Pricing
Starting price	$3.99 / month	$0.00 / month
Free domain	Yes	No

User Ratings
Reliability	3 / 10	4 / 10
Pricing	3.4 / 10	3.6 / 10
User Friendly	3.1 / 10	3.7 / 10
Support	2.8 / 10	2.9 / 10
Features	3.1 / 10	3.7 / 10

Summary
Max Ostryzhko Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO GoDaddy and RackSpace Hosting both come in around the middle of the road when compared to all the available options. Out of these two, however, it is easy to choose GoDaddy as the winner in a comparison. Not only do they rank better when evaluated by real users, but they also provide a free domain name with all new hosting packages. You’ll also be able to choose from more hosting packages than if you choose Rackspace. Winner! See plans and pricing www.rackspace.com

Summary

Max Ostryzhko

Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO

GoDaddy and RackSpace Hosting both come in around the middle of the road when compared to all the available options. Out of these two, however, it is easy to choose GoDaddy as the winner in a comparison. Not only do they rank better when evaluated by real users, but they also provide a free domain name with all new hosting packages. You’ll also be able to choose from more hosting packages than if you choose Rackspace.

Winner!

See plans and pricing www.rackspace.com

User Reviews
Latest positive review	Nice Hosting Mar. 19, 2021 Reliability 8.0 Pricing 8.0 User Friendly 10 Support 10 Features 8.0 I host a blog site http://digitalbhat.com with GoDaddy and found it satisfactory. I recommend this host to all on merit basis... More and overall experience I had with the service provider. Less	Recommend product Sep. 4, 2019 Reliability 10 Pricing 10 User Friendly 10 Support 10 Features 10 I purchased the rock space ac 1200 dual band WiFi repeater. My WiFi was spotty in my house and this cured the problem. I watc... More h Hulu and before this product Hulu would buffer all the time. Now it only buffers for a few seconds in the beginning then all is perfect. Wish I knew about this last year. Less
Latest negative review	Malicious & Greedy Apr. 7, 2021 Reliability 4.0 Pricing 2.0 User Friendly 2.0 Support 2.0 Features 4.0 First, GoDaddy completed SEO work on my behalf. However, because they failed to gather all of the appropriate information an... More d neglected to inform me of their strategy, their work was in error and nearly useless. When I complained, they stated that they would only help if I purchased additional services. This was clearly stated on numerous occasions. This is extortion. Now, as I attempt to move my website to WordPress, they have completely taken down my site. On my accounts page, there are several different charges for different features. Now that my site has been completely removed, I am being told that what was described as just an editing tool is really the entire site itself. They refused to return my site for even a short period of time and also refused to refund the charges I just paid. Their business practices are disgusting at best and maliciously misleading at worst. They have no interest in abiding by information initially provided and only care about the amount of additional dollars they can extract from small business owners. Less	On The Decline Mar. 21, 2021 Reliability 6.0 Pricing 2.0 User Friendly 2.0 Support 2.0 Features 2.0 I've used Rackspace for about a decade for our business and our clients. At one point we ran about 150 cloud servers with the... More m, as well as their storage, CDN, and DNS. They had great pricing, they were super reliable, and their support was great. Now they are far more expensive than their competitors, they offer no support (unless you want to pay an addition $100 / server), their backup system is unreliable, and to top it all off, now that their support is worthless they've added a "support" fee to your account that varies based on how many of their products you are using (the more products, the higher the price). We are down to our last server on rackspace, waiting on clients to update some IP addresses and we will be done with Rackspace for good. As a side note, they are still leaps and bounds better than A2, which this website keeps popping up ads for. Less

Server Locations
North America	Yes	Yes
Europe	No	Yes
Asia	Yes	Yes
Oceania	No	Yes
South America	No	No
Africa & Middle East	No	No

Shared Hosting Plans
Plan Name	Economy	–
Space	100 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	1	N/A
Features		–
Price	$5.99	–

Plan Name	Deluxe	–
Space	Unlimited	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	$7.99	–

Plan Name	Ultimate	–
Space	Unlimited	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	$12.99	–

Plan Name	Maximum	–
Space	Unlimited	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	$19.99	–

Plan Name	Launch Business Hosting	–
Space	60 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	$29.99	–

Plan Name	Enhance Business Hosting	–
Space	90 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	$39.99	–
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VPS Plans
Plan Name	Enhance	–
Space	40 GB	–
CPU	1 core	–
RAM	2 GB	–
OS	Windows Linux	–
Price	$9.99	–

Plan Name	Launch	–
Space	100 GB	–
CPU	2 cores	–
RAM	8 GB	–
OS	Windows Linux	–
Price	$29.99	–

Plan Name	Grow	–
Space	200 GB	–
CPU	4 cores	–
RAM	16 GB	–
OS	Windows Linux	–
Price	$49.99	–

Plan Name	Expand	–
Space	400 GB	–
CPU	8 cores	–
RAM	32 GB	–
OS	Windows Linux	–
Price	$99.99	–
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Dedicated Server Plans
Plan Name	DS-32	–
Space	4 TB	–
CPU	4 x 3.00GHz	–
RAM	32 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	$129.99	–

Plan Name	DS-64	–
Space	4 TB	–
CPU	6 x 4.50GHz	–
RAM	64 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	$169.99	–

Plan Name	DS-128	–
Space	8 TB	–
CPU	16 x 2.90GHz	–
RAM	128 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	$299.99	–

Plan Name	DS-256	–
Space	8 TB	–
CPU	16 x 2.90GHz	–
RAM	256 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	$3.99	–

Plan Name	DS-32	–
Space	4 TB	–
CPU	4 x 3.00GHz	–
RAM	32 GB	–
OS	Windows	–
Price	$119.99	–

Plan Name	DS-64	–
Space	4 TB	–
CPU	6 x 4.50GHz	–
RAM	64 GB	–
OS	Windows	–
Price	$159.99	–

Plan Name	DS-128	–
Space	8 TB	–
CPU	16 x 2.90GHz	–
RAM	128 GB	–
OS	Windows	–
Price	$289.99	–

Plan Name	DS-256	–
Space	8 TB	–
CPU	16 x 2.90GHz	–
RAM	256 GB	–
OS	Windows	–
Price	$369.99	–
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Cloud Hosting Plans
Plan Name	Launch	–
Space	60 GB	–
CPU	1 core	–
RAM	2 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Price	$29.99	–

Plan Name	Enhance	–
Space	90 GB	–
CPU	2 cores	–
RAM	4 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Price	$34.99	–

Plan Name	Grow	–
Space	120 GB	–
CPU	3 cores	–
RAM	6 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Price	$44.99	–

Plan Name	Expand	–
Space	150 GB	–
CPU	4 cores	–
RAM	8 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Price	$59.99	–
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SSL Plans
Plan Name	Standard SSL DV	–
Features	Best for blogs and social websites Validates domain ownership SHA-2 and 2048-bit encryption Protects unlimited servers Unlimited free reissues Unlimited 24/7 security support Boost Google search ranking Compatible with all major browsers Displays a Security Seal on your site 30-day money back guarantee	–
Warranty	$10,000.00	–
Price	$63.99	–

Plan Name	Deluxe SSL OV	–
Features	Best for businesses and organizations Validates domain ownership and organization SHA-2 and 2048-bit encryption Protects unlimited servers Unlimited free reissues Unlimited 24/7 security support Boost Google search ranking Compatible with all major browsers Displays a Security Seal on your site 30-day money back guarantee	–
Warranty	$250,000.00	–
Price	$135.99	–

Plan Name	Premium SSL EV	–
Features	Best for eCommerce websites Validates domain ownership and highest level of organization authentication SHA-2 and 2048-bit encryption Protects unlimited servers Unlimited free reissues Unlimited 24/7 security support Boost Google search ranking Compatible with all major browsers Displays a Security Seal on your site 30-day money back guarantee	–
Warranty	$1,000,000.00	–
Price	$124.99	–
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Features
Support Services
Live Chat	Yes	Yes
Phone Support	Yes	Yes
Email Support	Yes	Yes
Forum Support	Yes	Yes
Video guides	Yes	Yes
Knowledgebase	Yes	Yes

CMS Support
Wordpress	Yes	Yes
Managed Wordpress	Yes	Yes
Joomla	Yes	Yes
Drupal	Yes	Yes
Magento	Yes	Yes
Fantastico	No	No
Presta Shop	No	No
ZenCart	No	No

OS Support
Windows	Yes	Yes
Linux	Yes	Yes

Language Support
PHP	No	Yes
Java	No	No
Python	No	No
NodeJS	No	No
Django	No	No
Perl	No	No
Ruby on Rails	No	No

Database Support
MongoDB	No	Yes
MySQL	No	Yes
PostgreSQL	No	No

Payment Types Support
PayPal	Yes	No
Credit Card	Yes	Yes
MoneyBookers	No	No
Wire Transfer	No	No
Webmoney	No	No
Bitcoin	No	No

Bottom Line
Max Ostryzhko Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO GoDaddy and RackSpace Hosting both come in around the middle of the road when compared to all the available options. Out of these two, however, it is easy to choose GoDaddy as the winner in a comparison. Not only do they rank better when evaluated by real users, but they also provide a free domain name with all new hosting packages. You’ll also be able to choose from more hosting packages than if you choose Rackspace. Winner! See plans and pricing www.rackspace.com

Bottom Line

Max Ostryzhko

Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO

Winner!

See plans and pricing www.rackspace.com

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