OVH vs Rackspace Cloud Servers: What are the differences?
What is OVH? Dedicated infrastructure for your business. Hundreds of new servers are installed in our 12 datacenters everyday. For our clients, this guarantees bare-metal resources accessible in less than an hour, and the liberty to use it to rollout the software of their choice. The many functions available on our dedicated servers allow our clients to manage their infrastructure autonomously.
What is Rackspace Cloud Servers? Powerful Linux and Windows servers in minutes. Cloud Servers is based on OpenStack, the open and scalable operating system for building public and private clouds. With the open cloud, you get reliable cloud hosting, without locking your data into one proprietary platform.
OVH and Rackspace Cloud Servers are primarily classified as "Dedicated Cloud Hosting" and "Cloud Hosting" tools respectively.
Some of the features offered by OVH are:
- Delivery of servers in less than an hour 24/7/365
- Full user control
- Guaranteed bandwidth
On the other hand, Rackspace Cloud Servers provides the following key features:
- 100% power and network uptime guarantee
- Cloud choice- We run the world’s largest open cloud, giving you flexibility, choice, and no vendor lock-in. That means your workloads are portable. Host them with any open cloud vendor—or even in your own data center.
- Technical expertise- We employ more Red Hat® Certified Engineers than any other hosting company. And over 100 Rackspace employees have earned the title of Microsoft® Certified Professional.
"Cost effective" is the top reason why over 51 developers like OVH, while over 41 developers mention "Quick and reliable cloud servers" as the leading cause for choosing Rackspace Cloud Servers.
Mailgun, Postmark, and Zendesk are some of the popular companies that use Rackspace Cloud Servers, whereas OVH is used by Webedia, Welovebuzz, and Critizr. Rackspace Cloud Servers has a broader approval, being mentioned in 109 company stacks & 24 developers stacks; compared to OVH, which is listed in 66 company stacks and 24 developer stacks.