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Big Commerce (bigcommerce.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2019.
Rackspace (rackspace.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2016.

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✓ Company address location is complete
✓ Company phone/fax is added
✓ Company Twitter and Facebook accounts are added
✓ "About page" URL or "Contact page" URLs are added
✓ Products (plans) are added
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👉 Total Reviews: 16
🙌 Average Rating: 3.3 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 4
👎 Bad Reviews: 12
👈 Official Responses: 0 3.3 / 10VISIT WEBSITE

16 user reviews
 
Big Commerce
11305 Four Points
Austin, TX 78726
US

Rackspace
1 Fanatical Place City of Windcrest
San Antonio, TX 78218
US

📧 Emailsales@b...abuse@r...
☎ Phone1-888-248-9325, 1800 107 862, +1-512-758-75881-800-961-2888, +1-210-312-4700
Ranks🏆 Semrush 10,301 (lower is better)
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 91/78🔗 Links 25,695,544		🏆 Semrush 9,059 (lower is better)
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 85/66🔗 Links 1,905,984
Languages en-US nl-NL en-AU en-GB de-AT de-DE de-CH pt-BR es-AR es-CL es-CO es-MX es-PE es-VE
📄 InfoEven if they are a rather new company in the hosting industry as they were founded in 2009, BigCommerce has international recognition for their services in more than 120 countries.

They design cloud solutions that include:Unlimited bandwidth;Unlimited storage;Unlimited staff accounts;Unlimited products;Unlimited API Calls (only available for the enterprise-level plan);In order to improve your business, BigCommerce provides sales channels that help you advertise your products: branded [...] Read full review		Rackspace Technology is a long-established hosting and cloud services provider that started operations in 1998 in San Antonio, Texas, when three Trinity University classmates launched a managed hosting business that focused on doing more than just renting servers. Over time, the company evolved from traditional hosting into a broader multicloud and hybrid-cloud services specialist, rebranding as Rackspace Technology and positioning itself as an end-to-end partner for cloud, data, security and [...] Read full review
📡 Established2009August, 1998
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Bigcommerce
Started from: May, 2009
  • Tweets: 33,364
  • Followers: 65,870
  • Friends: 11,460
  • Last activity:
rackspace
Started from: March, 2009
  • Tweets: 35,543
  • Followers: 98,724
  • Friends: 3,199
  • Last activity:
BigCommerce
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rackspacetechnology
Bigcommerce
  • Followers: 8,912
  • Entity type: Privately Held
  • Founded: 2009
  • Employee Count: 201-500
  • Industry: Computer Software
company/rackspace-technology/
http://blog.bigcommerce.com
  • Blog Posts: 1,362
  • Blog added on: Jan, 2014
  • Language: en-US
  • Last written post:

Rackspace Blog
  • Blog Posts: 248
  • Blog added on: Feb, 2014
  • Last written post:

🔧 Cloud - 4/0
💡 Plan NameEcommerce Enterprise [Linux]-
💰 Priceon request-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
🔋 RAM -
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Call 1-866-991-0872 for custom pricing lower than Magento and Shopify Plus
Power your team’s success with the best full-service open platform
No transaction fees 0%
Products, file storage and bandwidth - Unlimited
Staff accounts - Unlimited

Sales Channels
Branded online store
eBay and Amazon [...]		-
📅 Date PlanNov 2020-
💡 Plan NameEcommerce Standard [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 29.95/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
🔋 RAM -
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Sell online with your own beautiful online store
No transaction fees 0%
Products, file storage and bandwidth - Unlimited
Staff accounts - Unlimited

Sales Channels
Branded online store
eBay and Amazon
Point of sale
Facebook/Instagram
Pinterest
Google Shopping

Features
Responsive website [...]		-
📅 Date PlanNov 2020-
💡 Plan NameEcommerce Plus [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 79.95/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
🔋 RAM -
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Grow your online business with marketing tools proven to increase conversion
No transaction fees 0%
Products, file storage and bandwidth - Unlimited
Staff accounts - Unlimited

Sales Channels
Branded online store
eBay and Amazon
Point of sale
Facebook/Instagram
Pinterest
Google [...]		-
📅 Date PlanNov 2020-
💡 Plan NameEcommerce Pro [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 299.95/mo.-
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
🔋 RAM -
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Scale your growing business with a comprehensive set of features
No transaction fees 0%
Products, file storage and bandwidth - Unlimited
Staff accounts - Unlimited

Sales Channels
Branded online store
eBay and Amazon
Point of sale
Facebook/Instagram
Pinterest
Google Shopping

Features [...]		-
📅 Date PlanNov 2020-
🔧 Dedicated Hosting - 0/1
💡 Plan Name-Custom [Linux/Windows]
💰 Price-on request
💿 Disk Space-unlimited SSD
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-0
📌 Dedicated IPs-1
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Custom Dedicated Servers provide a fully managed bare metal hosting environment built around single tenant hardware for mission critical applications. Certified engineers work with each customer to define the number of cores, memory, storage layout and network connectivity so that the platform [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
🔧 Colocation Hosting - 0/1
💡 Plan Name-Colocation
💰 Price-on request
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Data center colocation services let enterprises deploy and manage their own servers, storage and network devices inside Rackspace Technology facilities while avoiding the cost and complexity of building and operating a private data center. Customers retain ownership and administrative control over [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
🔧 Managed Hosting - 0/1
💡 Plan Name-Private Clouds [Linux/Windows]
💰 Price-on request
💿 Disk Space-unlimited SSD
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-0
📌 Dedicated IPs-1
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Private Clouds provide a dedicated single tenant environment that combines the control and security of traditional hosting with the flexibility and agility associated with public cloud platforms. Each environment is architected around specific compliance requirements, data residency needs and [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
🔧 Emails - 0/14
💡 Plan Name-Rackspace Email [Linux]
💰 Price-$ 2.99/mo.
💿 Disk Space-25 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Rackspace Email is the entry-level hosted mailbox service for organisations that want professional addresses on their own domains without running any mail servers. Each user receives a 25GB mailbox that can be accessed from Outlook, other desktop clients and popular mobile apps as well as through [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-Rackspace Email Plus [Linux]
💰 Price-$ 3.99/mo.
💿 Disk Space-55 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Rackspace Email Plus builds on the standard Rackspace Email plan by adding collaboration and storage features aimed at power users and mobile workers. Each user continues to receive a large 25GB mailbox but also gets 30GB of personal cloud file storage that can be used to keep documents, [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-Add Archiving [Linux]
💰 Price-$ 6.99/mo.
💿 Disk Space-unlimited
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Add Archiving is positioned as the compliance and retention layer for Rackspace Email Plus, combining the full collaboration feature set of the Plus plan with an unlimited storage archive for long term email preservation. Users continue to work with their familiar 25GB primary mailbox, 30GB of [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-Microsoft 365 Business Basic (no Teams)
[Cloud]
💰 Price-$ 4.80/mo.
💿 Disk Space-1000 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Microsoft 365 Business Basic no Teams is the entry point for small and midsize businesses that want cloud email and collaboration without desktop applications.
Each user receives hosted Exchange mailboxes with custom domain addresses, web and mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-Microsoft Teams Enterprise
[Cloud]
💰 Price-$ 5.30/mo.
💿 Disk Space-10 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Microsoft Teams Enterprise is offered as a focused collaboration and meetings solution intended to complement Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites that do not include Teams by default.
Per user subscriptions unlock unlimited group meetings of substantial duration, persistent chat channels and [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-Exchange Online Plan 1 [Cloud]
💰 Price-$ 6.60/mo.
💿 Disk Space-50 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Exchange Online Plan 1 focuses specifically on business class email, offering secure mailboxes without bundling the full Microsoft 365 suite.
Each user receives a 50 GB mailbox with support for large messages, Outlook on the web and familiar features such as calendar sharing, contacts and [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-Office 365 E1 (no Teams) [Cloud]
💰 Price-$ 7.80/mo.
💿 Disk Space-1000 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Office 365 E1 no Teams is an enterprise focused suite that delivers Exchange based email, collaboration tools and Office web applications without local installations.
Each user receives a sizeable mailbox along with access to browser based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other core [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-Exchange Online Plan 2 [Cloud]
💰 Price-$ 9.90/mo.
💿 Disk Space-100 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Exchange Online Plan 2 builds on Plan 1 by increasing mailbox storage and introducing data loss prevention and voicemail capabilities.
Subscribers receive a 100 GB primary mailbox, retain large message support and gain integrated voicemail with call answering, dial in user interface and automated [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-Microsoft 365 Business Standard (no Teams)
[Cloud]
💰 Price-$ 10.30/mo.
💿 Disk Space-1000 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Microsoft 365 Business Standard no Teams builds on the entry level plan by adding the familiar fully installed Office applications across PCs, Macs, tablets and phones.
Users keep all of the cloud email, 1 TB file storage and web apps from Business Basic but gain desktop Word, Excel, PowerPoint [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-Microsoft 365 Business Premium (no Teams)
[Cloud]
💰 Price-$ 19.80/mo.
💿 Disk Space-1000 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Microsoft 365 Business Premium no Teams targets companies that need small business friendly security and device management layered on top of productivity features.
Subscribers inherit everything in Business Standard, including desktop apps, email hosting and cloud file storage, while adding [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-Office 365 E3 (no Teams) [Cloud]
💰 Price-$ 20.80/mo.
💿 Disk Space-1000 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Office 365 E3 no Teams extends E1 by providing the full Office desktop suite along with more advanced security and compliance features.
Users maintain cloud email and 1 TB of OneDrive storage while gaining ability to install Office apps on multiple PCs or Macs, tablets and smartphones, enabling [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-Microsoft 365 E3 (No Teams)
[Cloud]
💰 Price-$ 33.80/mo.
💿 Disk Space-1000 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Microsoft 365 E3 no Teams adds the operating system and endpoint layer to the productivity and collaboration stack.
Along with Microsoft 365 apps for desktop and mobile, 1 TB of cloud storage and hosted email, it brings Windows for Enterprise licensing into the same subscription.
The plan includes [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-Office 365 E5 (no Teams) [Cloud]
💰 Price-$ 35.80/mo.
💿 Disk Space-1000 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Office 365 E5 no Teams further enhances the enterprise feature set by combining productivity tools with advanced security, analytics and communications capabilities.
In addition to everything in E3, the plan offers features for high definition video conferencing, personal file storage and sharing, [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💡 Plan Name-Microsoft 365 E5 (No Teams)
[Cloud]
💰 Price-$ 54.80/mo.
💿 Disk Space-1000 GB
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain- 
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Microsoft 365 E5 no Teams represents the most feature rich suite in this catalog, combining the productivity stack, Windows for Enterprise and advanced protection capabilities in a single plan.
It contains everything found in Microsoft 365 E3 but adds more sophisticated security, compliance, [...]
📅 Date Plan-Dec 2025
💻 Supported Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Linux/Windows
  • Linux
  • Cloud
📤 List of products
  • Cloud
  • Dedicated Hosting
  • Colocation Hosting
  • Managed Hosting
  • Emails
✍️ Support Options
  • Email
  • Help Desk
  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • 0 WHTop support responses
  • Email
  • Help Desk
  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • Live Chat
  • Available 24/7
  • 0 WHTop support responses
💰 Payment Options
  • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
  • PayPal
  • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
  • Wire Transfer
  • Check Payments
👪 Last positive / negative customers review
 -
Sean (contact@8...)
on 📆 Nov 17, 2011
Wish We Found Them First
😁 IN January 2010 we signed up with Rackspace and hoped for the best as our first experience with managed hosting with 800Hosting was a disaster. The switch to Rackspace has been a great improvement for us. We have been with them for almost a year [...]

-anonymous- (mark.alexander@r...)
on 📆 Sep 16, 2021
😠 Racksapce customer service sucks. We have been cut off from email for three days now. This is the only response we have had."Hi XXXX,Thank you for contacting us today. I will now pass this ticket over to the appropriate support team to look [...]

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