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Dataprise was named in 6 of the 16 managed IT service providers questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 399 of the 1659 AI responses sampled across those questions (24.1%).

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Dataprise is strongest on “What are the best managed IT service providers?”, where it was named in 110 of 322 responses (34.2%), placing it in tier 4 of that report.

What Dataprise is surfaced for in managed IT service providers

Based on the measured answers, Dataprise is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “What are the best managed IT service providers?”, “Which managed IT providers specialize in regulated and compliance-heavy industries?” and “What is the best IT company for a small business?”.

How the answers describe the firmProvides managed IT, cybersecurity, compliance, and cloud/infrastructure services to mid-sized businesses.

In this sample, Dataprise was named on 6 of the 15 managed IT service providers ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:

This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.

Every question in managed IT service providers

Dataprise was named on 6 of these 15 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.

Leader is the most-named firm on that question. The last column shows where Dataprise placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderDataprise
What are the best managed IT service providers?322 answersAccenture62%34% · tier 4
What is the best IT company for a small business?270 answersNtiva44%29% · tier 3
Which managed IT providers specialize in regulated and compliance-heavy industries?270 answersDataprise32%32% · tier 1
Which MSPs can support offices in multiple states?270 answersmWave27%—
Which managed service providers are strongest with Microsoft 365 and Azure?270 answersRackspace46%—
Which companies provide outsourced IT help desk support?270 answersBuchanan Technologies20%18% · tier 1
Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?269 answersArctic Wolf45%—
Which providers offer co-managed IT alongside an in-house team?269 answersNetSys25%—
Our current IT provider is unresponsive. Who should we switch to?265 answersIntegris9%6% · tier 1
Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies?262 answersAccenture66%23% · tier 5
Who handles backup, disaster recovery and ransomware response?235 answersSourcepass14%—
Who manages business networks, firewalls and phone systems?235 answersVEnterprise15%—
Who provides IT leadership rather than just IT support?235 answersWCC16%—
Who are the best managed IT providers in my city?234 answersIntegris50%—
Which managed IT providers have documented client results?30 answersClick One MSP33%—
How much does a managed service provider cost per user?pricing · 260 answerswhat firms charge—

Who leads managed IT service providers overall: Accenture tops 2 of 15 · Integris tops 2 of 15 · Arctic Wolf tops 1 of 15 · Buchanan Technologies tops 1 of 15 · Click One MSP tops 1 of 15 · Dataprise tops 1 of 15. See all reports.

Where Dataprise was named

One row per report in which Dataprise cleared the reporting threshold. Reports where it was not named often enough to clear that threshold are not listed. Each report states its own sample size and collection window.
QuestionTierResponsesShare
What are the best managed IT service providers?4110 of 32234.2%
Which managed IT providers specialize in regulated and compliance-heavy industries?187 of 27032.2%
What is the best IT company for a small business?379 of 27029.3%
Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies?560 of 26222.9%
Which companies provide outsourced IT help desk support?148 of 27017.8%
Our current IT provider is unresponsive. Who should we switch to?115 of 2655.7%

What Dataprise gets named for

Across the 16 managed IT service providers questions measured, Dataprise is named most often on “What are the best managed IT service providers?” — it appears in 110 of the 322 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 34.2% of them. Its next strongest question is “Which managed IT providers specialize in regulated and compliance-heavy industries?”, where it appears in 87 of 270 responses (32.2%).

Dataprise clears the reporting threshold on 6 of the 16 questions. The spread matters as much as the peak: a firm named across several different questions is one an assistant reaches for generally, where a firm named on one is attached to a single specialism.

What Dataprise’s tier placings mean

On “What are the best managed IT service providers?”, Dataprise sits in tier 4 of 5, named in 110 of 322 responses (34.2%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 61.5% of responses against Dataprise’s 34.2%. It shares tier 4 with IBM, Thrive, Rackspace, SHI and HCLTech, which the sample cannot separate from it. 4 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Dataprise from them.

On “Which managed IT providers specialize in regulated and compliance-heavy industries?”, Dataprise sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 87 of 270 responses (32.2%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 270 responses, the gap between Dataprise and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Dataprise shares tier 1 with Omega Systems, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 10 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Dataprise from them.

On “What is the best IT company for a small business?”, Dataprise sits in tier 3 of 5, named in 79 of 270 responses (29.3%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 44.1% of responses against Dataprise’s 29.3%. It holds tier 3 alone. 7 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Dataprise from them.

On “Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies?”, Dataprise sits in tier 5 of 6, named in 60 of 262 responses (22.9%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 66.0% of responses against Dataprise’s 22.9%. It shares tier 5 with Capgemini, which the sample cannot separate from it. 1 further firm was named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Dataprise from it.

On “Which companies provide outsourced IT help desk support?”, Dataprise sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 48 of 270 responses (17.8%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 270 responses, the gap between Dataprise and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Dataprise shares tier 1 with Buchanan Technologies, Ntiva and Managed Solution, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 6 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Dataprise from them.

On “Our current IT provider is unresponsive. Who should we switch to?”, Dataprise sits in tier 1 of 2, named in 15 of 265 responses (5.7%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 265 responses, the gap between Dataprise and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Dataprise shares tier 1 with Integris, TeamLogic IT, Ntiva, Bit by Bit and CMIT Solutions, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 4 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Dataprise from them.

Firms named alongside Dataprise

When ChatGPT names Dataprise, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: Ntiva (4 shared questions), Accenture (3 shared questions), Integris (3 shared questions), CMIT Solutions (2 shared questions), Cognizant (2 shared questions), CompassMSP (2 shared questions), DXC (2 shared questions) and HCLTech (2 shared questions).

That overlap is the closest thing this data holds to a shortlist: these are the firms a buyer asking the same questions is most likely to see beside Dataprise. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.

Ntiva · Accenture · Integris · CMIT Solutions · Cognizant · CompassMSP · DXC · HCLTech

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