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ITSco was named in 2 of the 17 managed IT service providers questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 81 of the 515 AI responses sampled across those questions (15.7%).

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2 / 17Questions named in
81Responses naming it
16%Of 515 sampled
1Best tier reached

ITSco is strongest on “Which managed IT providers have documented client results?”, where it was named in 56 of 135 responses (41.5%), placing it in tier 1 of that report.

What ITSco is surfaced for in managed IT service providers

Based on the measured answers, ITSco is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Which managed IT providers have documented client results?” and “What is the best IT company for a small business?”.

How the answers describe the firmProvides managed IT, cybersecurity, 24/7 helpdesk, and Microsoft 365 to businesses with 5–50 employees.

In this sample, ITSco was named on 2 of the 16 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

ITSco was named on 2 of these 16 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 ITSco placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderITSco
What are the best managed IT service providers?454 answersAccenture59%—
Which MSPs can support offices in multiple states?381 answersmWave25%—
Which managed service providers are strongest with Microsoft 365 and Azure?381 answersRackspace45%—
What is the best IT company for a small business?380 answersNtiva42%7% · tier 5
Which managed IT providers specialize in regulated and compliance-heavy industries?380 answersDataprise31%—
Which companies provide outsourced IT help desk support?380 answersNtiva22%—
Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?379 answersArctic Wolf45%—
Which providers offer co-managed IT alongside an in-house team?379 answersHi-Tek Data23%—
Our current IT provider is unresponsive. Who should we switch to?375 answersGlobal IT8%—
Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies?372 answersAccenture64%—
Who handles backup, disaster recovery and ransomware response?345 answersSourcepass13%—
Who manages business networks, firewalls and phone systems?345 answersVEnterprise12%—
Who provides IT leadership rather than just IT support?345 answersWCC13%—
Who are the best managed IT providers in my city?345 answersIntegris46%—
Which managed IT providers have documented client results?135 answersITSco42%42% · tier 1
Which MSPs provide transparent service-level reporting?125 answersINOC13%—
How much does a managed service provider cost per user?pricing · 370 answerswhat firms charge—

Who leads managed IT service providers overall: Accenture tops 2 of 16 · Ntiva tops 2 of 16 · Arctic Wolf tops 1 of 16 · Dataprise tops 1 of 16 · Global IT tops 1 of 16 · Hi-Tek Data tops 1 of 16. See all reports.

Where ITSco was named

One row per report in which ITSco 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
Which managed IT providers have documented client results?156 of 13541.5%
What is the best IT company for a small business?525 of 3806.6%

What ITSco gets named for

Across the 17 managed IT service providers questions measured, ITSco is named most often on “Which managed IT providers have documented client results?” — it appears in 56 of the 135 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 41.5% of them. Its next strongest question is “What is the best IT company for a small business?”, where it appears in 25 of 380 responses (6.6%).

ITSco clears the reporting threshold on 2 of the 17 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 ITSco’s tier placings mean

On “Which managed IT providers have documented client results?”, ITSco sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 56 of 135 responses (41.5%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 135 responses, the gap between ITSco and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. ITSco shares tier 1 with SDI Presence, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 8 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate ITSco from them.

On “What is the best IT company for a small business?”, ITSco sits in tier 5 of 5, named in 25 of 380 responses (6.6%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 41.6% of responses against ITSco’s 6.6%. It shares tier 5 with SADOS, Integris and Uprite, which the sample cannot separate from it.

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