Vendor-neutral IT advisory · Austin, Texas
We make technology make sense. Vendor-neutral IT advisory: we compare 475 providers, negotiate the contract and manage the vendor for you. Suppliers pay us, so you don't.
- 475vetted providers
- 1,007data centers on the map
- 66solution categories
- 249published case studies
What brings you here?
Pick the closest fit. We map it to the right category and show what we do first.
CategoryChoose a situation above
What we do firstEvery engagement starts with a free assessment and an honest read on where you stand.
Start the assessment475 vetted providers in our network, including these. Browse the full directory
- Our advisors hold
- CompTIA Network+
- CompTIA Cloud+
- CompTIA Security+
- Fortinet FSE
Global footprint
1,007 data centers. 40 operators. One advisor.
Every facility on this map is one we can price and contract on your behalf: colocation, private cloud and edge across 206 markets in 50 countries. Type a market, filter by operator, and click any site for its full profile.
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- 1,007facilities you can price through us
- 206metro markets
- 50countries
- 40data center operators
Busiest markets
Operators with the most sites
How it works
You approve. We do the work.
The buying power and market visibility of a Fortune 500 procurement team, in three steps, at no cost to you.
- 01
Assess
- You
- Share your environment, contracts and goals in one conversation.
- We
- Return an honest read on where you stand and what it should cost. No pitch, no pressure.
- 02
Match
- You
- Pick from a shortlist of three or four fits.
- We
- Benchmark 475 providers and attach the reasoning: capabilities, pricing leverage and the trade-offs in plain English.
- 03
Manage
- You
- Approve the contract.
- We
- Run the negotiation, oversee implementation and stay your escalation point for the life of the service. One call, not ten vendor queues.
Six categories
Every angle of the technology stack, one conversation away.
One assessment maps your challenge to the right category, the right solution and a shortlist of providers we have already vetted.
MDR, SASE, Zero Trust, SIEM/SOC, identity and compliance, matched to your actual risk profile.
IaaS, private and hybrid cloud, colocation, backup and disaster recovery: where workloads live and how they survive bad days.
SD-WAN, dedicated internet, fiber, fixed wireless and interconnection: the plumbing everything else depends on.
UCaaS, cloud contact center, Teams Voice and CPaaS: how your people collaborate and your customers experience you.
Generative AI platforms, voice AI and analytics: durable advantage instead of expensive experiments, with governance built in.
Managed IT, helpdesk, advisory, expense management and mobility: senior expertise without the senior headcount.
Buying direct vs. buying with an advisor
Same providers. Same contracts. A different week.
The difference is who does the work, and whose side they are on when the numbers are negotiated.
A week of buying alone
In the buyer's words
- I'm comparing the four vendors whose sales teams found me.
- I negotiate once, against their list price.
- When something breaks, my ticket waits in their queue.
- Three weeks of demos, references and a spreadsheet.
- My account manager rotates and the history leaves with them.
- The advice is "free" because my team's hours are the fee.
The same week with Rubber Duck
Same buyer, same budget
- I choose from 475 vetted providers, benchmarked side by side.
- My rate is checked against hundreds of comparable deals.
- When something breaks, an advisor escalates with portfolio leverage.
- A reasoned shortlist of three or four fits, usually inside a week.
- The same advisory team from assessment through renewal.
- $0 to me. Supplier-funded, same or better pricing than direct.
Supplier-funded means every provider compensates us the same way, so a recommendation is based on fit, never on commission.
Savings estimator
What could an advisor recover for you?
Slide to your numbers. The ranges reflect what engagements like yours typically return; the free assessment replaces the estimate with your actual figure.
The math: annual spend ($300,000) × 10–30% recovered through rate benchmarking, contract renegotiation and billing-error recovery. Time: about 3 staff-hours per vendor per month for quoting, escalations and invoice review.
Illustrative estimate. Your assessment produces your real numbers; the spend and vendor count you set here are carried into it.
Client results
Real engagements. Numbers we can point to.
Every engagement ends with a figure: dollars recovered, downtime avoided, hours returned to your team. 249 case studies and counting.
Latest results published by our partners
Case studies our partners have published about their own clients. They show what each provider delivers; Rubber Duck helps you choose, negotiate and manage that provider.
via Securonix
Golomt Bank detects cyber and insider threats with Securonix SIEM
Financial Services
via Foresite
hMetrix modernizes security operations with Foresite and Google SecOps
Healthcare & Life Sciences
via Krisp
SupportZebra cuts noise complaints 78% with Krisp Noise Cancellation
78%decrease in customer noise complaints
via Humantic AI
Fortune 50 company adds $26M pipeline in 45 days with Humantic AI
$26Madditional pipeline in 6 weeks
Questions buyers ask
The six things everyone asks before the first call.
Straight answers, in the HTML, so you and your search engine get the same ones.
How are you paid?
By the providers, the same way for every one of them. A supplier pays us a referral commission out of its own sales and marketing budget when you buy through us. You pay the same or less than going direct, and there are no retainers or hourly fees.
Will I pay more than buying direct?
No. Suppliers price through advisors the way they price through their own sales teams, and we benchmark every quote against comparable deals before you sign. In most engagements the negotiated rate comes in below the direct quote.
Who do I call when something breaks?
Us. You open tickets with the provider as usual, and when something stalls we escalate with portfolio-level leverage. The advisory team that ran your assessment stays with you through renewal.
Do I have to switch providers?
No. If your current provider is the right fit, we say so and help you renegotiate the terms. Switching is only on the table when it clearly beats staying.
Can you work with vendors we already have?
Yes. Most engagements start with an inventory of what you already run. We benchmark those contracts, recover billing errors, and add providers only where there is a real gap.
Which regions do you serve?
We are based in Austin, Texas and work with organizations across the United States and Canada. Our data center and connectivity portfolio spans 1,007 facilities in 50 countries, so international sites are in scope.
One conversation
Stop guessing. Start deciding.
One conversation gets you a clear read on your options, and what they should cost.
What happens after you click: an advisor reads your assessment within one business day and calls to walk you through what it found. No spam sequence, no surprise calls. Ducks don't chase.
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