Nerdio, innovators of ridiculously simple IT management platforms for public and private cloud, today announced the launch of their Plans Designer, a free toolset that helps IT Managed Service Providers (MSPs) create and customize Microsoft Azure sales packages.

Plans Designer allows MSPs to create fully customizable and brandable packages of Azure infrastructure, all priced out and MSP-website ready. It simply and clearly lays out the options and benefits of Azure cloud environments. Plans Designer makes understanding and evaluating plans a painless process for both MSPs and their customers, regardless of their previous experience with cloud technology.

"The ability to easily package and price Azure is something that MSPs are craving. We are excited to be able to offer them this free tool to drive their sales and maximize Azure consumption," said Amol Dalvi, VP, Product at Nerdio. "While the adoption of cloud IT environments is soaring, MSPs are up against general misconceptions and customer uncertainty about migrating to the cloud. We wanted to help them clearly communicate the various ways to move to Microsoft's public cloud."

Plans Designer provides a full suite of drag-and-drop options to design custom Azure plans and packages. MSPs can pick and choose specific features for each plan to best suit their sales strategies and customers' needs. With the Plans Designer, MSPs now have complete control when tailoring Azure package offerings to existing and potential customers. They can then create individual package titles, assign prices based on scalability, and even discretely filter out selected Azure elements.

"For cloud solution providers like our partners who want to either build or scale their public cloud businesses, the Plans Designer toolset is perfect for them. It makes simple something that can otherwise be time-consuming and complicated," said Jason Brown, VP, Products at SherWeb. "Nerdio's innovation helps our MSPs increase cloud adoption, while simultaneously simplifying the packaging process and boosting their sales."

This announcement comes on the heels of Nerdio's Cost Estimator tool and is the latest advancement in Nerdio for Azure to help MSPs with pricing, packaging, provisioning, managing, and cost-optimizing IT environments in the Microsoft cloud.