IONOS by 1&1 vs A2 Hosting
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We have tested 10 VPS plans from IONOS by 1&1 and A2 Hosting. We'll show which one is best based on a detailed performance analysis, on features and prices.
IONOS by 1&1
IONOS by 1&1 was founded in 1988.
It is headquartered in Germany.
It employs 7000 people.
It offers Web, Wordpress, Dedicated and VPS hosting products.
A2 Hosting
A2 Hosting was founded in 2001.
It is headquartered in the USA.
It offers Shared, Wordpress, VPS and Dedicated hosting products.
VPS Plans
| Plan Name | Monthly Price | CPU cores | Memory (GB) | Disk Space (GB) | Data Transfer (GB) | Latest trial | |
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Cloud Server S | $5.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 40 | Unlimited | Nov 12 2021 |
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Runway 2 | $12.99 | 2 | 2.0 | 250 | 3000 | Jan 17 2021 |
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VPS L | $15.00 | 2 | 4.0 | 120 | Unlimited | Feb 14 2021 |
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VPS M RAM | $15.00 | 2 | 6.0 | 80 | Unlimited | Dec 27 2021 |
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Cloud Server L | $20.00 | 2 | 4.0 | 80 | Unlimited | Mar 29 2021 |
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VPS XL | $25.00 | 4 | 8.0 | 160 | Unlimited | Aug 12 2021 |
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Cloud Server RAM L | $30.00 | 2 | 8.0 | 80 | Unlimited | Jun 27 2021 |
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Cloud Server XL | $35.00 | 4 | 8.0 | 120 | Unlimited | Jan 02 2021 |
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VPS XXL | $35.00 | 6 | 12.0 | 240 | Unlimited | Oct 06 2021 |
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Cloud Server XXL | $85.00 | 8 | 16.0 | 160 | Unlimited | May 13 2021 |
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Performance Grades
To summarize the performance of each VPS plan, we generated grades based on the various tests that were run: web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Each grade focuses on one aspect of the VPS speed or stability (cpu, disk IO, network IO...) and is made of one or more metrics measured during the tests.
Grades are evenly distributed between A and F. A is best, F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
Screen all VPS from IONOS by 1&1 and A2 Hosting| Plan Name | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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Cloud Server S
$5.00 |
D | F | C | D | C |
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Runway 2
$12.99 |
C | D | C | E | C |
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VPS L
$15.00 |
C | D | B | C | D |
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VPS M RAM
$15.00 |
C | D | D | D | C |
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Cloud Server L
$20.00 |
C | D | C | C | C |
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VPS XL
$25.00 |
C | B | B | C | D |
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Cloud Server RAM L
$30.00 |
C | D | C | C | C |
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Cloud Server XL
$35.00 |
C | B | C | C | D |
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VPS XXL
$35.00 |
B | A | C | C | C |
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Cloud Server XXL
$85.00 |
C | A | C | B | C |
Features and Datacenters
This list is a subset of the features each provider may offer.
CPUs
These are the CPUs we have seen in IONOS by 1&1 and A2 Hosting instances in the past 18 months.
| All IONOS by 1&1 CPUs | All A2 Hosting CPUs |
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Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz |
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz |
Performance Consistency
The provider consistency score shows how much variation can be expected between 2 servers of the same type at the same provider. A high consistency score (>65) means the performance of all servers of the provider is consistent over many trials and many plans.
Providers who don't have enough data yet at VPSBenchmarks don't have a consistency score.
Screenshots
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
This is the average time it took to create an instance for IONOS by 1&1 and A2 Hosting from instance order to instance accepting connections.
| IONOS by 1&1 | A2 Hosting | |
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| Number of instance creations in sample | 12 | 1 |
| Average provisioning time | 506s | 10800s |
Performance in Depth...
These are some of the test results that are used to determine the grades above.
Web Response Times
We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from IONOS by 1&1 and A2 Hosting. This is the average response time measured locally on the VPS for each plan we tested.
Local Response Time per Plan
Lower is better
Maximum HTTP Load
We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from IONOS by 1&1 and A2 Hosting. This is the maximum rate of HTTP requests that each server handled without timing out.
Maximum HTTP request rate
Higher is better
Sysbench CPU Performance
We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of IONOS by 1&1 and A2 Hosting. These are the Sysbench CPU test results:
Rate of operations
Higher is better
Sysbench Disk IO Performance
We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of IONOS by 1&1 and A2 Hosting. These are the Sysbench Disk IO Random Read test results:
Rate of operations
Higher is better
Review and compare all Sysbench numbers on the Sysbench Comparison page for IONOS by 1&1 and A2 Hosting.
Network Transfers
We have performed large file transfers from the IONOS by 1&1 and A2 Hosting VPS and we measured the speed of downloads and uploads.
The transfers involve multiple files, 10 threads and last for at least 10 seconds at maximum speed. The transfers are repeated 3 times from different servers and only the fastest transfer is reported here.
Download Speed per Plan
Higher is better
Sustained CPU Endurance Tests
We pushed the CPU of those VPS plans hard for 24 hours straight.
This test shows how fast the VPS can go for long periods of time, how stable the performance is and it also gives clues on how overallocated the VPSs may be.
Average number of operations per hour
Higher is better
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