IONOS
IONOS is a leading provider of cloud infrastructure, cloud services, and hosting with more than eight million customer contracts. The product portfolio offers everything that companies need to be successful in the cloud: from domains to classic websites and do-it-yourself solutions, from online marketing tools to full-fledged servers and IaaS solutions. The portfolio is aimed at freelancers, small businesses, and consumers as well as enterprise customers with complex IT requirements.
IONOS was created in 2018 from the merger of 1&1 and IaaS provider ProfitBricks. IONOS is part of the listed United Internet AG.
IONOS plans specs and prices | Plans |
Review IONOS plan grades in the Screener | Screener |
Review CPU models found in IONOS trials | CPUs |
Performance variations of IONOS VPS over the long term | Consistency |
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
In addition to features included in VPS plans, IONOS also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):
Backups | Block storage | Object storage | Load balancer | Floating IP addresses |
Team Management | Managed databases | Serverless | DDoS protection | Kubernetes |
GPU instances | Private network |
For each IONOS VPS trial, we measured how long it took to provision the server from the moment it was ordered to the moment it accepted SSH connections.
See also VPS provisioning times for all providers.
Average Provisioning Time | Min Provisioning Time | Max Provisioning Time | Number of VPS Samples |
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560s | 45s | 1680s | 12 |
For a comparison of storage features and prices from all providers, please check the Cloud Storage Prices page.
Storage Type | Price / GB / month | Restriction | Description |
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Backups | $0.120 | A flat $5/month for 50GB backup is also available. |
Backups can be encrypted, scheduled and versioned.
https://www.ionos.com/cloud/cloud-backup?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a |
This provider offers the following promotion:
New customers get a credit of up to $100 applied to their first month’s bill. The credit is valid for 1 month and any unused credit expires following the first invoice.
Value: $100
URL | https://www.ionos.com/cloud/cloud-servers?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a |
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Price per month | $5.00 |
Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
Disk GB | 40 |
Num Cores | 1 |
Memory GB | 1 |
Hourly Billing | Yes |
Virtualization | VMWare |
Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
Maximum Network Speed | 400 Mbps |
Burstable CPU | No |
Dedicated CPU | No |
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 41
Web Performance | Raw CPU Power | Performance Stability | Disk IO Performance | Network Performance |
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D | F | C | D | C |
Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for IONOS - Cloud Server S. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
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Review | Review | Review | Review |
Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
This plan was tested 5 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Cloud Server S plan with its grade and CPU type.
Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
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Nov 12 2021 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz | USA | D |
Nov 17 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz | USA | D |
Nov 11 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz | Germany | C |
Feb 13 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz | Germany | D |
Aug 30 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz | USA | D |
URL | https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a |
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Price per month | $5.00 |
Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
Disk GB | 80 |
Num Cores | 2 |
Memory GB | 2 |
Hourly Billing | No |
Virtualization | VMWare |
Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
Burstable CPU | No |
Dedicated CPU | No |
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 61
Web Performance | Raw CPU Power | Performance Stability | Disk IO Performance | Network Performance |
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B | B | C | B | E |
Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for IONOS - VPS M. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
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Review | Review | Review | Review |
Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VPS M plan with its grade and CPU type.
Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
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May 26 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz | USA | C |
URL | https://www.ionos.com/cloud/cloud-servers?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a |
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Price per month | $12.00 |
Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
Disk GB | 60 |
Num Cores | 2 |
Memory GB | 2 |
Hourly Billing | Yes |
Virtualization | VMWare |
Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
Burstable CPU | No |
Dedicated CPU | No |
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 73
Web Performance | Raw CPU Power | Performance Stability | Disk IO Performance | Network Performance |
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A | B | B | B | D |
Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for IONOS - Cloud Server M. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Live Web | Network Transfers | Remote Timings | Sysbench | Endurance |
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Review | Review | Review | Review | Review |
Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Cloud Server M plan with its grade and CPU type.
Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
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Aug 29 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz | Germany | B |
Nov 19 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz | Germany | B |
URL | https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a |
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Price per month | $15.00 |
Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
Disk GB | 120 |
Num Cores | 2 |
Memory GB | 4 |
Hourly Billing | No |
Virtualization | VMWare |
Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
Maximum Network Speed | 400 Mbps |
Burstable CPU | No |
Dedicated CPU | No |
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 47
Web Performance | Raw CPU Power | Performance Stability | Disk IO Performance | Network Performance |
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D | D | C | D | D |
Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for IONOS - VPS L. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
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Review | Review | Review | Review |
Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
This plan was tested 3 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VPS L plan with its grade and CPU type.
Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
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Mar 28 2022 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz | USA | D |
Feb 14 2021 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz | USA | C |
Apr 08 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz | USA | B |
URL | https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a |
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Price per month | $15.00 |
Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
Disk GB | 80 |
Num Cores | 2 |
Memory GB | 6 |
Hourly Billing | No |
Virtualization | VMWare |
Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
Maximum Network Speed | 400 Mbps |
Burstable CPU | No |
Dedicated CPU | No |
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 49
Web Performance | Raw CPU Power | Performance Stability | Disk IO Performance | Network Performance |
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C | D | D | D | C |
Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for IONOS - VPS M RAM. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
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Review | Review | Review | Review |
Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VPS M RAM plan with its grade and CPU type.
Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
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Dec 27 2021 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz | USA | D |
Oct 08 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz | USA | C |
URL | https://www.ionos.com/cloud/cloud-servers?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a |
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Price per month | $20.00 |
Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
Disk GB | 80 |
Num Cores | 2 |
Memory GB | 4 |
Hourly Billing | Yes |
Virtualization | VMWare |
Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
Maximum Network Speed | 400 Mbps |
Burstable CPU | No |
Dedicated CPU | No |
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 37
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for IONOS - Cloud Server L. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Yabs | Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
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Review | Review | Review | Review | Review |
Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
This plan was tested 4 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Cloud Server L plan with its grade and CPU type.
Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
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May 13 2022 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz | USA | D |
Mar 29 2021 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz | USA | C |
May 04 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz | USA | B |
Apr 10 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz | USA | C |
URL | https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a |
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Price per month | $25.00 |
Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
Disk GB | 160 |
Num Cores | 4 |
Memory GB | 8 |
Hourly Billing | No |
Virtualization | VMWare |
Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
Maximum Network Speed | 400 Mbps |
Burstable CPU | No |
Dedicated CPU | No |
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 61
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for IONOS - VPS XL. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
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Review | Review | Review | Review |
Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VPS XL plan with its grade and CPU type.
Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
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Aug 12 2021 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz | USA | C |
Aug 19 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz | USA | C |
URL | https://www.ionos.com/cloud/cloud-servers?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a |
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Price per month | $30.00 |
Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
Disk GB | 80 |
Num Cores | 2 |
Memory GB | 8 |
Hourly Billing | Yes |
Virtualization | VMWare |
Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
Burstable CPU | No |
Dedicated CPU | No |
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 53
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for IONOS - Cloud Server RAM L. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
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Review | Review | Review | Review |
Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Cloud Server RAM L plan with its grade and CPU type.
Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
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Jun 27 2021 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz | USA | C |
Jan 11 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz | USA | B |
URL | https://www.ionos.com/cloud/cloud-servers?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a |
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Price per month | $35.00 |
Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
Disk GB | 120 |
Num Cores | 4 |
Memory GB | 8 |
Hourly Billing | Yes |
Virtualization | VMWare |
Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
Maximum Network Speed | 400 Mbps |
Burstable CPU | No |
Dedicated CPU | No |
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 52
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for IONOS - Cloud Server XL. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
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Review | Review | Review | Review |
Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
This plan was tested 4 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Cloud Server XL plan with its grade and CPU type.
Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
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Feb 13 2022 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6230R CPU @ 2.10GHz | Germany | C |
Jan 02 2021 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz | USA | C |
Feb 27 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz | USA | B |
Jun 24 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz | USA | C |
URL | https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a |
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Price per month | $35.00 |
Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
Disk GB | 240 |
Num Cores | 6 |
Memory GB | 12 |
Hourly Billing | No |
Virtualization | KVM |
Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
Burstable CPU | No |
Dedicated CPU | No |
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 67
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for IONOS - VPS XXL. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
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Review | Review | Review | Review |
Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VPS XXL plan with its grade and CPU type.
Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
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Oct 06 2021 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz | USA | B |
URL | https://www.ionos.com/cloud/cloud-servers?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a |
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Price per month | $85.00 |
Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
Disk GB | 160 |
Num Cores | 8 |
Memory GB | 16 |
Hourly Billing | Yes |
Virtualization | VMWare |
Data Transfer GB | Unlimited |
Burstable CPU | No |
Dedicated CPU | No |
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 68
We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for IONOS - Cloud Server XXL. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
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Review | Review | Review | Review |
Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Cloud Server XXL plan with its grade and CPU type.
Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
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May 13 2021 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz | USA | B |
Jul 05 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz | USA | C |