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IONOS in its own words

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 was founded in 1988.
It is headquartered in Germany.
It employs 7000 people.
It offers Web, Wordpress, Dedicated and VPS hosting products.

It has datacenters in:
  • Germany
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

Best VPS Awards

2nd Best VPS 2021 under $40 (old revision)

1st Best Value April 2020
1st Best VPS January 2020
2nd Best VPS May 2021
2nd Best Value September 2019

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IONOS plans specs and prices Plans
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Review CPU models found in IONOS trials CPUs
Performance variations of IONOS VPS over the long term Consistency

IONOS VPS Features

Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.

Feature Value Comment
Hourly Billing  Mixed
DDOS Protection  No
Backups  No

It is possible to create an image from the VPS. The cost is $5.76/month for a Cloud Server L VPS.
Control Panel  Custom
SSH Keys Setup  Yes
Total Number of Datacenters  4
Number of Datacenter Continents  2
Monitoring Charts  Yes

Unlike most competitors, the 1and1 charts allow picking the time period to be displayed.
Admin REST API  Yes

URL: https://cloudpanel-api.1and1.com/documentation/
Upgrade VPS from admin console  Yes
Mobile Friendly UI  Yes
Reverse DNS  Yes
Accepted Forms of Payment  Credit cards, Paypal
Hidden CPU Model  No
Affiliate Program  Yes
Firewall  Yes

Allows adding and removing open ports. Keeps track of the history of additions and removals.
Shelving  No
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Pros and Cons

Strengths

  • Free load balancer.
  • Unlimited traffic.

Weaknesses

  • Slowish management UI.

IONOS Extra Services

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  

VPS Instance Provisioning Time

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
560s 45s 1680s 12

Admin UI Screenshots


Cloud Storage Prices

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
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.

Promo link:

Value: $100

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IONOS Plans

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Plan Specifications

URL https://www.ionos.com/cloud/cloud-servers?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a
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

Plan Grades

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
D F C D C
Show Price Weighted Grades   

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.


Performance Test Results

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.

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Performance trials run on the Cloud Server S plan

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
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

Plan Specifications

URL https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a
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

Plan Grades

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
B B C B E
Show Price Weighted Grades   

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.


Performance Test Results

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.

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Performance trials run on the VPS M plan

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
May 26 2020 Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz USA C

Plan Specifications

URL https://www.ionos.com/cloud/cloud-servers?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a
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

Plan Grades

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
A B B B D
Show Price Weighted Grades   

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.


Performance Test Results

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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Performance trials run on the Cloud Server M plan

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
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

Plan Specifications

URL https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a
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

Plan Grades

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
D D C D D
Show Price Weighted Grades   

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.


Performance Test Results

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
Review Review Review Review
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Performance trials run on the VPS L plan

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
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

Plan Specifications

URL https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a
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

Plan Grades

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
C D D D C
Show Price Weighted Grades   

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.


Performance Test Results

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
Review Review Review Review
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Performance trials run on the VPS M RAM plan

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
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

Plan Specifications

URL https://www.ionos.com/cloud/cloud-servers?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a
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

Plan Grades

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

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
D E E D D
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Performance Test Results

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
Review Review Review Review Review
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Performance trials run on the Cloud Server L plan

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
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

Plan Specifications

URL https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a
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

Plan Grades

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
C B B C D
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Performance Test Results

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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Performance trials run on the VPS XL plan

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
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

Plan Specifications

URL https://www.ionos.com/cloud/cloud-servers?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a
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

Plan Grades

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

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
C D C C C
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Performance Test Results

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
Review Review Review Review
Compare Compare Compare Compare

Performance trials run on the Cloud Server RAM L plan

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
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

Plan Specifications

URL https://www.ionos.com/cloud/cloud-servers?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a
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

Plan Grades

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

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
D C C D C
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Performance Test Results

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
Review Review Review Review
Compare Compare Compare Compare

Performance trials run on the Cloud Server XL plan

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
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

Plan Specifications

URL https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a
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

Plan Grades

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

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
B A C C C
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Performance Test Results

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
Review Review Review Review
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Performance trials run on the VPS XXL plan

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
Oct 06 2021 Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5120 CPU @ 2.20GHz USA B

Plan Specifications

URL https://www.ionos.com/cloud/cloud-servers?ac=OM.US.USt17K419101T7073a
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

Plan Grades

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

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
C A C B C
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Performance Test Results

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
Review Review Review Review
Compare Compare Compare Compare

Performance trials run on the Cloud Server XXL plan

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
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

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