What is IONOS Hosting?
I like to think of IONOS as the hidden giant of the hosting izao tontolo izao.
This seems to be the case for America, at least—most people who aren’t familiar with hosting have taken only a few cursory looks and know more about GoDaddy and Bluehost.
Despite that, IONOS is one of the largest hosting providers in the world: they service more than 8 million customers and 12 million domains.
Perhaps it’s because IONOS is mainly centered in Europe, but nonetheless, it has a massive reach.
Although IONOS has been around since 1988—which is incredibly old in internet company terms—it hasn’t stopped growing.
In fact, they just recently changed their brand name to IONOS, reflecting a new integration with the cloud.
Ahoana no fomba hanatanterahany ity tonenana miafina ity?
Is it genuinely outcompeted by the other famous names in hosting, or does it quietly dominate?
This review will speak from my experience and knowledge of the hosting landscape.
By the end of it, we’ll know how well IONOS really measures up.
Please note that: IONOS sells a ton of products, but for now I’ll be focusing on their hosting products—and of those, their safidy web Hosting nizara.
IONOS: Cons
Mety ho hainao fa manomboka amin'ny vaovao ratsy aho. Tsy misy tohiny intsony…
One thing I have disliked with IONOS is a recent change they’ve made to their fonosana fampiantranoana tranonkala.
Mitovy be ny vidiny, fa izy ireo dia manana endri-javatra manan-danja isaky ny fonosana.
This is not to say they’re poorly stocked products: I find them still well-featured plans with great pricing.
Vao lasa tsara kokoa izy ireo, izay manelingelina kely.
One other word on features: while everything is fine, IONOS doesn’t tie its tranonkala mpanorina amin'ny safidy fampiantranoana tranonkala.
This is unfortunate because many users would like to have a one-stop-shop.
Azonao atao ny mandoa vola amin'ny alàlan'ny mpandrafitra tranonkala, fa raha manao izany ianao, dia mitombo ny vidin'ny fampiantranoana amin'ny 'normal' vidin'ny fampiantranoana tranonkala izay misy ireo mpanamboatra.
Additionally, IONOS is not the easiest to use platform.
I don’t think it’s severely tricky, but the layout and user interface can take a little bit of time to get used to.
Ary farany, ny serivisy ho an'ny mpanjifa dia mahazatra.
Their staff are the most helpful and responsive, but only on the phone. Getting ahold of reps via live chat is very difficult–sometimes I wonder if IONOS even has a live chat system.
Ankoatr'izay, somary tsy ampy ny fampahalalana azy ireo amin'ny tranokala.
Tsy ho afaka hahazo ny valiny ilain'ny olona ny olona, fa mety hanelingelina azy kosa ny hahatongavan'izy ireo.
These flaws are hardly major, but they are nuisances. It will depend on what you, the potential buyer, want out of IONOS.
If you just need cheap hosting and don’t care much about having the web builder included, then IONOS might be safidy lehibe.
If not, it’s still not a bad option but might be less appealing.
IONOS: Pros
But hey, those really are not serious issues. IONOS has managed to be such a hosting giant because it still brings a lot to the table.
Despite the downgrade mentioned above in features for web hosting packages, they’re still well featured.
The dier-level dia mbola mahazo trano maro kokoa noho izay ilaina mafy ho an'ny tranokala kely kokoa, ary amin'ny vidiny lehibe.
Just because it used to be better doesn’t mean it’s bad now—especially relative to other web hosting packages, IONOS’s web hosting options are still a great deal.
Manampy izany, ny rahona sy fonosana fampiantranoana natokana manolotra fifanarahana tsara ihany koa.
Tsy lafo vidy izy ireo, fa mbola eo amin'ny haino aman-jotra ka hatrany ambany fa be dia be ny fizarana loharanon-karena.
Raha ny fanamorana ny fampiasana dia marina fa tsy ny isa izany.
Na izany aza anefa, mbola misalasala aho fa hisintona ny volonao hiezaka ny hanao na inona na inona ianao - somary sarotra ihany, saingy amin'ny fanazarana dia tsara.
Ary na dia somary manelingelina anao aza ny vokatra fampiantranoana azy ireo tranonkala mpanorina dia mora ampiasaina toa ny tsara indrindra amin'izy ireo.
Although the on-site information is lacking, their representatives are helpful.
Ny endri-javatra farany nataon'izy ireo amin'ny fanomezana ny mpanolo-tsaina manokana ho an'ny rehetra dia maimaim-poana, ary mahasoa.
Finally, we’ve had reasonably strong uptime scores with them.
Tsy ny tsara indrindra fa mbola eo amin'ny farany ambony. Tsy ny tsara indrindra ny valin-teninay, fa tsara kokoa noho ny tranokala fampiantranoana lehibe vitsivitsy izay efa nampiasainay.
All in all, IONOS really is offering a lot.
Mbola tena manasongadina sy tsara tarehy izany ny vidiny mety.
Izy ireo dia mitondra fotoam-pifaliana tsara ary matanjaka fa tsy manao sorona ny vola ka izany no fandresena lehibe.
IONOS: Pricing
Ankehitriny ianao dia naheno ireo hevi-dehibe tsara sy ratsy amin'ny ankapobeny, andao jerentsika ilay teboka voalohany niahiahy - ny vidiny.
Ny dikan'ireo isa dia miharihary fa voakasik'izay rehetra hafa momba ny vokatra, fa ny zavatra voalohany indrindra…
For shared web hosting, IONOS offers three packages (unusually named).
Ny raharaham-barotra no diera voalohany, ary mandeha ho an'ny $ 1 isam-bolana ho an'ny taona voalohany ary mitombo hatrany amin'ny $ 8 isam-bolana amin'ny taona faharoa.
Pro dia $ 5 amin'ny taona voalohany ary roa heny amin'ny $ 10.
Ny manam-pahaizana dia $ 9 amin'ny taona voalohany ary mitombo hatramin'ny 14 $.
Ireo vidiny ireo dia mora mora indrindra ho mora vidy web hosting mpampiantrano, farafaharatsiny ho an'ny teny voalohany.
Beyond that first year, the price increase is dramatically proportionate to the initial pricing, but only for the first plan. Even then, it’s still a standard renewal price.
Aside from that, IONOS has cloud hosting, dedicated hosting, VPS hosting, and WordPress hosting.
Cloud fampiatranoana manomboka amin'ny $ 15 isam-bolana amin'ny Cloud Hosting M. Cloud Hosting L no drafitra faharoa ary mandeha ho an'ny $ 25 isam-bolana. Ny andiany fahatelo, Cloud Hosting XL, dia $ 35 isam-bolana ary ny andiany fahefatra dia Cloud Hosting XXL amin'ny $ 65 isam-bolana.
Tsy dia lafo loatra ny fampiantranoana rahona fa tsy lafo na dia lafo aza izany - mbola eo afovoany rehefa mandeha ny fampiantranoana rahona. Misy safidy mora kokoa, nefa izany dia mbola ao anatin'ny elanelana mahazatra.
Ary arakaraka ny resahana dia ny lafiny fampiantranoana no mifampizara.
Dedicated hosting with IONOS has a couple options: HDD (Hard Drive Disk) or SSD (Solid State Drive).
Good to know they’re not out of date, but the SSD options are a little pricier as you probably can guess.
Ny fampiantranoana manokana miaraka amin'ny HDD dia manomboka amin'ny $ 50 isam-bolana mandritra ny telo volana voalohany, ary avy eo dia mitombo ny vidin'ny $ 70 isam-bolana.
Mitohy 60 $ isam-bolana ho an'ny diera faharoa izany, avy eo amin'ny 90 $, ary farany $ 120 (ny rehetra mandritra ny telo volana voalohany, miaraka amin'ny vidin'ny $ 20.
Ny fampiantranoana an-tsitrapo miaraka amin'ny SSD dia manomboka amin'ny $ 55 isam-bolana, avy eo ny $ 70, avy eo $ 120, ary $ 150 (farany ny $ 20 (izy rehetra ireo dia ny vidin'ny tiera nandritra ny telo volana voalohany, izay hampitombo ny $ XNUMX aorian'ny vanim-potoana voalohany).
All things considered, IONOS makes its SSD safidy pretty attractive with minimal price increases.
I consider that a strong point, though the latter two dedicated hosting tiers see a more significant price increase. Overall, dedicated hosting is pretty normally priced.
VPS hosting is exceptionally cheap—three plans go from $5 to $30 for the first 12 months.
Safidy fahefatra dia mamela anao handoa $ 1 isam-bolana mandritra ny 6 volana voalohany. Miakatra hatrany amin'ny $ 30 isam-bolana izany satria “be dia be” izy io, saingy mbola ilaina ny drafitra fampiantranoana VPS mahomby.
Farany, ny fampiantranoana WordPress dia manomboka amin'ny $ 1 isam-bolana (alohan'ny fitomboana ho $ 9), avy eo dia mankany amin'ny $ 5 isam-bolana, ary farany, ny $ fahatelo dia $ 9 isam-bolana.
Ireto ny sasany amin'ireo vidin'ny fampiantranoana WordPress tsara indrindra Hitako hatreto — ho hitantsika tsy ho ela ny endri-javatra, fa tena mahavariana izany.
Ka izay no izy!
In sum, IONOS doesn’t have any overpriced products.
Notahirizin'izy ireo tao anaty elanelam-bidy ambany sy antonony (indrindra ho an'ny fampiantranoana tranonkala nizara, sy ny fampiantranoana WordPress, izay isan'ireo safidy mora indrindra any).
IONOS: Features
Miaraka amin'ny salan'isa ambany kokoa dia mora ny miahiahy amin'ny endri-javatra.
Izahay dia matetika dia manantena fa ny vidiny ambany dia midika fihenan'ny endri-javatra, na mampihena ny fampiharana, na zavatra iray amin'ny toetra.
This is especially true for IONOS’ web hosting packages, which are cheap even for web hosting standards.
Does IONOS manage to offer a competitive package of tools, without sacrificing too much?
Is it just popular for its price, or does IONOS give its millions of customers something useful?
Ny fampiantranoana an-tserasera nozaraina dia manasongadina tsara ho fanombohana dolara isam-bolana.
The voalohany dier no tsara indrindra ho an'ny tranokala iray, saingy miaraka amin'ny fitahirizana 100g, angon-drakitra 25 (1 GB SSD) ary kaonty mailaka 25.
Misy sehatra iray maimaim-poana ho an'ny taona voalohany, ary hanao voalohany amin'ny "ambaratonga 1."
The “Level” in Level 1 refers to your PHP memory limit and your RAM storage—which allows how many visitors your site can accommodate at a given time.
Ny haavon'ny 1 dia midika hoe 512 MB amin'ny fahatsiarovana ny PHP ary 2.5 GB amin'ny RAM, izay miaraka hiatrehana ny "mpitsidika 100 eo isaky ny iray minitra."
Tsara izany ho an'ireo mpampiasa kelikely izay mitazona bilaogy / tranonkala manokana, fa ho an'izay manantena fa mety hitety mpitsidika bebe kokoa noho ny antony rehetra nefa tsy mila fiakarana be dia be, dia azoko atao ny manolotra fanamafisana amin'ny ambaratonga avo kokoa (azonao atao) miakara hatramin'ny 5, izay tokony ho tsara.
Raha ny momba ny zavatra hafa, ny sehatra maimaimpoana iray izay maharitra herintaona fotsiny dia tsy mahazatra, fa manelingelina kely fotsiny - misy orinasa mpampiantrano hafa anisan'izany ny sehatra afaka na dia taorian'ny taona voalohany aza.
25 email accounts are quite a lot—it’s not uncommon to get only 1 or 5 for entry-level packages.
Haavo ambony kokoa ny safidy fampiantranoana tranonkala dia ahafahana mitahiry bebe kokoa (250 GB sy 500 GB isaky ny drafitra roa farany), angon-drakitra marobe (100 sy 500), kaonty mailaka (100 sy 500), haavon'ny fampisehoana voalohany (ambaratonga 2 sy 3) , ary namboarina ho an'ny tranonkala marobe kokoa (hatramin'ny 5 ka hatramin'ny 50).
Ireo fonosana fampiantranoana tranonkala rehetra ihany koa dia mahazo mari-pankasitrahana SSL, izay famonoana safidy $ 1 isam-bolana saingy antenaina ho ambony noho ny zavatra rehetra avo kokoa.
While I think IONOS has made its first two web hosting plans pretty well featured, especially proportionate to price, I have a couple of issues.
Maimaimpoana irery ny sehatra ho an'ny taona voalohany ho an'ny drafitra telo rehetra, izay ataoko fa tsy mampalahelo nefa tsy mitombina.
Heveriko fa tokony hisy ny tahiry tsy manam-petra tokony ho azo avy amin'ny andiany faharoa, ary raha tsy izany dia, fahatelo farafaharatsiny.
Tsara ny habetsaky ny kaonty mailaka nahazoana alàlana nefa mety avo kokoa kokoa.
These aren’t unreasonable, by the way: as recently as a couple of months ago, IONOS’ pricing allowed for 500 email accounts for the first tier.
Ny dier faharoa amin'ny ambony dia hahazo ny tahiry tsy voafetra, tranonkala tsy voafetra, angon-drakitra tsy voafetra ary kaonty mailaka tsy voafetra.
From that perspective, IONOS’s tranonkala fampiatranoana efa nandalo fihenan-danja lehibe tao amin'ny departemanta misy ny endri-javatra.
Aza hadino hatrany fa mitovy ny vidiny — raha ny sasany cents kosa mora kokoa.
Fiara farany momba ny fampiantranoana tranonkala: tsy tafiditra ao ny mpanorina tranonkala.
Ny ankamaroan'ny fonosana fampiantranoana tranonkala avy amin'ny orinasa hafa dia misy ireo mpanamboatra tranokala, saingy lafo kokoa izy ireo.
Suppose you purchase IONOS’ cheap hosting and its tranonkala mpanorina. In that case, you’ll be paying a price close to a hosting package that includes a builder with other companies.
It’s not a major concern. Some people might just be looking for affordable, decent web hosting—in that case, IONOS will still be a fine option.
Ny diger voalohany an'ny WordPress, izay $ 1 isam-bolana dia ekena tena tsara (fitahirizana SSD 25GB, kaonty mailaka 10, sns). Fa ho an'ny olona sasany, mety ho marina izany, ary vidiny mahafinaritra.
Ny diers roa manaraka dia ao anatin'ny karazana mahazatra kokoa Vidin'ny fampiantranoana WordPress nefa tsy manao sorona be loatra ao amin'ny departemanta izy ireo, izay tena mahavariana.
Na izany na tsy izany, ny fampiantranoana rahona sy ny fampiantranoana manokana dia samy naseho avokoa. Ny trano fandraisam-bahiny (amin'ny lafiny fitehirizana, RAM, sns) dia somary mitombina tsara amin'ny dier, ary tsy ratsy ny vidiny.
Indray mandeha, ny safidy an'ny SSD manokan-tena dia fifanarahana tsara.
Hoy aho hoe cloud hosting and dedicated hosting remain solid solutions feature-wise for IONOS. Nothing extraordinary, but just fine.
Ny fampiantranoana VPS dia azo antoka fa eo amin'ny lafiny mora vidy kokoa, ary raha mieritreritra aho fa mety hisy loharanom-bola maro natokana ho an'ny avo kokoa, dia sarotra ny mitaraina.
I also don’t think it’s fair to say IONOS’ web hosting packages lack features.
They’re still pretty good deals relative to the competition: cheap with a lot allocated for surprisingly low prices. Unfortunately, they used to be better dealt with such a short time ago.
So overall, IONOS offers a lot of products that are either normally priced or more affordable than the norm, without sacrificing too many features.
Sarotra ny mahita orinasa iray izay manolotra fifanarahana maro be.
Fampiasana mora foana
So we’ve now established that IONOS has pretty good pricing and a solid assortment of features and accommodations per hosting package.
Mora ve anefa raha ampiasaina?
Is this where IONOS has a major flaw?
IONOS isn’t difficult to use, but it could be easier.
I usually find all hosting companies are approximately easy to use—most have figured out the gist of making a simple and streamlined dashboard, control panel, website builder, etc.
IONOS’s dashboard is a bit chaotic. Navigating it is something you can get used to, but I wouldn’t call it intuitive.
Heveriko fa tena mety tsara ny tontolon'ny fanaraha-maso.
I haven’t talked about IONOS’s tranonkala mpanorina because it’s separate from its hosting products, but the website builder is an example of IONOS providing easy-to-use, intuitive software.
Ny fampiantranoana dia tsy mitovy amin'ny fanamboarana tranonkala iray, mazava ho azy, noho izany dia mety hiatrika fitaovana ara-teknika bebe kokoa ianao.
I think the problem with IONOS here isn’t that it’s difficult to use, because it’s not. It’s not appealing to use at all times, and that is unfortunate.
Nonetheless, I don’t think IONOS will present many difficulties to its customers generally speaking.
Customer Support
While IONOS’s ease of use isn’t as top-notch as the standard in hosting, there’s something else that compounds ease of use in giving you a satisfactory experience.
IONOS’ customer support is pretty good overall.
Taken by itself, I wouldn’t have much to complain about. Knowing IONOS’s immensity as a hosting company does make me wonder if perhaps more could be done in the way of customer support.
Voalohany: ny fahafahana hifandray mivantana amin'ireo solontena.
IONOS offers the same options that are standard in the industry: 24/7 phone support and 24/7 live chat…sort of.
Surprisingly, IONOS doesn’t offer a ticketing system, but its live chat works like a cross between the two.
Tsy marika lehibe eo amin'izy ireo izany.
Raha mieritreritra aho fa mahavita rafitra kirakira sy / na hanaovana chat mivantana azo jerena, izay manara-penitra dia tsy faran'izao tontolo izao izany.
Na izany aza, dia nanome fahavoazana ahy ihany.
Na eo aza izany, hitako ny mpiasan'ny mpanohana ny mpanjifa azy. Tsy izy ireo no traikefa tsara indrindra niainako, fa matetika kokoa izy ireo no tsy manampy, ary saika mamaly.
Ny fitarainana ananako dia ny hoe mety tsy ho azon'izy ireo indraindray.
Amin'ny lafiny ara-teknika dia manana mpiasa azo jerena an-tserasera izy ireo, fa isaky ny nanandrana ny ho tonga tamin'izy ireo aho dia niverin-tory sy nitodika tamin'ny lahatsoratra nanazava aho fa tsy pejy / bokotra.
I’m not sure if their website design is just poor or haven’t updated in a while and forgot to say they do not have reps available online.
Na izany na tsy izany, ny reps amin'ny fanampiana an-telefaona dia mandeha tsara fotsiny, fa tena sanganehana tokoa ny mitady repoblika amin'ny resaka Internet.
Secondly: on-site information. IONOS has a fanampiana foibe (loharanom-pahalalana, araka ny fantatra matetika).
I actually find their help center lacking. Every article on there is helpful, but they’re just aren’t enough.
They also have a IONOS Community.
Raha dinika io. Betsaka ny fifanakalozan-kevitra maromaro matanjaka sy velona amin'ny orinasam-pifandraisana hafa. Rehefa eo indray, ny fitaovana tsara dia eo, fa tsy ampy.
Raha ny marina dia toa tsy mifanaraka amin'ny ivon-toerana fanampiana ahy izany - saika mieritreritra aho fa tokony haka lahatsoratra fotsiny ao amin'ny pejin'ny vondron'izy ireo izy ireo ary hametraka azy ireo ho ivom-panampiana mitombo.
While this means IONOS’ customer support is so far lackluster, there is a hidden treat: the Personal Consultant feature.
At no cost, any customer can “activate” a IONOS Personal Consultant.
Amin'ny zavatra niainako dia tsy dia hafa noho ny fanananao resaka mivantana izany, fa mbola afaka mampiasa ilay Mpanolo-tsaina manokana ianao mba hanafaingana ny zavatra.
Midera azy ireo aho noho ny fanaovana endri-javatra tahaka ity maimaimpoana ity.
In all, IONOS has okay customer support.
Their staff is helpful and responsive, and the personal consultant feature is nice–but live chat is either nonexistent or very hard to get to.
The online informational resources are helpful but should be expanded considerably, especially considering IONOS’ massive user base.
Do we recommend IONOS?
Ankehitriny ndao hametraka ny zava-drehetra miaraka!
IONOS is a complex service, with quite a few flaws but plenty of positives to make up for them.
Tsara be ny vidiny ary voalohany.
The most expensive packages IONOS offers are on-par with all the rest of its competition and are usually about as well-featured.
IONOS offers be dia be ny endri-javatra for price points that are lower than comparable products from other companies.
Its shared web hosting indeed used to be a better deal, but it’s still a very good deal now.
In fact, IONOS’s VPS, WordPress, and shared web hosting options are among the best deals I’ve seen.
Aside from that, I do wish their on-site resources could be more comprehensive. IONOS isn’t too difficult to learn, but it could be easier, and better customer support would help mitigate that.
Soa ihany, tsara ny solontenan'ireo serivisy mpanjifa (raha azonao atao ny miakatra azy ireo), ary tsara ny endri-javatra an'ny Mpanontany.
Farany, manana fotoana be sy fotoam-pifaliana mahafinaritra miaraka amin'izy ireo aho - amin'ny vidiny dia mahafinaritra izany.
I would say that flaws aside, IONOS offers some of the fifanarahana tsara indrindra around and has for a long time.
If you’re unsure, I would suggest looking for what you want by the features and resources first—you’ll probably find IONOS has a price for what you want that’s pretty hard to beat.
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