IONOS Review: Features are Awesome, but what about Uptime?

What is IONOS Hosting?

I like to think of IONOS as the hidden giant of the hosting ao.

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.

Na, me pehea e mahi ai tenei titan huna?

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 tiri e hautū ana tukutuku.

IONOS: Cons

Ka mohio pea koe ka pai ahau ki te tiimata me te korero kino i te tuatahi. Ki te kore tonu…

One thing I have disliked with IONOS is a recent change they’ve made to their pōkai manaaki tukutuku.

He rite tonu nga utu, engari inaianei he ahuatanga nui ia mo nga kete nui atu i te waa o mua.

This is not to say they’re poorly stocked products: I find them still well-featured plans with great pricing.

I whakamahia noa iho ratau kia pai ake, he iti noa iho te pouri.

One other word on features: while everything is fine, IONOS doesn’t tie its paetukutuku kaihanga ki ona kaupapa manaaki tukutuku.

This is unfortunate because many users would like to have a one-stop-shop.

Ka taea e koe te utu ki te whai i te kaihanga paetukutuku, engari ki te mahi koe i tera, ka piki te utu o te manaaki ki te 'utu' mo nga utu manaaki tukutuku e whakauruhia ana e nga kaihanga.

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.

Hei mutunga, kaore ano he mea whakarata i to raatau ratonga kiritaki.

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.

Hei taapiri, he iti rawa hoki o raatau korero i runga i te papaanga.

Kaore e taea e nga taangata te whiwhi i nga whakautu e hiahiatia ana, engari e ahua pouri ake ana pea ki te toro atu ki a raatau.

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 he kōwhiringa nui.

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.

te taumata-urunga ka whiwhi tonu i nga kaainga maha atu i te mea e tika ana mo nga waahi iti ake, me te utu nui.

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.

I tua atu, ona kapua a pōkai manaaki whakatapua whakahere pai hoki.

Kaore ratou i te tino utu, engari kei te noho maatau i te taha iti ki te taha iti me te nui o nga toha rauemi.

Ka rite ki te ngawari ki te whakamahi, he pono ehara i te mea kotahi.

Heoi, kei te ruarua tonu ahau ka kukume koe i to makawe kia ngana ki te mahi - he uaua noa iho, engari he pai te mahi.

A i te wa e raru ana o raatau hua manaaki, kei a ratau paetukutuku kaihanga he rite ki te whakamahi i te pai o ratou.

Although the on-site information is lacking, their representatives are helpful.

Ko ta raatau waahanga hou mo te tuku i tetahi ki tetahi kaitohutohu takitahi mo te koreutu he tino ahurei, he whai hua.

Finally, we’ve had reasonably strong uptime scores with them.

Ehara i te mea pai rawa, engari kei runga noa atu i te pito o runga. Ko a matou waa whakautu ehara i te mea pai, engari he pai ake te pai ake i etahi o nga waahi whakahaere nui kua whakamahia e matou.

All in all, IONOS really is offering a lot.

Kei te tino pai-te whakaari me te tino ataahua utu whaitake.

He pai te whakahoki mai o te waa me te kaha o te whakautu urupare me te kore e kaha ki a ratau, a koinei te wini nui.

IONOS: Pricing

Inaianei kua rongo koe i nga mea papai me te kino, tirohia te whakaaro tuatahi - ko te utu.

Ko te tikanga o nga nama ka tino pa ki nga mea katoa mo te hua, engari ko nga mea tuatahi ...

For shared web hosting, IONOS offers three packages (unusually named).

Ko te pakihi ko te taumata tuatahi, ka haere mo te $ 1 i te marama mo te tau tuatahi, ka piki ki te $ 8 ia marama i te tau tuarua.

He $ 5 te Pro mo te tau tuatahi ka hurihia atu ki te $ 10.

Ko te tohunga he $ 9 mo te tau tuatahi ka piki ake ki te $ 14.

He ngawari enei utu ki waenga i nga utu ka taea e koe te tiki manaaki paetukutuku, ahakoa iti mo te wa tuatahi.

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.

kapua e hautū ana timata mai i te $ 15 ia marama me te Rangi manaaki M. Cloud Hosting L ko te mahere tuarua, ka haere mo te $ 25 ia marama. Ko te tuatoru tuatoru, ko Cloud Hosting XL, he $ 35 ia marama me te tuawha tuawha ko Cloud Hosting XXL i te $ 65 ia marama.

He iti rawa te manaaki i te kapua engari kaore he utu, ko te mea nui i waenga o te haerenga a te kapua. He iti ake nga whiringa, engari kei te noho tonu tenei ki te waahanga noa.

A ka korerohia, ko te manaaki i te paetukutuku e maatauranga ana i te taha iti.

Whakarato raupapa 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.

Ko te manaaki i whakatapua me nga HDD ka timata te $ 50 i te marama mo nga marama e toru tuatahi, ka piki ake te utu ki te $ 70 ia marama.

Kei te haere tonu tenei ki te $ 60 mo te marama mo te reihi tuarua, na $ 90, a te mutunga $ 120 (katoa mo nga marama tuatahi e toru, me te $ 20 te peke utu i muri mai).

Ko te manaaki whakatapu me SSD ka timata ki te $ 55 i te marama, ka $ 70, ka $ 120, a te mutunga $ 150 (ko enei katoa nga utu o nga tiers mo nga marama e toru, ka piki ake te $ 20 i muri mai o te waa tuatahi).

All things considered, IONOS makes its Ko nga whiringa SSD 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.

Waehere VPS is exceptionally cheap—three plans go from $5 to $30 for the first 12 months.

Ko te whiringa tuawha ka utu koe i te $ 1 i te marama mo nga marama 6 tuatahi. Ka peke atu ki te $ 30 ia marama na te mea he "nui-nui," engari he kaupapa tino pai rawa atu te mahere manaaki VPS.

Hei mutunga, ko te manaaki i te WordPress ka timata te $ 1 i te marama (i mua i te piki ki te $ 9), ka haere ki te $ 5 i te marama, ko te mutunga, ko te tuatoru tuatoru he $ 9 ia marama.

Ko etahi o nga utu manaaki WordPress pai Kua kite au - ka haere tatou ki nga ahuatanga, engari he mea whakamiharo noa tenei.

Na ko tena!

In sum, IONOS doesn’t have any overpriced products.

Kua puritia e ratou nga mea i roto i te iti ki te awhe utu iti (ina koa mo te manaaki paetukutuku, me te manaaki i te WordPress, kei roto i nga waahanga tino pai ki reira).

IONOS: Features

Ma te toharite ki te whakaheke i nga utu, he mea ngawari ki te awangawanga i nga ahuatanga.

Ka whakaarohia e maatau ko te utu o te utu iti te tikanga o nga ahuatanga whakaheke, te whakaiti ranei i nga mahi, i tetahi mea ranei o taua ahua.

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?

Ko te manaaki tukutuku tiritiri he tino maarama mo te tiimata me te taara i te marama.

te tahanga tuatahi he pai mo te paetukutuku kotahi, engari ka tae mai me te 100GB o te rokiroki, 25 pātengi raraunga (1 GB SSD), me nga kaute 25.

He rohe koreutu mo te tau tuatahi, a ka mahi i te tuatahi ki te "taumata 1."

Ko te "Taumata" kei te Taumata 1 e pa ana ki to rohe mahara mahara ki a PHP me to rokiroki RAM-e taea ai te maha o nga manuhiri to nohoanga i to waa.

Ko te Taumata 1 te tikanga o te 512 MB o te mahara ki a PHP me te 2.5 GB o te RAM, ka taea e te waa te hapai i te "tata ki te 100 manuhiri ia meneti."

He pai rawa atu mo nga kaiwhakamahi iti nei kei te pupuri noa i nga tuhinga / paetukutuku whaiaro, engari ma te tangata e hiahia ana kia maha atu nga manuhiri mo etahi take engari kaore e hiahia kia nui ake nga waahanga, ka kii atu ahau kia whakahou ake ki nga taumata teitei (ka taea e koe) haere atu ki te 5, he pai e pai ana).

Ko etahi atu mea, he rohe koreutu noa iho i te tau kaore he mea rereke, engari he iti noa te pukuriri - ko etahi atu kamupene manaaki kei roto he rohe koreutu ahakoa ko te tau tuatahi.

25 email accounts are quite a lot—it’s not uncommon to get only 1 or 5 for entry-level packages.

Pihi teitei o nga whiringa mo te manaaki tukutuku ka taea te rokiroki (250 GB me te 500 GB mo ia mahere e rua), he maha nga papaainga (100 me te 500), nga kaute imeera (100 me te 500), te nui ake o nga taumata mahi tuatahi (taumata 2 me te 3) , me te arotau mo te maha o nga paetukutuku (ki runga, ki te 5 me te 50).

Ko nga paetukutuku e hautū ana paetukutuku katoa ka whiwhi i tetahi tiwhikete SSL, he kaikohuru mo te $ 1 ki te marama marama engari ko te mea ka nui ake nga mea katoa.

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.

He waatea noa te rohe mo te tau tuatahi mo nga mahere e toru, ki taku whakaaro he painga engari kaore he take.

Ki taku whakaaro me kore e tiimata te rokiroki mai i te reanga tuarua ki runga, ana mena kaore, ko te iti rawa tuatoru.

He pai te nui o nga kaute īmera e whakaaetia ana engari ka teitei ake.

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.

Ko te wahanga tuarua ka piki ake ka whiwhi rokiroki koreutu, paetukutuku koreutu, putunga putunga mutunga, me nga putea kaute kore mutunga.

From that perspective, IONOS’s hautū tukutuku kua mau i te heke nui o te heke ki roto i te tari waahanga.

Kia maumahara ko nga utu o te taua-me te mea he iti rawa nga pene.

Ko tetahi amuamu whakamutunga mo te manaaki tukutuku: kaore i te whakauruhia te kaihanga paetukutuku.

Ko te nuinga o nga whariki manaaki tukutuku mai i etahi atu kamupene kei nga kaihanga o te papaanga, engari he mea nui atu.

Suppose you purchase IONOS’ cheap hosting and its paetukutuku kaihanga. 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.

Ko te taumata tuatahi o te manaaki i te WordPress, ko te $ 1 ia marama, he tino maakahu (25GB SSD rokiroki, 10 nga kaute imeera, me etahi atu). Engari mo etahi taangata, ka tika tena, me te utu nui.

Ko nga waahanga e rua e whai ake nei kei roto i nga waahanga noa ake o te Nga utu hautū WordPress engari he maha nga mea e patua ana e ratau ki te tari tohu, he mea tino whakamiharo.

Heoi, ko te manaaki mo te kapua me te manaaki manaaki he pai te whakaatu. Ko nga kaainga (i runga i nga penapena, RAM, me era atu) he pai te tiimata e te tier, kaore ano hoki nga utu e kino.

Ano, ko te kōwhiringa SSD hautū haamau he mahi tino pai.

Ka whai kupu atu ahau kapua e manaaki ana and dedicated hosting remain solid solutions feature-wise for IONOS. Nothing extraordinary, but just fine.

Ko te manaaki i te VPS he pono ake i te taha whaihua, a ki taku whakaaro tera pea ka nui ake nga rauemi kua tohaina ki nga taumata teitei, he uaua ki te amuamu.

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.

He uaua te kite i tetahi kamupene e whakarato ana i nga putea pai katoa.

Noho noa o Whakamahi

So we’ve now established that IONOS has pretty good pricing and a solid assortment of features and accommodations per hosting package.

He ngawari ki te whakamahi, ahakoa?

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.

Ki taku whakaaro ko te paari whakahaere te mea tino tika.

I haven’t talked about IONOS’s paetukutuku kaihanga because it’s separate from its hosting products, but the website builder is an example of  IONOS providing easy-to-use, intuitive software.

Ehara i te mea he rite ki te whakarite paetukutuku ki te manaaki paetukutuku, na, ko te mea ka nui rawa atu koe ki nga mea hangarau.

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.

Tautoko kiritaki

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.

Tuatahi ki runga: te kaha ki te hono tika atu ki nga māngai.

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.

Ehara tenei i te tohu nui ki a raatau.

Ahakoa ki taku whakaaro ka taea e taatau te whakamahi i te punaha tohu, me te / ranei ki te tuku korero whaihua, e tika ana he paerewa, ehara i te mutunga o te ao.

Heoi, kua tohaina e au etahi tikanga pouri.

Heoi, kua kitea e au he awhina mo ta ratou kaimahi tautoko. Ehara ratou i nga wheako pai rawa atu kua rongohia e au, engari he maha ake nga waa kaore i te awhina, a he rite tonu te whakautu.

Ko taku amuamu kei a raatau ka taea e te waa te kore korero.

Ma te hangarau e whai waatea ana a raatau kaimahi mo te whakapā atu ki te ipurangi, engari i nga wa katoa kua whakamatau ahau ki te tiki atu ki a raatau, kua whakahoutia taku whakamaarama me te whakahoki ano ki nga tuhinga whakamarama, kaua nga raarangi whakapiri / paatene

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.

Ahakoa, ko nga repo i runga i te tautoko waea ka pai noa iho, engari he tino pukumahi kei te ngana ki te tiki i te rep mo nga korero tuihono.

Secondly: on-site information. IONOS has a pokapū awhina (he turanga matauranga, e mohiotia ana i nga wa katoa).

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 hapori.

Akene he huihuinga. He ruarua nga huihuinga tino pakari me te ora me etahi atu kamupene manaaki. He wa ano, kei reira nga taonga pai, engari kaore e nui.

Ina hoki, ko te mea kei runga i te pokapū awhina au - ko taku whakaaro me tango noa e ratou nga tuhinga mai i o raatau wharangi Hapori me te whakanoho ki tetahi pokapū awhina awhina.

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.

I roto i taku wheako, kaore i te rereke mai i te whai korero pai mo te korerorero, engari ka taea pea e koe te whakamahi i te Kaitohutohu Whaiaro ki te tere haere i nga mea.

Ka mihi ahau ki a raatau mo te mahi i tetahi waahanga penei i tenei koreutu.

In all, IONOS has okay customer support.

He pai te aro atu ki a raatau kaimahi, he pai te ahuatanga a te kaitohutohu-a-tinana ano - engari ko te whaikorero ora te mea kaore he uaua, he uaua rawa ranei.

The online informational resources are helpful but should be expanded considerably, especially considering IONOS’ massive user base.

Do we recommend IONOS?

Inaianei, kia huihui katoa te katoa!

IONOS is a complex service, with quite a few flaws but plenty of positives to make up for them.

He pai rawa tana utu, te tuatahi.

The most expensive packages IONOS offers are on-par with all the rest of its competition and are usually about as well-featured.

IONOS tuku maha nga ahuatanga 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.

Waimarie, he tino totika nga mema o nga ratonga ratonga (mena ka taea e koe te kohi atu), a he tino pai te waahanga Kaitohutohu Whaiaro.

Te mea mutunga, he tino pai ki a au te waa me te waa whakautu ki a ratau — mo te utu, he tino rawe.

I would say that flaws aside, IONOS offers some of the mahi pai 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.