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 nyika.

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.

Saka, iyi tani yakavanzika inoita sei?

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 yakagovana webhu nzira dzekutambira.

IONOS: Cons

Unogona kuziva kuti ndinoda kutanga nenhau dzakaipa kutanga. Pasina imwe ado…

One thing I have disliked with IONOS is a recent change they’ve made to their web hosting mapakeji.

Mitengo yacho yakafanana chaizvo, asi ivo zvino vane zvakakosha maficha pane rimwe piritsi kupfuura nakare kose.

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

Ivo vaingoita kunge vari nani, zvinove zvinoshungurudza zvishoma.

One other word on features: while everything is fine, IONOS doesn’t tie its Website muvaki kune yayo webhu inosarudza sarudzo.

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

Iwe unogona kubhadhara kuti uve newe webhusaiti webhusaiti, asi kana iwe uchinge uchidaro, ipapo mutengo wekutambira unowedzera kune 'zvakajairika' mutengo wemasaji ekubatisa webhu anosanganisira vavaki vatove.

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.

Chekupedzisira, yavo yevatengi sevhisi.

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.

Uyezve, ruzivo rwavo rwepanzvimbo ruri kushomeka.

Vanhu havazotadze kuwana mhinduro dzavanoda, asi zvinogona kunge zvichishungurudza kusvika kwavari.

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 sarudzo huru.

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 yekupinda-chikamu tier ichiri kuwana pekugara yakawandisa pane zvinodiwa zvakanyanya kune zvidiki nzvimbo, uye nemutengo mukuru.

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.

Uyezve, ayo gore uye yakatsaurwa yekutakura mapakeji ipa zvibvumirano zvakanaka zvakare.

Izvo hazvisi zvakasarudzika zvisingadhuri, asi ivo vachiri parutivi rwekudzikisa rutivi nehuwandu hwakanaka hwekugovera zviwanikwa.

Pamusoro pekuzorora kwekushandisa, ichokwadi hazvisi nhamba.

Nekudaro, ndichinetseka kuti ungadai uchidhonza vhudzi rako uchiedza kuti chero chinhu chiitike- zvakangooma hazvo, asi muchiita zvakanyanya.

Uye nepo zvigadzirwa zvavo zvekugamuchira zvichitowedzera kugumburisa, yavo Website muvaki iri nyore kushandisa seyakanakisa kwavari.

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

Chimiro chavo chechangobva kupa chekupa munhu wese sarudzo yega munhu wezvemahara yakasununguka yakasarudzika, uye inobatsira.

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

Kwete iyo yakanakisa, asi ichiri kumucheto wepamusoro. Nguva dzekupindura kwedu hadzisi idzo dzakanakisa, asi zvakare zviri nani kupfuura akawanda mashoma mamwe masaiti makuru ekubata atakashandisa.

All in all, IONOS really is offering a lot.

Iyo ichiri yakanyatsoratidzwa-inoratidzwa uye yeyakanaka zvinokwana mitengo.

Vanounza nguva yakanaka uye yakasimba yekupindura nguva pasina kubhadhara kutengwa, uye ndicho chikuru kukunda.

IONOS: Pricing

Iye zvino zvawanzwa zvese zvakanaka nezvakaipa zvikamu, ngatitarisei kune icho chekutanga kunetseka-muripo.

Zvinorehwa nenhamba zviri pachena zvinokanganiswa nezvinhu zvese nezvechigadzirwa, asi kutanga zvinhu kutanga…

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

Bhizinesi ndiyo yekutanga tier, uye inoenda $ 1 pamwedzi pagore rekutanga uye inokwira kumadhora masere pamwedzi wechipiri gore.

Pro ndeye $ 5 yegore rekutanga uyezve unowedzera kusvika pamadhora gumi.

Nyanzvi ndeye $ 9 yegore rekutanga uye ipapo inowedzera kusvika kumadhora gumi nemana.

Iyi mitengo iri nyore pakati pezvinodhura zvaunogona kuwana vakagovana webhu kutambira, kanokwana kekutanga kwetemu.

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 Hosting inotanga pamadhora gumi nemashanu pamwedzi neCloud Hosting M. Cloud Hosting L ndiyo yechipiri chirongwa uye inoenda $ 15 pamwedzi. Mutatu wechitatu, Cloud Hosting XL, iri madhora makumi matatu nemashanu pamadhora uye chechina iro Cloud Clouding XXL pamadhora makumi matanhatu nemashanu pamwedzi.

Cloud hosting haina kunyatsodhura asi haina kudhura chero-iri pakati nepakati kana gore rekutambira rikaenda. Pane zvingashura zvinodhura, asi izvi zvichiri mune yakajairika huwandu.

Uye sekukurukurwa, kwakagoverwa webhu kugamuchira zvirokwazvo iri padivi rakachipa.

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.

Kuzvitsaurira kugovera neHDD kunotanga pamadhora makumi mashanu pamwedzi kwemwedzi mitatu yekutanga, uyezve mutengo unowedzera kusvika pamadhora makumi manomwe pamwedzi.

Izvi zvinopfuurira kusvika pamadhora makumi matanhatu pamwedzi pamari yechipiri, uyezve madhora makumi mapfumbamwe, uye pakupedzisira $ zana nemakumi matatu (ese kwemwedzi mitatu yekutanga, aine $ 60 mutengo inosvetuka mushure maizvozvo).

Kuzvitsaurira kugovera neSSD kunotanga nemadhora makumi mashanu nemashanu pamwedzi, kwozoita madhora makumi manomwe, zvobva zvasvika pamadhora zana nemakumi mapfumbamwe, uye pakupedzisira madhora zana nemakumi mashanu (ese aya mutengo wematehwe emwedzi mitatu yekutanga, izvo zvichawedzera $ 55 mushure menguva yekutanga).

All things considered, IONOS makes its SSD sarudzo 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 kubata is exceptionally cheap—three plans go from $5 to $30 for the first 12 months.

Sarudzo yechina inoita kuti ubhadhare $ 1 pamwedzi kwemwedzi mitanhatu yekutanga. Inosvetukira kusvika kumadhora makumi matatu pamwedzi nekuti "yakawedzera-yakakura," asi iyo ichiri chirongwa chakachipa cheVPS yekutambira.

Pakupedzisira, WordPress hosting inotanga pamadhora 1 pamwedzi (isati yawedzera kusvika kumadhora mapfumbamwe), wozoenda kumadhora mashanu pamwedzi, uye pakupedzisira, yechitatu tiger ndeye $ 9 pamwedzi.

Izvi ndezvimwe zve akanakisa WordPress anotengesa mitengo Ini ndakamboona-tasvika kumahunhu munguva pfupi, asi izvi zvinongoorora.

Saka ndizvo!

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

Ivo vakachengeta zvinhu mukati meiyo yakadzika kusvika yepakati mutengo renji (kunyanya yekugovana webhu kugashira webhusaiti, uye WordPress kutambira, iri pakati pezvinodhura zvakanyanya sarudzo imomo).

IONOS: Features

Nevhareji yekudzikisa mitengo, zviri nyore kuve nehanya nezvinhu.

Isu tinowanzotarisira kuti mutengo wakaderera unoreva wakaderedzwa maficha, kana kuderedzwa kwekuita, kana chimwe chinhu chechimiro.

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?

Yakagoverwa webhu kutambira inoshamisira yakaratidzirwa zvinoshamisa kuti inotanga nedhora pamwedzi.

The yekutanga tier yakanakira saiti imwe chete, asi inouya ne100GB yekuchengetedza, makumi maviri neshanu (25 GB SSD), uye makumi maviri nemashanu maakaunti.

Pane yemahara domain yegore rekutanga, uye kutanga kuita pa "nhanho 1."

Iyo "Level" mu Level 1 inoreva kune yako PHP memory kumuyero uye yako RAM chengetedzo-iyo inobvumira kuti vangani vashanyi saiti yako inogona kugamuchira panguva yakapihwa.

Level 1 inonyatsoreva 512 MB yePP memory uye 2.5 GB ye RAM, iyo pamwe chete inogona kubata "vangangosvika zana vashanyi paminiti."

Izvo zvakanakira vashoma vashoma avo vari kungo chengetera mablog / masaiti, asi kune chero munhu anotarisira kubata vatashanyi vakawanda nekuda kwechikonzero asi asingade kuwedzera kwakakura kwezvinhu, ini ndinokurudzira kukwidziridzira kumazinga akakwira (iwe unogona kwira kusvika mashanu, ayo anofanira kunge ari akanaka).

Kana zviri zvimwe zvinhu, free domain inongogara gore isinga tsarudzike, asi zvichitsamwisa zvishoma - mamwe mamwe makambani anotambira anosanganisira free domain kunyange mushure megore rekutanga.

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

Yakakwirira matoyi yewebhu webing sarudzo inobvumira kuchengetedza kwakanyanya kuwedzera (250 GB uye 500 GB zvakateedzana kune ekupedzisira zvirongwa zviviri), akawanda dhatabheti (100 uye 500), email maakaunzi (100 uye 500), yakakwirira ekutanga mashanho ekushanda (mazinga 2 ne3) , uye yakagadzirirwa huwandu hukuru hwemawebhusaiti (kusvika ku5 uye anosvika makumi mashanu).

Esewewe webhusaiti ekutakura mapakeji zvakare anowana SSL chitupa, iyo inouraya kune imwe $ 1 pamwedzi sarudzo asi inotarisirwa kune zvese zvakakwira.

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.

Iyo dhaireti ndeyemahara chete kwegore rekutanga kune ese matatu marongwa, ayo andinofunga haana kunaka asi asina musoro.

Ini ndinofunga kunge isina muganho kuchengetedza kunofanirwa kuve kuripo kubva kwechipiri tier kumusoro, uye kana zvisiri, ipapo kanenge kechitatu.

Iyo huwandu hwemaakaiti emaimeri yakavimbika asi inogona kuve yakakwira.

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.

Iyo yechipiri tier kumusoro inowana kuchengetedza isina kuganhurwa, mawebhusa asina kuenzana, dhairekitori risingaperi, uye maakaundi eemail asina kuenzana.

From that perspective, IONOS’s web Hosting yakanyatsoita kuderera kwakakosha kudhindwa mudhipatimendi rehurongwa.

Ramba uchifunga kuti mitengo yaive yakafanana-chaiko masenti mashoma akadhura.

Imwe yekupedzisira kunyunyuta nezve webhu yekutambira: muvaki webhusaiti haisanganiswi.

Mazhinji mawebhu anotambira mapakeji kubva kune mamwe makambani anosanganisira vavaki vesaiti, asi ivo vari kudhura zvakanyanya.

Suppose you purchase IONOS’ cheap hosting and its Website muvaki. 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.

WordPress inobata yekutanga tier, iri $ 1 pamwedzi, inobvumidzwa yakanyanya kunaka nheyo (25GB SSD chengetedzo, gumi email maakaunzi, nezvimwewo). Asi kune vamwe vanhu, zvichave zvakanaka, uye mutengo wakashata.

Iwo anotevera maviri matikiti ari mune akajairika huwandu hwe WordPress inobata mitengo asi ivo havabayiri zvakawanda mudhipatimendi rezvinhu, izvo zvinoyevedza.

Zvisinei, gore rekutamba uye rakazvitsaurira rine mbiri dzakanyatsoratidzwa. Nzvimbo dzekugara (maererano neshoko rekuchengetedza, RAM, nezvimwewo) zvine hungwaru nemubati, uye mitengo haina kuipa zvachose.

Once again, the yakatsaurwa yekutambira's SSD sarudzo chibvumirano chakanaka.

Ndingadaro cloud hosting and dedicated hosting remain solid solutions feature-wise for IONOS. Nothing extraordinary, but just fine.

VPS yekutambira zvirokwazvo iri parutivi rwakanyanya kudhura, uye ini ndichifunga kuti pangave nezvimwe zviwanikwa zvakagoverwa kune avo vakakwira matengo, mitengo yacho zvinoita kuti zvitiomere kunyunyuta.

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.

Zvakaoma kuwana kambani inopa akawanda akanaka mareti.

Kudekara Use

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

Zviri nyore kushandisa, asi?

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.

Ini ndinofunga kuti iro control panel rinowana zvinhu zvakanaka chaizvo.

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

Kubata hakufanani nekugadzirisa webhusaiti, hongu, saka iwe unenge uchinyanya kubata nezvakawanda zvehunyanzvi zvinhu.

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.

Kutanga kumusoro: kugona kubata vamiririri zvakananga.

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.

Ichi hachisi chiratidzo chikuru chinopesana navo.

Nepo ndichifunga kuti ivo vanokwanisa kutenga cheti ticketing system uye / kana kuita rinowanikwa rarama chat, iro rakaringana tsika, hachisi kuguma kwenyika.

Nekudaro, zvakandipa kushushikana.

Zvisinei, ndakawana vashandi vavo vekutsigira vatengi vachibatsira. Hazvisi izvo zvakanakisa zviitiko zvandakambova nazvo, asi ivo kazhinji kazhinji pane kusabatsira, uye kazhinji vanoteerera.

Nyunyuto yandinayo ndeyekuti dzimwe nguva vanogona kusakwanisika.

Nehunyanzvi vane vashandi vanowanikwa kuti vabatane neInternet, asi pese pandinoyedza kusvika kwavari, ndakafambiswa zvisingaperi uye ndinopihwa zvinyorwa zvinotsanangurwa, kwete mapeji ekubata / mabhatani.

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.

Either way, reps parunhare rutsigiro inoshanda yakangonaka, asi zvinoshungurudza kwazvo kuyedza kuwana rep rep yekutaura online.

Secondly: on-site information. IONOS has a nzvimbo yekubatsira (chigadziko cheruzivo, sezvachinozivikanwa kazhinji).

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.

Chaizvoizvo ndeye foramu. Kune akatiwandei maforamu akawanda akasimba uye ari mupenyu nemamwe makambani anotambira. Zvekare zvakare, yakanaka midziyo iripo, asi haina kukwana.

Muchokwadi, zvinoita sezviri parutivi rwebatsiro kwandiri - Ini ndinofunga vanofunga kuti vangangotora zvinyorwa kubva kuPeji peji vonoisa munzvimbo yakakura yekubatsira.

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.

Mune ruzivo rwangu, haina kusiyana zvakanyanya nekuve nekukurukurirana kwakanaka kurarama, asi iwe unogona zvakadaro kushandisa wega WeMazano kuti ukurumidze zvinhu nekukasira.

Ndinovarumbidza nekugadzira chimiro chakadai seyakasununguka.

In all, IONOS has okay customer support.

Vashandi vavo vanobatsira uye vanoteerera, uye iwo wega wezano mupi wacho akanaka-asi kutaura kwepamoyo kungave kusipo kana kwakaomarara kusvika.

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

Do we recommend IONOS?

Zvino ngatiisei zvinhu zvese pamwechete!

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

Mitengo yaro yakanaka, kutanga kune zvese.

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 zvakawanda zvezvinhu 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.

Sezvineiwo, vamiririri vebasa revashandi vavo vakasimba kwazvo (kana iwe uchigona kuvabata), uye chimiro cheMunhu Anobatsira chakanakisa.

Chekupedzisira, ndakave nenguva yakanaka yekukwana uye nguva yekupindura navo-pamutengo, zvinoshamisa.

I would say that flaws aside, IONOS offers some of the best deals 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.