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IONOS Reviews & Product Details

IONOS Overview
What is IONOS?

For small to medium enterprises looking for web hosting options in the UK, IONOS offers great uptime, free SSL, and various hosting options at very affordable prices. It’s a popular managed WordPress hosting platform as well, ensuring that users don’t have to worry about managing the technical aspect of setting up their sites. Their plans and prices are designed for small to medium-sized enterprises and consistently get good reviews for their feature-rich website creation tools and great locally-based online support.

Company IONOS SE
Year founded 1988
Company size 1001-5000 employees
Headquarters Montabaur, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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IONOS Product Details
Capabilities
API
CLI
Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows, Mobile Android, Mobile iPhone, On-Premise Linux
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
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Languages English
IONOS Features
Backup and Restore
Bandwidth Allocation
CDN Integration
CMS Integration
Caching Options
Control Panel Integration
Cron Job Scheduling
Custom Error Pages
Customer Support
DNS Management
Data Center Locations
Database Support
Developer Tools
Domain Registration
E-commerce Capabilities
Email Hosting
FTP Access
Multi-domain Hosting
Resource Monitoring
SSH Access
SSL Certificates
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Security Features
Server Configuration Options
Site Migration Assistance
Staging Environment
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Subdomain Management
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Last updated: July 02, 2024
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131 IONOS Reviews
3.6 out of 5
Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 24, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
RF
Roberto F.
Software Engineer
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"Web hosting = ionos 1 & 1"
What do you like best about IONOS?

Ionos helps you learn about information technology that is easy to understand and use for everyone. Committed to delivering powerful, reliable and safe products. You can buy your domain and choose a suitable package for your company, I like it.

What do you dislike about IONOS?

In the billing part sometimes they charge for a product that you have decided not to restore.

What problems is IONOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

It allows us to grow and have a professional look online, I get my web sites and domains, for everything I need. Easy communication with customers and suppliers.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 04, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
DM
Daniel M.
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
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"Good initial deals, but expensive later on. support is excellent and worth paying for!"
What do you like best about IONOS?

The initial new customer deals are the best I've seen around, and there are many different hosting packages available to accommodate different needs. But, more than one domain requires a middle-sized package which can be expensive.

What do you dislike about IONOS?

The hosting packages are not cheap, and the renewal prices for domains are expensive too. Easier to just keep it in one place though than to let them expire then re-register

What problems is IONOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Blog hosting, domains, personal website hosting. All domains are in a single place, all hosting is available from the same dashboard.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 30, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
HH
Hadi H.
Cmo
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"A simple WYSWYG Website Creator and Editor Tool"
What do you like best about IONOS?

I like the simplicity of it plus how fast you can get a Website up and running through the many creative templates they've got!

What do you dislike about IONOS?

The HTML feature is really difficult to use and doesn't fully provide support.

What problems is IONOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

To launch a simple Website within hours without too much hassle nor issues.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 20, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
AK
Anthony K.
Founder
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"A Web Services Provider That Has Lots Of Offers!"
What do you like best about IONOS?

There are lots of discounts, seriously tons of them! We've got a domain and hosting for less than $12 a year! Comes with unlimited subdomains and emails and possibly more depends on your luck.

What do you dislike about IONOS?

Although we all the offers, the original prices are still higher than other companies. So be sure to look for discounts and offers, those are awesome and mind-blowing! And one important thing to know is that there are a lot of restrictions like files quota, you have 10GB quota and you have only used 2GB but it says you have reached a limit, files limit. My file limit is 262144 files, if you have more files for that, you will need to call them. Oh and they don't usually provide cPanel, and they charge a fee for cPanel.

What problems is IONOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

We needed a web hosting service and we are on a tight budget, that's when we found out an offer from 1&1. And we have gotten our domain and hosting for less than $12 a year! That's insane!

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 19, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
Amanda S. avatar
Amanda S.
Paid Search Specialists
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"Helpful Costumer Service, Affordable Domains"
What do you like best about IONOS?

The pricing was unbeatable when price shopping domains at a yearly rate. The rate hasn't gone up either which has been awesome.

What do you dislike about IONOS?

Sometimes the customer service takes a bit of time to get back to you, but once they do it's helpful.

What problems is IONOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I needed an affordable domain name and for the yearly price, this was unbeatable.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 22, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
Nicholas D. avatar
Nicholas D.
Founder, Creative Director
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"Solid Hosting Option"
What do you like best about IONOS?

I've been a 1&1 customer for 15 years and though I've grown into many contracts, they've allowed me to keep my legacy contract in place at the same pricing I started with. They offer many hosting options and are fairly easy to get setup with.

What do you dislike about IONOS?

The support has sometimes been hit or miss. Generally, things work as they should, but the support in the shared hosting tier is not always very helpful. Once you get into the VPS or Server support tier, their support has been excellent.

What problems is IONOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have several hosting packages and development environments through 1&1. They host our main company's website and have generally been a solid service for us.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 23, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
HP
Harpreet P.
Etrm Analyst
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"1and1 offers the latest web hosting tech that the bigger brand are missing - php7, ssd, http/2"
What do you like best about IONOS?

My 1and1 likes: Affordable web hosting - I only paid £0.99 per month PHP 7 - 7 is tested to be 3x faster than Php5 for wordpress :) SSD drives - meant to be faster than standard disks HTTP/2 - meant to be faster Offers Windows Servers

What do you dislike about IONOS?

My 1and1 dislike: I am missing the standard web hosting control panel: cPanel. 1and1 Custom Panel is not very good. lack of web support chat. most other web hosts do have live chat support.

What problems is IONOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

provides domains, email and web hosting services for my new web business. Plus extra search marketing and design options.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 29, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
Jean Gérard B. avatar
Jean Gérard B.
Web Developer
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"1&1 is great!"
What do you like best about IONOS?

I needed to setup a website quickly and I need a domain name. So I search the net to find some cheap domain name to buy. Usually I use Godaddy but I wanted to see what's out there. And my good search landed me to a 1&1 special that allows to buy .com domains for 1 dollar. Seriously, 1 dollar. I since bought a couple domain name from them.

What do you dislike about IONOS?

after having bought some domain name with them, I had to stop using their service because they started to limit the special offer by country. Since I'm outside the U.S. I then could not buy new domains at special prices.

What problems is IONOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I need to buy new domain names at cheap price I tried them for a while. I bought around 5-6 domains from them.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 21, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
GA
Graciela A.
Psicologa
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"Simple tool for domain register"
What do you like best about IONOS?

Very simple to use. You can pay with Paypal, and the offers are very good.

What do you dislike about IONOS?

The hosting plan is super expensive. Is not competitive at all. Besides, the platform is not intuitive. Cpanel is confusing.

What problems is IONOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Domain registration

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Mar 31, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
Alberto B. avatar
Alberto B.
Estudiante
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"It has its goods, its has its bads"
What do you like best about IONOS?

As a developer I would recommend 1&1 for two reasons. If you want to hire a domain for a webpage that you have recently started they are available for 0,99, which is a pretty good price. If you are familiarized with PHP enviroment of PHP development in webpages, it is also a really good place to host your webs. (most expensive plan includes SSL, for that price, it is worth it) If you have no idea to program and you want a webpage I have to say their web page creator tool does pretty well, I would definetely recommend it.

What do you dislike about IONOS?

I wouldn't really use it as a hosting service, I prefer others than 1&1. I don't really like their webpage, as it has too much information, and area it works with ID (ask for my email please, because I would basically I will go to my email, check it and then put it on your login information).

What problems is IONOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Not provided

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jul 22, 2015
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
JR
John R.
Senior Technical Trainer
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"Reliable self-service web hosting with a variety of packages"
What do you like best about IONOS?

I started using 1&1 in 2004 when they offered a free package through Wired magazine. I later converted this to a paid Professional subscription managed my domains and a simple website. The thing I quickly noticed about 1&1 is that they support a self-service model, which lets me manage my services through automated online tools without having to actually wait for a human to perform a task. This lets me get in, do the task, and then get out quickly.

What do you dislike about IONOS?

The configuration screens can be a little confusing and are regularly updated, but sometimes the help documentation can lag a bit the actual service. The documentation actually consists of many small articles rather than one large guide, so it can be a bit hard to find information at times. One thing that caught me was their "included domains". It turns out that I was given "5 included domains", but I was unable to delete one and then get another for free. So, read the terms & conditions carefully.

What problems is IONOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Not provided

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 24, 2013
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
WK
Winston K.
Ruby On Rails Web Developer
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"Reliable, great service, but short on customizability"
What do you like best about IONOS?

Very easy to set up an account and get started using email and web hosting plans. Prices are very reasonable.

What do you dislike about IONOS?

When I wanted to use more advanced, cutting edge technology they did not have such features available. I had to switch to Heroku to use Ruby on Rails. They were also short on customization features for the domain names - i.e. I couldn't create a wide variety of records to configure my hosting on one server and email and anti-spam keys on another. Their control panels are also confusing because they are arranged to sell you more services.

What problems is IONOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Not provided

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 23, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.0
LD
Lokesh D.
Engineer
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"Good for first year purchases."
What do you like best about IONOS?

IONOS is a pretty good domain registrar with the lowest prices compared to others. 99% Uptime with 30-day money-back guarantee, they even offer 1 dollar domains during special sale days.

What do you dislike about IONOS?

The support team is not good as expected, The renewal prices are too high with average user interface. The data centers are not widely spread. Most of the data centers are in UK and US only. They only accept credit cards.

What problems is IONOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Low-cost domains, easy and one-click auto-renewals. Great uptime and IONOS have pretty good security as well. Greater scalability and full-service customization.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 07, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.0
AW
Anna W.
Ingeniero De Software
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"Pretty neat web hosting"
What do you like best about IONOS?

It has an easy to use dashboard with many options, it's fast and realiable, you can pre-install many software in your server, it has multilanguage support, easy to do bussiness.

What do you dislike about IONOS?

It doesn't have many services like SaaS containers or new tech stack, website design creator it's ugly and doesn't provide a professional look.

What problems is IONOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Simple website hosting for my clients, it's cheap and fast.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 07, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
2.5
JN
Jim N.
Chief Administrator
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"Easy Domain Registration and Management"
What do you like best about IONOS?

I like to keep all of my domain registrations in one place. I started with 1&1 long ago, but after registering many domains through various different registrars, I have moved them all to my 1&1 account for easy management. Account tools provide for easy DNS and name server management. Pricing is affordable and auto-renewing domains keep it simple.

What do you dislike about IONOS?

As our hosting needs grew beyond our original shared hosting account, 1&1 no longer suited us well due to performance and pricing.

What problems is IONOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have solved DNS management issues for various domains using the simple 1&1 dashboard interface.

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