IONOS
EU verifiedLarge German hosting and cloud provider with a broad offering from web hosting to enterprise cloud.
IONOS is one of Europe's largest hosting providers and covers a broad spectrum from low-cost web hosting (from €1 per month) and domains to a scalable cloud platform and cloud VPS (from approx. $2 per month). Data centers and headquarters are located in Europe (including Frankfurt and Berlin) and are ISO/IEC 27001 certified; dedicated sovereign cloud offerings are also available for the public sector.
Note on ownership: Publicly listed German provider (IONOS SE, Montabaur). Data centers include Frankfurt and Berlin; according to research, parts of the infrastructure run in Equinix data centers. Dedicated sovereign cloud offerings are available for the public sector.
Strengths
- Very broad product portfolio, low-cost entry
- European data centers, ISO 27001-certified
- Sovereign offerings for the public sector
Weaknesses
- Product variety can feel confusing
- Parts of the infrastructure run in Equinix data centers
- Cloud platform is less developer-centric than Scaleway/Hetzner
Best for
- • SMEs that want hosting and cloud from a single source
- • Organizations that need sovereign offerings
Less suited for
- • Developers looking for a lean, API-first cloud
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