While many web hosting platforms come with a pricing structure that is difficult to understand, IONOS’ is straightforward. With a rate of just $1 per month, IONOS beats almost every web hosting service’s introductory price, which sets IONOS apart from other popular hosting providers. IONOS is a terrific web hosting service if you need to keep costs low.
IONOS Features
In addition to budget-friendly plan fees, IONOS offers fast loading times, unlimited traffic, website security best practices, easy app installation, generous storage, extensive customer support options, business email and marketing functionality.
RAM, Storage and Bandwidth Limits
IONOS’ Essential plan comes with up to 512MB RAM, a 384MB PHP memory limit, 10GB of storage, unlimited traffic and unlimited FTP accounts.
The IONOS Starter plan comes with up to 512GB RAM, a 384MB PHP memory limit, 100GB of storage, unlimited traffic and unlimited FTP accounts.
The IONOS Plus plan comes with up to 6GB RAM, and 768MB PHP memory limit, unlimited storage, unlimited traffic and unlimited FTP accounts.
The IONOS Ultimate plan comes with up to 19GB RAM, and 896MB PHP memory limit, unlimited storage, unlimited traffic and unlimited FTP accounts.
Ease of Use
IONOS makes creating and managing your website easy; you can launch a simple website with IONOS in mere minutes. IONOS has its own drag-and-drop website builder that comes with hundreds of customizable design templates. WordPress hosting plans are also available, which allow for more website customization options.
IONOS offers one-click installation for more than 70 popular third-party applications. While most users find the IONOS dashboard intuitive and user-friendly, tech-savvy users report facing challenges using the IONOS interface to tailor their websites via advanced customizations.
Each IONOS shared hosting plan comes with one free business email and up to 2GB of email storage. Frankly, the one email limit is a bit low for the advanced plans, but you can purchase additional emails for an add-on fee. Email forwarding, webmail 2.0, anti-phishing and anti-spam are included in all plans.
Marketing
IONOS offers a few marketing features with its plans. SiteAnalytics, Google Sitemaps and 10 to 100 mailing lists are included with each IONOS shared hosting plan.
User Dashboard/cPanel
IONOS has made several improvements to the user experience over the past few years. Those with modest technical skills typically find the IONOS user experience largely positive, while beginners may experience a steeper learning curve.
- More advanced users who are accustomed to working with cPanel—which IONOS does not have—sometimes report some confusion with IONOS’ proprietary tools.
Security
Every website hosting plan comes with a free SSL certificate with 256-bit encryption. IONOS server facilities are ISO 27001 certified, and geo-redundant hosting means that your data is mirrored in two data centres. Geo-redundancy ensures that a website remains live even if one server is down for maintenance or an unexpected outage. IONOS also includes malware and DDoS protection with its hosting services
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