IONOS

IONOS offers website-hosting packages and server products, while IONOS Cloud provides a broader infrastructure catalogue. These services share a brand but differ in deployment methods, billing and management responsibility. Selecting a web-hosting plan is not the same as provisioning infrastructure through the cloud platform.

Key features

• Web hosting. Packaged hosting supports websites and PHP-based applications within plan limits.
• WordPress. WordPress-focused hosting is listed separately in the catalogue.
• Servers and cloud. VPS, dedicated resources and IONOS Cloud compute are available for infrastructure workloads.
• Regional infrastructure. Official cloud documentation describes data-centre choices; availability is product-specific.

Who it is for

Small businesses that need website services and technical teams evaluating virtual servers or cloud infrastructure. Larger application projects should compare the cloud product documentation rather than rely on a web-hosting feature list.

Pricing at a glance

Web hosting uses subscription plans and can include promotional first terms. Cloud infrastructure has separate prices and usage units. This profile avoids combining these into one starting price because the product, location and contract determine the bill.

Pricing model checked on 15 October 2026; confirm current terms on the official product page. No currency conversion or fixed price estimate is used in this profile.

Things to consider

• IONOS Cloud and packaged web hosting have different operational and pricing models.
• Check which data centre and features apply to the selected product.
• Review renewal rates, domain inclusions and paid additions before committing.

Before moving a production workload, record its runtime versions, storage needs, database size and external services. Decide who will own updates and incident response. A small pilot is a better way to establish compatibility than relying on a headline feature list; include a restore exercise and check that the team can retrieve its data independently.

Getting started

1. Read the official documentation and plan information, then write down the features and costs your project needs.
2. Choose a small test environment that matches the application’s runtime and persistent-data requirements.
3. Configure restricted access, domain settings and certificates; keep secrets out of source repositories.
4. Test deployment, backups and restoration with representative data before changing production DNS.
5. Review usage and recurring charges after the pilot, and document a migration or cancellation path.