After 18 years on a legacy IONOS shared plan, successive price hikes pushed their bill to about $30 a month, and they say they are overpaying for resources a static site never uses and keep getting pushed into Premium tiers.
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A score out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews, so a handful of glowing reviews can’t beat a product many people like.
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Customers' experiences split sharply.
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After 21 years with IONOS their essentials package jumped about 45 percent to $35 CAD a month. The loyalty department would not adjust the price, so they moved to HostPapa.
They had been with IONOS for years with no big problems on basic hosting at just over ten dollars a month. A rate increase notice said it would go to $18 a month, which made them consider leaving.
They have been a customer for years and say prices go up and IONOS pushes extra features. They praise tech support for answering the phone and helping fix issues they caused, and persistence can get price adjustments.
After 15 years with IONOS they got the price increase email and decided to leave, moving to SiteGround.
They have been a customer since 2003 (back when it was 1and1) and now mostly use it for domain email. Their price rose to $22 and they say increases keep coming, so they plan to leave.
Common questions about IONOS Web Hosting
What do customers say about IONOS Web Hosting?
Customers' experiences split sharply. Several long-time users find it dependable and keep it for years, while a larger group reports poor support, billing errors or charges they never ordered, and some outages. Those who stay tend to be happy; those who hit billing problems struggle to resolve them.
Is IONOS Web Hosting worth it?
Of the 70 reviews with a clear verdict, 11% are positive, 19% mixed and 70% negative. The praise mentioned most is helpful support. The most common complaint is poor support.
What do people like about IONOS Web Hosting?
The praise reviewers mention most: helpful support (6 reviews), reliable (5 reviews) and great value (3 reviews). For example: IONOS hosting for a genealogy site has the best prices, built-in redundancy and responds well to problems.
What are the most common complaints about IONOS Web Hosting?
The complaints reviewers mention most: poor support (20 reviews), surprise bill (16 reviews) and hidden fees (7 reviews). For example: Invoiced 19 times in a month, billed for web hosting they never ordered, and unable to cancel or remove their card.
What does the signal score of 54 mean?
It's how well reviewed IONOS Web Hosting is, out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews: a service needs plenty of them, compared with the most-reviewed services here, to reach the high 80s and 90s. It's worked out from reviews only, needs at least 5 of them, and updates as new ones come in.
What are the specs of IONOS Web Hosting?
Category: Shared hosting.
Where do these IONOS Web Hosting reviews come from?
95 are quotes from Reddit, each linked to the original. Customer reviews are checked for spam before they appear. Every review, written here or quoted, is read as positive, mixed or negative.