AccuWeb Hosting vs IONOS
AccuWeb Hosting and IONOS compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. AccuWeb Hosting scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
7.6 out of 10
AccuWeb HostingWins overall
New Jersey host since 2003: guaranteed RAM and CPU on shared plans, eight locations, a $2.79 plan that renews at $2.79
7.1 out of 10
The former 1&1: unlimited sites and traffic from $8 a month at renewal, with a free domain and wildcard SSL
AccuWeb Hosting wins 5 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.6 vs 7.1).
How do the scores compare?
AccuWeb Hosting leads on 5 sub-scores, IONOS on 1. Higher is better.
| AccuWeb Hosting | IONOS | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 7.5 (better) | 6.5 |
| Uptime | 7.0 | 7.5 (better) |
| Support | 7.5 (better) | 6.5 |
| Features | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Value | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Ease of use | 7.5 (better) | 7.0 |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| AccuWeb Hosting | IONOS | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.6 (better) | 7.1 |
| Uptime (published)TechRadar 7 d vs Cybernews 14 d; methods differ | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Response time (published)TechRadar vs Cybernews; methods differ | 285 ms (better) | 1749 ms |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, AccuWeb Hosting is cheaper ($2.79/mo vs $14.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| AccuWeb Hosting | IONOS | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Bootstrap++ | Plus |
| Intro price | $2.79/mo | $1.00/mo (better) |
| Renewal price | $2.79/mo (better) | $14.00/mo |
| Required term | 36 months | 12 months (better) |
| Websites | 100 | unlimited |
| Storage | 25 GB | 350 GB |
| Money back | 30 days | 30 days |
What does each include?
| AccuWeb Hosting | IONOS | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | First year on an annual or longer term; the plan cards list .us, .com, .org, .co.uk, .in and .net, the comparison table .com, .net, .biz, .us and .org | One domain free for the first year on every plan: .us, .ca, .com, .net, .org, .info, .me, .biz or .online |
| Free SSL | Let's Encrypt on every plan; a premium SSL for the first year on Enterprise Pro++ annual terms | One DV wildcard certificate on Essential, Starter and Plus; unlimited wildcard certificates on Ultimate |
| Backups | Free daily backups; any day's copy restored on request | Daily backup of storage and databases with data recovery, every plan |
| Free migration | Listed on every plan | No |
| Free CDN | Premium++ and Enterprise Pro++, enabled on request for the main domain | Starter, Plus and Ultimate; not on Essential |
| Caching | LiteSpeed web server with built-in caching | Server compression and HTTP/2 listed; no caching layer named on the plan page |
| Staging | No | No |
| 150, 500 or 1,000 accounts with spam filtering; mailbox size 3, 5 or 10 GB | 1, 2, 4 or 5 accounts of 2 GB by plan, with forwarding, webmail and anti-spam | |
| Guaranteed resources | Dedicated RAM and vCPU printed per plan (1 GB and 1 vCPU up to 2 GB and 2 vCPU) with IOPS and inode limits | Not stated |
| Data center choice | Eight locations in the order form: Denver, Dallas, London, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney | No |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.9 percent a month in the terms, with credits of one, two or five days of service depending on the shortfall | 99.99% in the general terms, with a credit for the month proportional to the downtime, on request and at IONOS's discretion |
| PHP versions | PHP 8.1 to 8.4, switchable in cPanel | 8.4, 8.3 and 8.2, with paid extended support for 5.6 and later |
| Dedicated IP | With the premium SSL on Enterprise Pro++ annual terms, except Johannesburg | Not stated |
| Phone support | US and UK numbers, 24 hours Monday to Saturday per the contact page; chat and tickets around the clock | 24/7, with a personal consultant |
| SSH, SFTP, WP-CLI and Git | Not stated | Every plan, with 200 SFTP accounts, Perl and Python |
| Resource limits | Not stated | CPU priority 1x, 3x, 5x and 10x by plan; 262,144 inodes on every plan; cron jobs 10, 25, 50 and 100 |
| Websites and traffic | Not stated | Unlimited websites and unlimited traffic on every plan; 5,000 subdomains |
| Security | Not stated | Daily malware scanning (basic, or advanced with automatic removal on Ultimate), DDoS protection, geo-redundancy |
| Windows hosting | Not stated | No |
Company facts
| AccuWeb Hosting | IONOS | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | cPanel | IONOS's own control panel (no cPanel) |
| Data centers | 8 (better) | 2 |
| Support channels | chat, ticket, phone, knowledge-base | chat, phone, email, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 2003 | 2018 |