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  "@type": "Dataset",
  "name": "IONOS hosting test results",
  "description": "Uptime, response time, load test and support results for IONOS: HostIdea's own monitoring windows under tests[], and published third-party measurements under thirdParty[], each attributed to its source.",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "creator": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "HostIdea",
    "url": "https://hostidea.com"
  },
  "measurementTechnique": "https://hostidea.com/methodology",
  "url": "https://hostidea.com/reviews/ionos",
  "dateModified": "2026-10-14",
  "host": {
    "id": "ionos",
    "name": "IONOS",
    "website": "https://www.ionos.com/"
  },
  "overallScore": 7.1,
  "scores": {
    "performance": 6.5,
    "uptime": 7.5,
    "support": 6.5,
    "features": 7.5,
    "value": 7.5,
    "easeOfUse": 7
  },
  "scoresUpdated": "2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z",
  "pricing": {
    "lastVerified": "2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z",
    "source": "https://www.ionos.com/hosting/web-hosting"
  },
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    {
      "id": "essential",
      "name": "Essential",
      "type": "shared",
      "intro": {
        "amount": 4,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "renewal": {
        "amount": 8,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "term": "annual",
      "termMonths": 12,
      "websites": "unlimited",
      "storageGb": 100,
      "bandwidth": "unmetered",
      "freeDomain": true,
      "freeSsl": true,
      "backups": "Daily backup of storage and databases, with data recovery",
      "moneyBackDays": 30,
      "highlights": [
        "Basic CPU priority (1x), performance level 2",
        "10 MariaDB databases of 2 GB",
        "No CDN on this plan",
        "1 wildcard SSL certificate"
      ],
      "mailboxes": "1, 2 GB",
      "terms": [
        {
          "months": 12,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 4,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 8,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "total": 48
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "starter",
      "name": "Starter",
      "type": "shared",
      "intro": {
        "amount": 6,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "renewal": {
        "amount": 10,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "term": "annual",
      "termMonths": 12,
      "websites": "unlimited",
      "storageGb": 200,
      "bandwidth": "unmetered",
      "freeDomain": true,
      "freeSsl": true,
      "backups": "Daily backup of storage and databases, with data recovery",
      "moneyBackDays": 30,
      "highlights": [
        "Enhanced CPU priority (3x), performance level 3",
        "100 MariaDB databases of 2 GB",
        "CDN included",
        "1 wildcard SSL certificate"
      ],
      "mailboxes": "2, 2 GB each",
      "terms": [
        {
          "months": 12,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 6,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 10,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "total": 72
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "plus",
      "name": "Plus",
      "type": "shared",
      "intro": {
        "amount": 1,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "renewal": {
        "amount": 14,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "term": "annual",
      "termMonths": 12,
      "websites": "unlimited",
      "storageGb": 350,
      "bandwidth": "unmetered",
      "freeDomain": true,
      "freeSsl": true,
      "backups": "Daily backup of storage and databases, with data recovery",
      "moneyBackDays": 30,
      "highlights": [
        "High CPU priority (5x), performance level 4",
        "250 MariaDB databases of 2 GB",
        "CDN included",
        "Sold as the bestselling plan at $1 a month for the first 12 months"
      ],
      "mailboxes": "4, 2 GB each",
      "terms": [
        {
          "months": 12,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 1,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 14,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "total": 12
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ultimate",
      "name": "Ultimate",
      "type": "shared",
      "intro": {
        "amount": 10,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "renewal": {
        "amount": 18,
        "currency": "USD"
      },
      "term": "annual",
      "termMonths": 12,
      "websites": "unlimited",
      "storageGb": 500,
      "bandwidth": "unmetered",
      "freeDomain": true,
      "freeSsl": true,
      "backups": "Daily backup of storage and databases, with data recovery",
      "moneyBackDays": 30,
      "highlights": [
        "Maximum CPU priority (10x), performance level 5",
        "500 MariaDB databases of 2 GB",
        "CDN, unlimited wildcard SSL certificates",
        "Advanced malware scanning with automatic removal"
      ],
      "mailboxes": "5, 2 GB each",
      "terms": [
        {
          "months": 12,
          "intro": {
            "amount": 10,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "renewal": {
            "amount": 18,
            "currency": "USD"
          },
          "total": 120
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tests": [],
  "thirdParty": [
    {
      "publication": "Cybernews",
      "author": "Meda Arce",
      "url": "https://cybernews.com/best-web-hosting/ionos-review/",
      "title": "Cybernews, IONOS review",
      "kind": "independent",
      "updated": "2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z",
      "accessed": "2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z",
      "plan": "Plus",
      "uptime": [
        {
          "pct": 100,
          "windowDays": 14,
          "window": "two weeks of monitoring",
          "outages": 0
        }
      ],
      "responseMs": 1749,
      "responseNote": "average server response in the latest two-week window; the previous Cybernews round measured 181.48 ms",
      "loadTest": {
        "concurrentUsers": 50,
        "p95Ms": 5000,
        "tool": "k6"
      },
      "lcpMs": 6327,
      "notes": "The page says the k6 runs at 30 and 50 virtual users both produced severe slowdowns, a P95 around 5,000 ms and thousands of HTTP errors; the error rate is not stated as a percentage. LCP measured from a Virginia, US test location. Uptime tool not named (Grafana, webpagetest.org and k6 are listed for the round). The author says another round is planned."
    },
    {
      "publication": "HostScore",
      "url": "https://hostscore.net/review/ionos/",
      "title": "HostScore, IONOS review",
      "kind": "aggregate",
      "updated": "2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z",
      "accessed": "2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z",
      "uptime": [],
      "notes": "Overall HostScore 71.3 percent. Describes reliable uptime and basic speed features without publishing intervals, a numeric uptime or response figure. User submissions on the page: 7 positive, 21 negative."
    }
  ],
  "supportTests": [],
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z",
      "change": "First version built from verified sources: the web hosting page (four plans with the 12-month term's price, the regular price and the price after the first year, read from the page's own pricing data; the feature table), the 30-day money-back terms, the general terms and conditions (one-month default term, extended-term packages, the 99.99 percent uptime credit, cancellation with 30 days' notice), the about page (1&1 since 1988, IONOS since 2018, IONOS Group SE listed in 2023, Philadelphia address, 31 data centers) and the October 2023 newsroom release on the Lenexa, Kansas data center. The page's monthly-billing toggle showed the same figures as the annual one in our capture, so only the 12-month term is stored. Published measurements: Cybernews (March 2026) stored in thirdParty[]; HostScore kept as an aggregate; no WPBeginner, HostingStep or Kripesh Adwani review of IONOS was found. No HostIdea monitoring window is open, so the scores are provisional: performance follows Cybernews's slow latest round against its earlier fast one, uptime the 100 percent two-week window and the 99.99 percent guarantee, support the channels against mixed public feedback, features the inclusions against the small mailboxes and the missing migration, value the $8 renewal for unlimited sites.",
      "source": "https://www.ionos.com/hosting/web-hosting"
    }
  ]
}