# IONOS VPS

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/hosting/ionos-vps/

IONOS's VPS product (VPS+): Linux and Windows virtual servers with root access on a 1-year term, with unlimited traffic and add-on block storage, private networks and extra VMs.

## Who it suits

Unmetered traffic with 24/7 phone, chat and email support included: VPS S+ is 1 vCore, 2 GB RAM and 60 GB NVMe at a $6 regular monthly price, with data centres in the US, UK, Germany and Spain and ISO 27001 certification.

Consider something else if You want the advertised price or monthly terms: the $2 headline lasts 3 months of a 1-year term and the page never states what it renews at; backups are a paid add-on; disks are not stated to be encrypted; and IONOS names countries, not cities, for its data centres.

## iScore

55 / 100 (80% interval 48–63), rank 14 of 16 in hosting — interval overlaps the next rank, so this is an ordering, not a finding.

inetGeek's own reading, computed from sourced facts against category peers by disclosed rules. Not a provider claim. Intervals are 80%; a provider with few documented facts is pulled toward the category middle rather than scored on what little is known.
Method: https://inetgeek.com/iscore/. Full output with every criterion's basis: https://inetgeek.com/scores.json. Every hosting peer ranked: https://inetgeek.com/hosting/ionos-vps/alternatives/

- Price: 26 (9–44), weight 29%, 3 of 5 criteria scored; scored for peers, not here — undocumented or stated without a number or a yes/limited/no: egress_overage_price, free_card_required
- Capacity and limits: 59 (47–71), weight 29%, 2 of 6 criteria scored; scored for peers, not here — undocumented or stated without a number or a yes/limited/no: backup_retention, bandwidth_included, file_count_limit, regions
- Capabilities: 77 (70–83), weight 10%, 3 of 11 criteria scored; scored for peers, not here — undocumented or stated without a number or a yes/limited/no: autoscaling, connection_pooling, edge_network, git_deploy, managed_databases, persistent_processes, scale_to_zero, scheduled_jobs
- Trust and compliance: 76 (68–85), weight 14%, 7 of 13 criteria scored; scored for peers, not here — undocumented or stated without a number or a yes/limited/no: customer_managed_keys, gdpr_data_residency, hipaa_eligible, pci_dss, soc2, support_response_time
- Evidence: 81 (81–81), weight 10%, 4 of 4 criteria scored
- Adoption: 51 (9–94), weight 10%, 0 of 2 criteria scored

## What the documentation says

### Pricing

- Free tier: No — The 'Free VPS Trial' is a paid VPS with a 30-day money-back guarantee, not a free plan. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/free-vps), read 2026-09-25)
- Kind of free offer: No free offer ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/free-vps), read 2026-09-25)
- Entry paid plan: $6/month for VPS S+ (1 vCore, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe), the regular price the plan card shows struck through. The advertised $2/month applies for the first 3 months of a 1-year term; the page does not state a renewal price in words. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps), read 2026-09-25)
- Pricing model: Monthly price on a 1-year term, with an introductory rate for the first 3 months (VPS S+: $2/month, regular $6) and no setup fees. Additional VMs are added on demand and paid for as used, with no upfront cost or commitment. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps), read 2026-09-25)
- Egress over allowance: No per-GB overage price: traffic is sold as unlimited with no extra charges, however much it grows. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps), read 2026-09-25)
- When you exceed a cap: No overage: traffic is unlimited with no extra charges, and the limit is the 1 Gbps connection. The VPS page states no throttling or fair-use rule for VPS traffic. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps), read 2026-09-25)

### Limits

- Storage (entry plan): 60 GB NVMe on VPS S+, the cheapest VPS+ plan. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps), read 2026-09-25)
- Memory (entry plan): 2 GB RAM on VPS S+, the cheapest VPS+ plan ($6/month regular, $2/month for the first 3 months of a 1-year term). ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps), read 2026-09-25)
- Included bandwidth: Unlimited traffic on every VPS+ plan, over a connection of up to 1 Gbps, with no extra charges for volume. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps), read 2026-09-25)

### Deployment

- Docker deployment: Limited ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps), read 2026-09-25)
- Containers: Limited ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps), read 2026-09-25)

### Infrastructure

- Persistent storage: Supported ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps), read 2026-09-25)
- Regions: Data centres in four countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain. The VPS page names countries, not cities, so the number of sites is not stated. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps), read 2026-09-25)
- Uptime SLA: 99.99% uptime guarantee in the IONOS Inc. General Terms: if availability falls below it, the customer can request a credit toward future services proportional to the downtime, at IONOS's discretion. Scheduled maintenance is excluded, and the clause is worded for IONOS hosted web pages. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/terms-gtc/general-terms-and-conditions/), read 2026-09-25)

### Data

- Backup retention: No backups included. The optional Cloud Backup package (from $0.065/GB/month on the VPS page) lets the customer set the retention period in the backup schedule; IONOS states no default or maximum. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/help/server-cloud-infrastructure/cloud-backup/important-backup-package-information/), read 2026-09-25)

### Support

- Support on entry paid plan: Free 24/7 expert support by phone, chat or email, included with the VPS. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps), read 2026-09-25)

### Compliance

- ISO 27001: ISO 27001 certified, listed among the VPS+ security features; IONOS says it is independently audited. The page does not name the certified entity or scope. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps), read 2026-09-25)
- Encryption at rest: Only for backups: the optional Cloud Backup package can encrypt backups with AES-128, 192 or 256. IONOS does not state that VPS disks are encrypted at rest. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/help/server-cloud-infrastructure/cloud-backup/important-backup-package-information/), read 2026-09-25)
- Role-based access control: Cloud Panel roles, valid for VPS+: users are assigned roles that set which areas and actions they can view or execute; new roles start read-only and permissions are added per group (display, create, delete, assign, manage) or individually. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/help/server-cloud-infrastructure/cloud-panel-management/overview-roles/), read 2026-09-25)
- Private networking / VPC: Private networks let VPS+ servers talk to each other without touching the public internet. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps), read 2026-09-25)
- Dedicated infrastructure: Not on the VPS line: IONOS describes a VPS as physical hardware split into separate systems shared by several users, with the server's CPU, RAM and memory divided. Dedicated servers are a separate IONOS product. ([source](https://www.ionos.com/servers/vps), read 2026-09-25)