IONOS VPS alternatives
Every VPS and cloud provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers IONOS VPS's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from IONOS VPS's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.
- Oracle CloudKind of free offer: Always free vs No free offer · Docker deployment: Supported vs Limited
- DigitalOceanKind of free offer: Free tier vs No free offer · Docker deployment: Supported vs Limited
- HetznerEntry paid plan: €5.99/month for the CX23 (2 vCPU, 4 GB, 40 GB NVMe), including a primary IPv4 address, or…
- netcupEntry paid plan: €2.21/month for VPS pico G11.5s (1 vCore, 1 GB RAM, 30 GB SSD, IPv4 + IPv6), on a 12-mont…
- Alibaba CloudKind of free offer: Free credit vs No free offer · Docker deployment: Supported vs Limited
- OVHcloudEntry paid plan: $5.35/month for VPS-1 (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe) with no commitment, excluding tax, o…
- LeasewebContainers: Supported vs Limited
- KamateraKind of free offer: Free trial vs No free offer
- ContaboEntry paid plan: €5.50/month for Cloud VPS 4 (4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD) on a one-month term, with no s…
- CivoKind of free offer: Free credit vs No free offer
- Linode (Akamai Cloud)Kind of free offer: Free credit vs No free offer · Containers: Supported vs Limited
- VultrContainers: Supported vs Limited
- UpCloudKind of free offer: Free trial vs No free offer · Containers: Supported vs Limited
- Hostinger VPSDocker deployment: Supported vs Limited · Containers: Supported vs Limited
- RackNerdEntry paid plan: $17.99/month for the 1 GB KVM plan (2 vCore, 50 GB SSD), the cheapest plan billed monthly…
Where IONOS VPS stands against these 15
IONOS VPS's own sourced figures, placed among the alternatives above that document the same thing in the same unit. A rank here is one criterion, not a verdict; the iScore above weighs all of them.
- Free tier
- No. 2 of the 10 alternatives that document it have one: DigitalOcean, Oracle Cloud.
- Entry paid plan
- $6/month for VPS S+ (1 vCore, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe), the regular price the plan card shows struck through11th cheapest of the 15 that document it. Cheapest: Vultr — $2.50/month for vc2-1c-0.5gb-v6: 1 vCPU, 512 MB memory, 10 GB SSD, 512 GB bandwidth, IPv6 only — and…
- Storage (entry plan)
- 60 GB NVMe on VPS S+, the cheapest VPS+ plan3rd highest of the 15 that document it. Highest: Contabo — 100 GB SSD on Cloud VPS 4, the smallest plan in the Core VPS line; a paid Storage Extension doubles it.
- 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…6th highest of the 15 that document it. Highest: Contabo — 8 GB RAM on Cloud VPS 4, the smallest plan in the Core VPS line.
- Uptime SLA
- 99.99% uptime guarantee in the IONOS Inc. General Terms: if availability falls below it, the customer can…Joint 2nd highest of the 11 that document it. Highest: RackNerd — 99.999% for network transit and for electricity, measured monthly.
A rank whose 80% interval overlaps its neighbour's is an ordering, not a finding; the intervals are on each provider's page and in /scores.json.