IONOS

IONOS, formerly 1&1 IONOS, is a major European web hosting provider owned by United Internet, serving over 8.5 million customers across 18 markets. The company operates its own high-performance data centers in the US and Europe with geo-redundant infrastructure. IONOS offers a full spectrum of hosting services including shared web hosting, WordPress hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, cloud hosting, and domain registration. What makes IONOS unique is that every plan, including the cheapest shared hosting, includes a dedicated personal consultant who serves as a single point of contact for all hosting-related questions and issues. Shared hosting plans include SSD storage, free domain, SSL certificate, daily backups, and a drag-and-drop website builder with AI design assistance. WordPress hosting provides managed WordPress with automatic updates, WP-CLI access, and pre-installed performance plugins. The IONOS cloud platform offers scalable virtual machines with per-minute billing, managed Kubernetes, and S3-compatible object storage. The platform includes a comprehensive email hosting service with custom domain email, calendar, and online office suite. IONOS provides an extensive domain service with over 700 TLD options and domain privacy protection. The hosting infrastructure uses georedundancy to automatically replicate data across multiple data centers for high availability, and all plans include DDoS protection.