Akamai Cloud vs IONOS
IONOS comes out ahead of Akamai Cloud on 7 of the 7 things that decide this, going by what each company publishes and what independent review sites report. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
IONOS takes it, 7–0 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, IONOS takes 7 of 7 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose Akamai Cloud if…
- • You have a reason to pick Akamai Cloud that is not on this list
Choose IONOS if…
- • You want IONOS's edge on what the cheapest plan costs and what the entry plan includes
Round by round
- Round 1What the cheapest plan costsIONOS winsIONOS8/10
$6
VPS S+, per month (1 vCore, 2 GB RAM)
- VPS S+ promotional rate: 1 vCore, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe
Source: ionos.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2What the entry plan includesIONOS winsAkamai Cloud5/10
1 GB RAM
the Nanode, one vCPU and 25 GB storage
- 1 GB RAM, against 2 GB RAM
Source: akamai.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How much data you can moveIONOS winsAkamai Cloud5/10
1 TB
included transfer on the Nanode
- 1 TB, against Unlimited traffic
Source: akamai.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4Where you can deployIONOS winsAkamai Cloud5/10
25+ core regions
core compute regions worldwide
- 25+ core regions, against 31 data centers
Source: techdocs.akamai.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5How much memory a dollar buysIONOS winsAkamai Cloud5/10
0.2 GB per $1
1 GB RAM for $5 a month
- 0.2 GB per $1, against 1 GB per $1
Source: akamai.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6What customers say on TrustpilotIONOS winsAkamai Cloud5/10
2.5 out of 5
TrustScore from 207 reviews on Trustpilot
- 2.5 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 7How much disk space you getIONOS wins
IONOS wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- live support around the clock, with phone numbers listed
- Nanode 1 GB
- VPS S+ promotional rate: 1 vCore, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe
- $5, against $4
- 2.5 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
- 1 GB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 1 TB, against 20 TB
- 2 GB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 1 vCore, against 2 vCPU (AMD)
- 99.99%, against 100%
- 1 vCore, against 2 vCores