DigitalOcean vs IONOS
IONOS comes out ahead of DigitalOcean on 6 of the 6 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, 6–0 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, IONOS takes 6 of 6 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose DigitalOcean if…
- • You have a reason to pick DigitalOcean 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 winsDigitalOcean5/10
$6.00
1GB Memory / 25GB Storage / 1,000 GiB Bandwidth
- $4, against $2
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2What the entry plan includesIONOS winsDigitalOcean5/10
512 MiB RAM
the $4 Droplet, one vCPU
- 512 MiB RAM, against 2 GB RAM
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How much data you can moveIONOS winsDigitalOcean5/10
500 GiB
included outbound transfer on the $4 Droplet
- 500 GiB, against Unlimited traffic
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4Who picks up when the server is downIONOS winsDigitalOcean5/10
Free 24/7 tickets, answered within 24 hours
the free Starter plan; faster response is paid
- Free 24/7 tickets, answered within 24 hours, against 24/7 phone support
Source: docs.digitalocean.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5How much memory a dollar buysIONOS winsDigitalOcean5/10
0.12 GB per $1
512 MiB RAM for $4 a month
- 0.12 GB per $1, against 1 GB per $1
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6How much disk space you getIONOS winsDigitalOcean5/10
10 GiB SSD
Basic Droplet (Regular, 512 MiB)
- 10 GiB SSD, against 60 GB NVMe
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- TrustScore from 2,584 reviews on Trustpilot
- VPS S+ promotional rate: 1 vCore, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe
- 512 MiB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 500 GiB, against 20 TB
- 1 vCPU, against 2 vCPU (AMD)
- 10 GiB SSD, against 40 GB NVMe
- 2 GB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 1 vCore, against 2 vCPU (AMD)
- 99.99%, against 100%
- 1 vCore, against 2 vCores