The verdict
IONOS takes it, 6–2 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, IONOS takes 6 of 8 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose Hetzner if…
- • You want Hetzner's edge on what the entry plan includes and how many cpu cores you get
Choose IONOS if…
- • You want IONOS's edge on how much data you can move and the uptime promise
Round by round
- Round 1What the entry plan includesHetzner wins
Hetzner wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2How much data you can moveIONOS winsHetzner5/10
20 TB
included traffic on the CX plans
- 20 TB, against Unlimited traffic
Source: hetzner.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3The uptime promiseIONOS winsHetzner5/10
99.9%
monthly availability for every cloud server, compensated as cloud credit
- 99.9%, against 99.99%
Source: docs.hetzner.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4Who picks up when the server is downIONOS winsHetzner5/10
24/7 email and tickets
support by its own technicians in Germany
- 24/7 email and tickets, against 24/7 phone support
Source: hetzner.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5Where you can deployIONOS winsHetzner5/10
6 locations
Falkenstein, Nuremberg, Helsinki, Ashburn, Hillsboro and Singapore
- 6 locations, against 31 data centers
Source: docs.hetzner.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6What customers say on TrustpilotIONOS winsHetzner5/10
3.0 out of 5
TrustScore from 2,987 reviews on Trustpilot
- 3.0 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 many CPU cores you getHetzner wins
Hetzner wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 8How much disk space you getIONOS wins
IONOS wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- the CX23 cloud server, two shared vCPUs
- CX23 cloud server: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB
- VPS S+ promotional rate: 1 vCore, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe
- 99.9%, against 99.99%
- 3.0 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
- 99.9%, against 100%
- 6 locations, against 33 regions
- 2 GB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 1 vCore, against 2 vCPU (AMD)
- 99.99%, against 100%
- 1 vCore, against 2 vCores