Liquid Web vs IONOS
IONOS comes out ahead of Liquid Web on 7 of the 8 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, 7–1 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, IONOS takes 7 of 8 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose Liquid Web if…
- • You want Liquid Web's edge on the uptime promise
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 winsLiquid Web5/10
$5
cheapest VPS: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 30 GB SSD, self-managed or managed
- $5, against $2
Source: liquidweb.com ↗
IONOS8/10$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 wins
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How much data you can moveIONOS winsLiquid Web5/10
1 TB
included bandwidth on the $5 plan
- 1 TB, against Unlimited traffic
Source: liquidweb.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4The uptime promiseLiquid Web wins
Liquid Web wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5Who picks up when the server is downIONOS winsLiquid Web5/10
24/7 support, 59-second response
support around the clock with a guaranteed 59-second response
- 24/7 support, 59-second response, against 24/7 phone support
Source: liquidweb.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6How much memory a dollar buysIONOS winsLiquid Web5/10
0.2 GB per $1
1 GB RAM for $5 a month
- 0.2 GB per $1, against 1 GB per $1
Source: liquidweb.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 7What customers say on TrustpilotIONOS winsLiquid Web5/10
3.8 out of 5
TrustScore from 2,794 reviews on Trustpilot
- 3.8 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 8How much disk space you getIONOS winsLiquid Web5/10
30 GB SSD
Cloud VPS 1 GB RAM ($5/mo)
- 30 GB SSD, against 60 GB NVMe
Source: liquidweb.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- VPS S+ promotional rate: 1 vCore, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe
- $5, against $4
- 3.8 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