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 Vultr if…
- • You want Vultr'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 winsVultr5/10
$3.50
cheapest Cloud Compute plan: 1 vCPU, 0.5 GB RAM, 10 GB
- $3.50, against $2
Source: vultr.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 winsVultr5/10
0.5 TB
included bandwidth on the $3.50 plan
- 0.5 TB, against Unlimited traffic
Source: vultr.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4The uptime promiseVultr wins
Vultr wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5How much memory a dollar buysIONOS winsVultr5/10
0.14 GB per $1
0.5 GB RAM for $3.50 a month
- 0.14 GB per $1, against 1 GB per $1
Source: vultr.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6What customers say on TrustpilotIONOS winsVultr5/10
1.6 out of 5
TrustScore from 584 reviews on Trustpilot
- 1.6 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 winsVultr5/10
10 GB SSD
Regular Performance $3.50 (0.5 GB, with IPv4)
- 10 GB SSD, against 60 GB NVMe
Source: vultr.com ↗
IONOS wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 8Whether the disk is fast NVMeIONOS winsVultr5/10
Regular SSD (not NVMe)
Regular Performance $3.50 (0.5 GB, with IPv4)
- Regular SSD (not NVMe), against NVMe storage
Source: vultr.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
- 1.6 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
- DDoS protection +$10/mo, against Free DDoS protection
- 0.5 GB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 0.5 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