IONOS review
Verified greenchecked 1 November 2026What this means
Large European host with very low introductory prices, unlimited websites on every shared plan and NVMe storage.
IONOS has a very low first-year price: £1.20 a month inc VAT on Plus, then £10.80 a month. Every plan allows unlimited websites, with large NVMe storage, daily backups and 24/7 phone support. Watch the renewal, and note that the other plans keep their intro price for only six months.
IONOS is part of United Internet.
from £1.20 a month inc VAT, for the first year, then £10.80 a month
Visit IONOSPrices checked 19 October 2026.
At a glance
- Good for
- European small businesses wanting domains, email and low-cost hosting
- Not ideal for
- Anyone who wants a price that stays low after the first year, or more than a few email accounts.
- Support
- 24/7 phone, chat and email, plus a personal consultant
- Money back
- 30 days
- Trustpilot
- 4.7 out of 5 from 42,313 reviews
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | Websites | Storage | Backups | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | from £3.60 a month inc VAT, for the first 6 months, then £7.20 a month | Unlimited websites | 100 GB NVMe | 1 account (2 GB) | Daily |
| Plus | from £1.20 a month inc VAT, for the first year, then £10.80 a month | Unlimited websites | 200 GB NVMe | 2 accounts (2 GB each) | Daily |
| Premium | from £9.60 a month inc VAT, for the first 6 months, then £19.20 a month | Unlimited websites | 350 GB NVMe | 4 accounts (2 GB each) | Daily |
| Ultimate | from £14.40 a month inc VAT, for the first 6 months, then £28.80 a month | Unlimited websites | 500 GB NVMe | 5 accounts (2 GB each) | Daily |
Pros and cons
Pros
- Unlimited websites on every plan
- Large NVMe storage, from 100 GB
- 24/7 phone, chat and email support
- Free domain for the first year
Cons
- Plus renews at nine times its intro price
- Intro price lasts only six months on most plans
- Few email accounts: one on Standard, two on Plus
How green is IONOS?
IONOS is in the Green Web Foundation's directory of verified green hosting providers (we checked on 1 November 2026).
What the Foundation's verification means
IONOS’s web pages say its data centres run entirely on renewable electricity, but its 2025 sustainability report limits that to its nine own sites, where it buys renewable power directly from suppliers. For rented space in other companies’ data centres, the report gives 90.4% renewable in 2025, counted from operators’ claims, certificates it bought and the average renewable share of national grids. Counting the grid average is a weaker basis than a supply contract.
IONOS's own data centres and rented space in other companies' data centres; its pages do not say which hosting runs where.
The data centres we list are in 5 countries, whose grids average 226 g CO2e per kWh, against 218 g in the UK. Lower is cleaner.
The grid in each country
| Country | Grid average | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 334 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| France | 41 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| United Kingdom | 218 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| Spain | 153 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| United States | 384 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
We last read IONOS's own pages on 16 October 2026. Their pages: IONOS Group Sustainability Report 2025, IONOS Group Sustainability Report 2025, colocation data centres
Listing data from the Green Web Foundation's Green Web Dataset, under the Open Database License (ODbL). Grid figures: Ember, Yearly electricity data (2026), CC BY 4.0.