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Hostinger vs IONOS
Entry prices are within a dollar of each other (Hostinger $6.49, IONOS $6.00), so price alone does not decide it. Both entry prices need a commitment: Hostinger 24 months, IONOS 12 months. Hostinger lists more regions, which matters if latency to a specific city is your constraint. Hostinger is the better pick for buyers ready to prepay two years who want the most RAM for the upfront price.
Hostinger
$6.49/mo entry
Buyers ready to prepay two years who want the most RAM for the upfront price.
IONOS
$6.00/mo entry
Buyers happy to commit to a year in exchange for a big disk and unlimited traffic.
Specification differences
Entry plans compared line by line. Rows marked with a dash are preferences rather than measurable wins, so we do not pick a side on them.
| Attribute | Hostinger | IONOS | Better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry plan price / month | $6.49 | $6.00 | IONOS |
| Entry plan vCPU | 1 | 1 | |
| Entry plan RAM | 4 GB | 2 GB | Hostinger |
| Entry plan storage | 50 GB | 60 GB | IONOS |
| Listed regions | 10 | 4 | Hostinger |
| Management model | Unmanaged (you run the OS) | Unmanaged (you run the OS) | |
| Support | See Hostinger for its support terms. | See IONOS for its support terms. | |
| Billing | Paid up front for 24 months at the advertised price; renews at a higher monthly rate. | One-year term. Introductory price for the first three months, then the regular monthly price shown here. | |
| Free tier | No free tier. | No free tier. |
Same size, side by side
The cheapest plan from each provider that meets each size, so the comparison is between equal servers rather than two entry plans. Prices include a separately-billed IPv4 address where the provider charges for one.
| Size | Hostinger | IONOS | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 vCPU / 1 GB | $6.49KVM 1 · 1 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GBAdvertised price, paid up front for 24 months; renews at $11.99/mo. Excludes VAT. Dedicated IPv4 included. | $6.00VPS S+ · 1 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GBRegular monthly price on a 1-year term; any introductory offer shows next to the price. Unlimited traffic at 1 Gbps; one IPv4 address included (extra IPv4 $5/mo). Sales tax may apply. | IONOS cheaper by $0.49 |
| 2 vCPU / 4 GB | $8.99KVM 2 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GBAdvertised price, paid up front for 24 months; renews at $14.99/mo. Excludes VAT. Dedicated IPv4 included. | $14.00VPS M+ · 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GBRegular monthly price on a 1-year term; any introductory offer shows next to the price. Unlimited traffic at 1 Gbps; one IPv4 address included (extra IPv4 $5/mo). Sales tax may apply. | Hostinger cheaper by $5.01 |
| 4 vCPU / 8 GB | $12.99KVM 4 · 4 vCPU · 16 GB · 200 GBAdvertised price, paid up front for 24 months; renews at $28.99/mo. Excludes VAT. Dedicated IPv4 included. | $25.00VPS L+ · 4 vCPU · 8 GB · 240 GBRegular monthly price on a 1-year term; any introductory offer shows next to the price. Unlimited traffic at 1 Gbps; one IPv4 address included (extra IPv4 $5/mo). Sales tax may apply. | Hostinger cheaper by $12.01 |
| 8 vCPU / 16 GB | $25.99KVM 8 · 8 vCPU · 32 GB · 400 GBAdvertised price, paid up front for 24 months; renews at $49.99/mo. Excludes VAT. Dedicated IPv4 included. | $47.00VPS XL+ · 8 vCPU · 16 GB · 480 GBRegular monthly price on a 1-year term; any introductory offer shows next to the price. Unlimited traffic at 1 Gbps; one IPv4 address included (extra IPv4 $5/mo). Sales tax may apply. | Hostinger cheaper by $21.01 |
Every provider at these sizes, ranked: 1 GB RAM · 4 GB RAM · 8 GB RAM · 16 GB RAM
Where each one wins and loses
Hostinger
Hostinger advertises KVM VPS plans with AMD EPYC and NVMe at low monthly prices, but those prices require paying 24 months up front and renew at a higher monthly rate. Prices exclude VAT. This index lists the advertised price with its term and the renewal price in each plan note.
Strengths
- High RAM and disk for the advertised price (4 GB and 50 GB NVMe on the smallest plan)
- AMD EPYC and NVMe on every plan listed
- A dedicated IPv4 address on every plan
Weaknesses
- The advertised price needs a 24-month prepayment
- Renewal prices are much higher than the advertised price
- No month-to-month price is published on the pricing page
Support: See Hostinger for its support terms.
Billing: Paid up front for 24 months at the advertised price; renews at a higher monthly rate.
Free tier: No free tier.
IONOS
IONOS sells its VPS range on a one-year term, with a lower price for the first three months. Every plan listed here has NVMe storage, unlimited traffic at 1 Gbps and one IPv4 address. This index lists the regular monthly price; the introductory rate is in each plan note.
Strengths
- Large NVMe disks for the price (60 GB on the smallest plan here)
- Unlimited traffic at 1 Gbps
- One IPv4 address included
Weaknesses
- The listed prices need a one-year term
- The introductory price lasts three months
- Locations are given by country, not city
Support: See IONOS for its support terms.
Billing: One-year term. Introductory price for the first three months, then the regular monthly price shown here.
Free tier: No free tier.
The full cost stack
What a server costs beyond its sticker price, shown for 2 vCPU / 4 GB. Only figures read from each provider's own documentation appear; a gap says “not captured yet”.
| Item | Hostinger | IONOS |
|---|---|---|
| Plan (2 vCPU / 4 GB) | $8.99 | $14.00 |
| Automatic backups | not captured yet | not captured yet |
| Outbound traffic beyond the allowance | not captured yet | not captured yet |
| Smallest managed load balancer | not captured yet | not captured yet |
Sources: none captured yet for this pair.
Price changes we have logged
No tracked price change for either provider yet.
Full record at the change log.
Every plan
The complete plan ladders, with the date and source of every price, are on each provider's page: Hostinger and IONOS.
All figures are the providers' own published list prices in USD, on-demand monthly. The index was last refreshed 2026-10-14, and every row shows the date its own price was read. Nothing here is live or negotiated pricing. Where a provider bills a public IPv4 address on top, it is added to the monthly price, the ranking and every cost per vCPU or per GB, and the row shows the parts: the server, any disk priced apart, and the IPv4 charge. Some prices exclude VAT or need a commitment; the plan notes say which. Check the provider's pricing page before you commit.
Related comparisons
Where both sell
Hostinger and IONOS both have data centres in these places. Each page ranks every provider there at the price charged in that location.
Hostinger vs IONOS — frequently asked
Every answer is computed from this pair's own prices and costs.
- Which is cheaper for 1 vCPU / 1 GB, Hostinger or IONOS?
- IONOS VPS S+ at $6.00/mo, which is $0.49 (8%) less than Hostinger KVM 1 at $6.49/mo.
- How many datacentre locations do Hostinger and IONOS have?
- Hostinger lists 10 and IONOS lists 4.