--- title: "AccuWeb Hosting vs IONOS: which is better in 2026?" url: "https://hostidea.com/compare/accuweb-vs-ionos" canonical: "https://hostidea.com/compare/accuweb-vs-ionos" author: "Jennifer T." generated: "2026-10-15" note: "Markdown twin generated at build time from the same content as the HTML page. The HTML page is canonical." --- # AccuWeb Hosting vs IONOS AccuWeb Hosting and IONOS compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. AccuWeb Hosting scores higher overall. By [Jennifer T.](https://hostidea.com/authors/jennifer-t) ยท Updated Oct 14, 2026 We may earn a commission when you buy through our links. Rankings come from the published methodology and sourced data, not from commissions. [Disclosure](https://hostidea.com/disclosure). ## Verdict [7.6 out of 10](https://hostidea.com/methodology#scoring) [AccuWeb Hosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/accuweb)Wins overall New Jersey host since 2003: guaranteed RAM and CPU on shared plans, eight locations, a $2.79 plan that renews at $2.79 [7.1 out of 10](https://hostidea.com/methodology#scoring) [IONOS](https://hostidea.com/reviews/ionos) The former 1&1: unlimited sites and traffic from $8 a month at renewal, with a free domain and wildcard SSL AccuWeb Hosting wins 5 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.6 vs 7.1). ## How do the scores compare? AccuWeb Hosting leads on 5 sub-scores, IONOS on 1. Higher is better. | | [AccuWeb Hosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/accuweb) | [IONOS](https://hostidea.com/reviews/ionos) | | --- | --- | --- | | Performance | 7.5 | 6.5 | | Uptime | 7.0 | 7.5 | | Support | 7.5 | 6.5 | | Features | 8.0 | 7.5 | | Value | 8.0 | 7.5 | | Ease of use | 7.5 | 7.0 | ## Which one is faster and more reliable? | | [AccuWeb Hosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/accuweb) | [IONOS](https://hostidea.com/reviews/ionos) | | --- | --- | --- | | Overall score | 7.6 | 7.1 | | Uptime (published)TechRadar 7 d vs Cybernews 14 d; methods differ | 100.00% | 100.00% | | Response time (published)TechRadar vs Cybernews; methods differ | 285 ms | 1749 ms | ## Which one costs less? On renewal, AccuWeb Hosting is cheaper ($2.79/mo vs $14.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term. Prices verified Oct 14, 2026 (AccuWeb Hosting) and Oct 14, 2026 (IONOS). USD. | | [AccuWeb Hosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/accuweb) | [IONOS](https://hostidea.com/reviews/ionos) | | --- | --- | --- | | Cheapest plan | Bootstrap++ | Plus | | Intro price | $2.79/mo | $1.00/mo | | Renewal price | $2.79/mo | $14.00/mo | | Required term | 36 months | 12 months | | Websites | 100 | unlimited | | Storage | 25 GB | 350 GB | | Money back | 30 days | 30 days | ## What does each include? | | [AccuWeb Hosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/accuweb) | [IONOS](https://hostidea.com/reviews/ionos) | | --- | --- | --- | | Free domain | First year on an annual or longer term; the plan cards list .us, .com, .org, .co.uk, .in and .net, the comparison table .com, .net, .biz, .us and .org | One domain free for the first year on every plan: .us, .ca, .com, .net, .org, .info, .me, .biz or .online | | Free SSL | Let's Encrypt on every plan; a premium SSL for the first year on Enterprise Pro++ annual terms | One DV wildcard certificate on Essential, Starter and Plus; unlimited wildcard certificates on Ultimate | | Backups | Free daily backups; any day's copy restored on request | Daily backup of storage and databases with data recovery, every plan | | Free migration | Listed on every plan | No | | Free CDN | Premium++ and Enterprise Pro++, enabled on request for the main domain | Starter, Plus and Ultimate; not on Essential | | Caching | LiteSpeed web server with built-in caching | Server compression and HTTP/2 listed; no caching layer named on the plan page | | Staging | No | No | | Email | 150, 500 or 1,000 accounts with spam filtering; mailbox size 3, 5 or 10 GB | 1, 2, 4 or 5 accounts of 2 GB by plan, with forwarding, webmail and anti-spam | | Guaranteed resources | Dedicated RAM and vCPU printed per plan (1 GB and 1 vCPU up to 2 GB and 2 vCPU) with IOPS and inode limits | Not stated | | Data center choice | Eight locations in the order form: Denver, Dallas, London, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney | No | | Uptime guarantee | 99.9 percent a month in the terms, with credits of one, two or five days of service depending on the shortfall | 99.99% in the general terms, with a credit for the month proportional to the downtime, on request and at IONOS's discretion | | PHP versions | PHP 8.1 to 8.4, switchable in cPanel | 8.4, 8.3 and 8.2, with paid extended support for 5.6 and later | | Dedicated IP | With the premium SSL on Enterprise Pro++ annual terms, except Johannesburg | Not stated | | Phone support | US and UK numbers, 24 hours Monday to Saturday per the contact page; chat and tickets around the clock | 24/7, with a personal consultant | | SSH, SFTP, WP-CLI and Git | Not stated | Every plan, with 200 SFTP accounts, Perl and Python | | Resource limits | Not stated | CPU priority 1x, 3x, 5x and 10x by plan; 262,144 inodes on every plan; cron jobs 10, 25, 50 and 100 | | Websites and traffic | Not stated | Unlimited websites and unlimited traffic on every plan; 5,000 subdomains | | Security | Not stated | Daily malware scanning (basic, or advanced with automatic removal on Ultimate), DDoS protection, geo-redundancy | | Windows hosting | Not stated | No | ## Company facts | | [AccuWeb Hosting](https://hostidea.com/reviews/accuweb) | [IONOS](https://hostidea.com/reviews/ionos) | | --- | --- | --- | | Control panel | cPanel | IONOS's own control panel (no cPanel) | | Data centers | 8 | 2 | | Support channels | chat, ticket, phone, knowledge-base | chat, phone, email, knowledge-base | | Founded | 2003 | 2018 | Visit AccuWeb Hosting (affiliate link: /go/accuweb)Visit IONOS (affiliate link: /go/ionos)