GoDaddy vs IONOS
GoDaddy and IONOS compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. GoDaddy scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
GoDaddyWins overall
The largest registrar's cPanel hosting: three plans on a three-year term with a free domain and daily backups
The former 1&1: unlimited sites and traffic from $8 a month at renewal, with a free domain and wildcard SSL
GoDaddy wins 4 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.2 vs 7.1).
How do the scores compare?
GoDaddy leads on 4 sub-scores, IONOS on 2. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, GoDaddy is cheaper ($11.99/mo vs $14.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| GoDaddy | IONOS | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | First year on every plan, marked with an asterisk whose disclaimer the page keeps collapsed | One domain free for the first year on every plan: .us, .ca, .com, .net, .org, .info, .me, .biz or .online |
| Free SSL | One year on Economy; unlimited certificates for all sites on Deluxe and Ultimate, auto-renewed through AutoSSL | One DV wildcard certificate on Essential, Starter and Plus; unlimited wildcard certificates on Ultimate |
| Backups | Automatic daily backups, with recovery of the whole account from the previous day | Daily backup of storage and databases with data recovery, every plan |
| Free migration | No | No |
| Free CDN | The page lists CDN and firewall among the included essentials without naming the provider | Starter, Plus and Ultimate; not on Essential |
| Caching | No | Server compression and HTTP/2 listed; no caching layer named on the plan page |
| Staging | No | No |
| Node.js and languages | Node.js on every plan; the dashboard exposes CPU, memory, entry processes and I/O controls | Not stated |
| Resource limits | 250,000 inodes and 100 GB per account in the hosting agreement; no CPU or RAM figures on the plan page | CPU priority 1x, 3x, 5x and 10x by plan; 262,144 inodes on every plan; cron jobs 10, 25, 50 and 100 |
| Data center choice | No | No |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.9% per month in the hosting agreement, with a credit of 5% of the monthly fee on request, usable for future purchases | 99.99% in the general terms, with a credit for the month proportional to the downtime, on request and at IONOS's discretion |
| Security | DDoS protection and network monitoring on every plan; a site security suite is included on the cards | Daily malware scanning (basic, or advanced with automatic removal on Ultimate), DDoS protection, geo-redundancy |
| Free email is listed on every plan without a mailbox count | 1, 2, 4 or 5 accounts of 2 GB by plan, with forwarding, webmail and anti-spam | |
| Phone support | 24/7 chat, phone and email through GoDaddy Guides | 24/7, with a personal consultant |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| SSH, SFTP, WP-CLI and Git | Not stated | Every plan, with 200 SFTP accounts, Perl and Python |
| PHP versions | Not stated | 8.4, 8.3 and 8.2, with paid extended support for 5.6 and later |
| Websites and traffic | Not stated | Unlimited websites and unlimited traffic on every plan; 5,000 subdomains |