Verpex vs IONOS
Verpex and IONOS compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. Verpex scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
VerpexWins overall
UK cPanel host on LiteSpeed and NVMe with nine locations, daily backups and a free domain, renewing at $6 to $15
The former 1&1: unlimited sites and traffic from $8 a month at renewal, with a free domain and wildcard SSL
Verpex wins 4 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.5 vs 7.1).
How do the scores compare?
Verpex leads on 4 sub-scores, IONOS on 1. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Verpex is cheaper ($6.00/mo vs $14.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
What does each include?
| Verpex | IONOS | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | Registration or transfer of a common extension (.com, .net, .org, .uk, .in among them) on yearly and longer terms; not on monthly billing; premium names excluded | One domain free for the first year on every plan: .us, .ca, .com, .net, .org, .info, .me, .biz or .online |
| Free SSL | Every plan, every domain | One DV wildcard certificate on Essential, Starter and Plus; unlimited wildcard certificates on Ultimate |
| Backups | Daily, every plan, with the Backuply tool in cPanel | Daily backup of storage and databases with data recovery, every plan |
| Free migration | Expert migration on every plan; the about page promises zero downtime | No |
| Free CDN | No | Starter, Plus and Ultimate; not on Essential |
| Caching | LiteSpeed Web Server with LiteSpeed Cache; HostScore also lists Redis and Memcached | Server compression and HTTP/2 listed; no caching layer named on the plan page |
| Staging | No | No |
| Developer tools | WP-CLI listed; HostScore lists multiple PHP versions, Node.js, Python and Git over SSH | Not stated |
| Resource limits | CloudLinux LVE: 1 vCPU and 1 GB on Bronze, 2 vCPU and 2 GB on Silver and Gold; entry processes 30 / 30 / 35; 1,024 IOPS; 50 MB/s I/O; unlimited inodes | 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 | Nine locations on four continents, chosen at checkout | No |
| Uptime guarantee | Plan table: 99.5% on Bronze, 99.99% on Silver and Gold; the terms promise to endeavour 99.9% and carry no credit schedule | 99.99% in the general terms, with a credit for the month proportional to the downtime, on request and at IONOS's discretion |
| Security | CloudLinux with CageFS, Monarx malware protection, free SSL, isolated accounts | Daily malware scanning (basic, or advanced with automatic removal on Ultimate), DDoS protection, geo-redundancy |
| Website builder | SitePad in cPanel; a separate AI site builder product | Not stated |
| Phone support | No | 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 |
| Not stated | 1, 2, 4 or 5 accounts of 2 GB by plan, with forwarding, webmail and anti-spam |