SiteGround has long been a favorite for hosting in the US, but German company 1&1 has been in the business a lot longer and knows how to offer a comprehensive hosting service. It has a greater selection of hosting options and they all come with more memory and processing power than those offered by SiteGround. They’re also much cheaper too. 1&1 supports all major providers for CMS, including Magento and Presta Shop, and unlike SiteGround, 1&1 users can code their site in all major coding languages, like Django and Python.
IONOS vs SiteGround

Compared options | Visit IONOS | Visit SiteGround |
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Pricing | 36 hosting plans | 13 hosting plans |
Starting price | $0.00 / month | $4.09 / month |
Free domain | Yes | No |
Coupons | No | No |
User Ratings | 1.5 | 4.8 |
Reliability | 1.5 | 5.0 |
Pricing | 2.0 | 4.5 |
User Friendly | 1.5 | 5.0 |
Support | 1.5 | 5.0 |
Features | 1.5 | 5.0 |
User Reviews | 362 reviews | 2443 reviews |
Latest positive review | I’ve been a customer of IONOS for years and am satisfied with the service I receive. If I have a problem, someone is there to assist personally shortly. The hosting is stable and easy to use. | |
Latest negative review | Une catastrophe ! Une infrastructure instable et dépassée. Un service technique présent mais incompétent quand il s'agit de gérer des problèmes techniques qui dépassent la configuration d'un compte mail. SI c'est pour votre e... More ntreprise, que vous avez besoin d'un partenaire fiable, fuyez ! Less | do not buy hosting from them. They will sam your money. If u take 1 year hosting plan after 2 months their server create problem u gonna lose business from google and everywhere due o bad quality site. such an ass holes. do n... More ot ever buy from them ever i am the one who lost my hard-earned money i request you to do not go with them Less |
Shared Hosting | 4 plans from $0.50 to $8.00 | 3 plans from $4.09 to $14.33 |
Under $4 | Essential
| No |
Under $8 | StartUp
| |
Over $10 | No | |
VPS | 6 plans from $0.00 to $18.00 | No |
Under $4 | No | |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | No | |
Dedicated Server | 8 plans from $40.00 to $150.00 | 3 plans from $224.31 to $613.52 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | No |
Over $10 | ||
Cloud Hosting | 12 plans from $4.00 to $220.00 | 4 plans from $81.94 to $327.76 |
Under $4 | No | |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | ||
Website Builder | 3 plans from $1.00 to $10.00 | No |
Under $4 | No | |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | No | |
Resellers | No | 3 plans from $7.16 to $81.94 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | No | |
SSL | 3 plans from $20.00 to $200.00 | No |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | No |
Over $10 | No | |
Data Centers | 0 of 6 | 0 of 6 |
North America | No | No |
Europe | No | No |
Asia | No | No |
Oceânia | No | No |
South America | No | No |
Africa & Middle East | No | No |
Support Services | 5 of 6 | 6 of 6 |
Live Chat | Yes | Yes |
Phone Support | Yes | Yes |
Email Support | Yes | Yes |
Forum Support | No | Yes |
Video guides | Yes | Yes |
Knowledgebase | Yes | Yes |
CMS support | 3 of 6 | 1 of 6 |
WordPress | Yes | Yes |
Joomla | Yes | No |
Drupal | Yes | No |
Magento | No | No |
Softaculous | No | No |
PrestaShop | No | No |
OS Support | 2 of 2 | 0 of 2 |
Windows/ASP.NET | Yes | No |
Linux | Yes | No |
Language Support | 5 of 8 | 0 of 8 |
PHP | Yes | No |
Java | Yes | No |
Python | Yes | No |
Node.js | No | No |
Django | No | No |
Perl | No | No |
Ruby on Rails | Yes | No |
ASP.NET | Yes | No |
Database Support | 1 of 3 | 0 of 3 |
MongoDB | No | No |
MySQL | Yes | No |
PostgreSQL | No | No |
Payment Types Support | 2 of 6 | 2 of 6 |
PayPal | Yes | Yes |
Credit Card | Yes | Yes |
Moneybookers | No | No |
Wire Transfer | No | No |
Webmoney | No | No |
Bitcoin | No | No |
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