I've worked with this company for ten years, and I utilize their managed WordPress products in addition to their virtual servers. Never experienced downtime or problems besides those of my own making. They provide the best cu... More stomer service around. The price point is lower in my opinion and really competitive. Outstanding value for the money. Less
IONOS vs WP Engine

Compared options | Visit IONOS | Visit WP Engine |
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Pricing | 43 hosting plans | 8 hosting plans |
Starting price | $1.00 / month | $23.00 / month |
Free domain | Yes | No |
Coupons | No | No |
User Ratings | 2.7 | 4.4 |
Reliability | 2.5 | 4.5 |
Pricing | 3.0 | 4.0 |
User Friendly | 3.0 | 4.5 |
Support | 2.0 | 4.5 |
Features | 3.5 | 4.5 |
User Reviews | 377 reviews | 19 reviews |
Latest positive review | | It has one-click backup and restore, and it has a staging environment! 24-7 available helpful tech support. Never had a problem with their servers |
Latest negative review | Even after 1and1 sold to Ionos the site was still functional. Yesterday, I went to create a new Wordpress installation and they are trying so desperately to sell you things that they have actually hidden a simple Wordpress i... More nstallation. Now they have people cold calling me that are extremely pushy. When I told them I was frustrated with the service I was told "I wasn't fun and that I have a negative attitude" because I didn't want to try their website builder for free. Do not use this service! It's Yahoo before Google came along. Less | I have been with WP Engine for my wordpress site for several years now. I had heard they were the best for a business Wordpress site. In the past, I had no problems with my site ever going down. Since switching to WP Engine, ... More It has been problem after problem with my site going down for hours at a time. I finally had to set up with a Down Time notification service so I could keep track. They have switched my site over to different servers several times but never seem to be able to provide a reason or explanation for the problem. Their pricing is way higher than most companies (which they admit) yet they provide nothing special and their reliability is not stable at all. Now actively looking to switch my site to a different company. Less |
Shared Hosting | 6 plans from $1.00 to $320.00 | 3 plans from $23.00 to $242.00 |
Under $4 | Essential
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Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | Expert ASP.net
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VPS | 6 plans from $1.00 to $320.00 | 4 plans from $23.00 to $242.00 |
Under $4 | No | |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | ||
Dedicated Server | 12 plans from $1.00 to $320.00 | No |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | No |
Over $10 | No | |
Cloud Hosting | 13 plans from $1.00 to $320.00 | 1 plan from $23.00 to $242.00 |
Under $4 | No | |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | ||
Website Builder | 3 plans from $1.00 to $320.00 | No |
Under $4 | No | |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | No | |
SSL | 3 plans from $1.00 to $320.00 | No |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | No |
Over $10 | No | |
Data Centers | 2 of 6 | 2 of 6 |
North America | Yes | Yes |
Europe | Yes | Yes |
Asia | No | No |
Oceânia | No | No |
South America | No | No |
Africa & Middle East | No | No |
Support Services | 5 of 6 | 5 of 6 |
Live Chat | Yes | Yes |
Phone Support | Yes | Yes |
Email Support | Yes | Yes |
Forum Support | No | Yes |
Video guides | Yes | No |
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 | 1 of 2 |
Windows/ASP.NET | Yes | No |
Linux | Yes | Yes |
Language Support | 5 of 8 | 1 of 8 |
PHP | Yes | Yes |
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 | 1 of 3 |
MongoDB | No | No |
MySQL | Yes | Yes |
PostgreSQL | No | No |
Payment Types Support | 2 of 6 | 2 of 6 |
PayPal | Yes | No |
Credit Card | Yes | Yes |
Moneybookers | No | No |
Wire Transfer | No | Yes |
Webmoney | No | No |
Bitcoin | No | No |
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