IONOS vs Vultr

Verdict With 4 GB RAM, IONOS costs €7.35 a month less than Vultr over 12 months: €10.47 against €17.82. IONOS is cheaper at 5 of the 5 sizes both sell.

Bills over 12 months with an IPv4 address and 1 TB of traffic a month, excluding VAT, under the same assumptions for both. Both run servers in Germany, Spain, United Kingdom and United States.

vs
Both in the list Compare cheapest plans
IONOScheaper at 5 of 5 sizes
Vultrcheaper at 0 of 5 sizes
  • €4.46 Cheapest billper month €4.46
  • €2.2367% less Bill per GB of memorymedian €6.68
  • €11.36 Extras on top of the price tagmedian per month None
  • Unmetered Extra trafficper extra TB, median €8.91

Size by size

VPS with shared cores, per month
MemoryIONOSVultrCompare
2 GB€4.46VPS S+ · 1 vCore · 2 GB · 60 GB NVMeTraffic: Unmetered€8.91Regular Performance 1 vCPU · 2 GB · 55 GBTraffic: 2.05 TB, then €8.91/TB
4 GB€10.47VPS M+ · 2 vCores · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMeTraffic: Unmetered€17.82Regular Performance 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GBTraffic: 3.07 TB, then €8.91/TB
8 GB€18.49VPS L+ · 4 vCores · 8 GB · 240 GB NVMeTraffic: Unmetered€35.64Regular Performance 4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GBTraffic: 4.1 TB, then €8.91/TB
16 GB€34.52VPS XL+ · 8 vCores · 16 GB · 480 GB NVMeTraffic: Unmetered€71.28Regular Performance 6 vCPU · 16 GB · 320 GBTraffic: 5.12 TB, then €8.91/TB
24 GB€49.89VPS XXL+ · 12 vCores · 24 GB · 720 GB NVMeTraffic: Unmetered€128.30High Frequency 6 vCPU · 24 GB · 448 GBTraffic: 6.14 TB, then €8.91/TB

Only sizes both sell, same type on both sides. The score counts this table only; ties count for neither.

Side by side

Green is the better side of a row
IONOSSide by sideVultr
ionos.comWebsitevultr.com
GermanyBased inUnited States
Card, PayPal, Direct debitWays to payCard, PayPal, Crypto, Alipay
—ID check at sign-up—
Verified providerCompany checkNot verified yet
5Servers tracked172
4Countries20
4Cities33
NoneSetup feeNone
IncludedIPv4 addressIncluded
Not publishedBackupsDepends on the plan
UnmeteredTraffic included0.51–15.36 TB a month
UnmeteredExtra traffic€8.91 per TB
100%Bills with extras1%
12 monthsShortest termMonthly
Yes, then renews higherIntroductory pricesNo
USDBilled inUSD
2 days agoPrices checked2 days ago

Locations

Other matchups

Some links may earn ServerDiff a commission. It never changes the order, which is the bill under the assumptions shown. Figures are medians and minimums over each provider’s listed servers; a provider with more small plans will look cheaper on the median. How we rank