IONOS vs Namecheap

IONOS is strongest for budget shared/VPS hosting. Namecheap is strongest for small businesses on a budget. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	IONOS	Namecheap
Starting price	$0.02/mo	$1.98/mo
Best for	Budget shared/VPS hosting Windows workloads EU-based data residency Granular building-block cloud pricing	Small businesses on a budget WordPress sites First-time website owners Domain + hosting bundling
Stated uptime SLA	99.99%
Storage	NVME	SSD
Regions	6	undefined
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	No
Support channels	24/7 Phone, Ticket, Docs, Live Chat	Ticket, Live chat, Docs, Knowledgebase
Compliance	GDPR, ISO 27001	Not published
Hidden costs to watch for	Intro pricing on VPS+ and Web Hosting plans (e.g. $2/mo, $1/mo) is a 3-month or 1-year promotional rate on a 1-year contract; renewal pricing after the promo/contract period is 2-6x higher Additional static IPv4 addresses billed at $6.00 per 30 days each Outbound data transfer beyond the free 2TB pooled allowance is tiered: $0.036/GB (2-10TB), dropping to $0.018/GB beyond 150TB Windows Server and RedHat Enterprise Linux require separate per-vCPU/core license surcharges on top of Compute Engine/Cube pricing IONOS CLOUD Compute Engine building-block pricing (Cores + RAM + Storage priced independently) can be harder to estimate than fixed-tier competitors without using their price calculator	Renewal prices are substantially higher than first-term promo prices across all Shared Hosting tiers (e.g. Stellar renews at ~$3.88/mo vs ~$1.98-2.28/mo intro; Stellar Plus renews at ~$6.88/mo; Stellar Business renews at ~$10.88/mo) Shared hosting pricing increased for renewals starting May 2026 per Namecheap KB article 10780 VPS plans are unmanaged (User-Responsible) by default; Basic management adds ~$10/mo and Complete management adds ~$25/mo on top of base VPS price Dedicated servers are semi-custom/build-your-own so headline starting price may not include desired RAM/storage/RAID configuration Free SSL, domain, and migration offers are typically first-year-only promotional inclusions
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18