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Web Hosting · $10/mo
IONOS Starter appears cheap at $10/mo, but renewal pricing jumps 2-6x after the promo period, and outbound data transfer overages can add up quickly. Hostinger Premium at $2.99/mo intro (renewing at $10.99/mo) and Linode's Nanode tier offer more transparent, stable pricing with lower total-cost-of-ownership over 12-24 months.
Intro price of $2.99/mo is 70% cheaper than IONOS, includes unmetered bandwidth (vs IONOS 2TB pooled limit), weekly backups, and CDN built-in.
Caveat: Renewal price jumps to $10.99/mo after the promo term; only 20GB storage and 3 websites vs IONOS 100GB and 10 websites, so scale-up may be needed.
Before you switch
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
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| Cloudways | Add-Ons · Offsite Backup Storage | $0.03/mo | Per GiB per server per month (billed as a rate, not a flat monthly tier) | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Backups · Backups - Nanode 1GB tier | $2/mo | Backup add-on for smallest Shared CPU tier | Visit |
| Hostinger | Shared/Web Hosting · Premium | $2.99/mo | 20 GB SSD |
Stable $5/mo pricing with no renewal shock; transparent $0.005/GB overage rate; 99.99% SLA matches or beats IONOS; no hidden per-vCPU license surcharges.
Caveat: Backups are a separate $2/mo add-on (20-25% of instance price); smaller initial storage footprint than IONOS Starter, so suitable for smaller projects only.
Transparent per-GB backup and bandwidth pricing; 99.99% SLA; no multi-year contract lock-in; lower DigitalOcean bandwidth overage rate ($0.02/GB) than IONOS ($0.018-0.036/GB tiered).
Caveat: Bandwidth overages and backup storage are metered costs that can surprise; many add-ons (CDN, email, support) are separate recurring fees not in base price.
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