4 categories · Named, not rankedIONOS
IONOS offers hosting and cloud solutions, including cloud hosting, managed Kubernetes and object storage, for businesses of all kinds · ionos.com ↗
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. IONOS has 9.
Why models recommend it
“Another affordable option, especially for small businesses, with competitive pricing and scalability”Mistral Small · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Hivern, IONOS, or Scaleway offer EU-based infrastructure with clearer GDPR compliance”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · alternative
“cited as a budget-conscious option with VPS plans starting around $2/mo”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“IONOS | $1/month (1st year promo) | Entry-level protection”MiniMax M2.5 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“GoDaddy & IONOS (1&1) ... Why be cautious: While massive in scale, these companies rely heavily on aggressive lock-in strategies.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Avoid unless you're already deeply invested in that ecosystem”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as IONOS, over the 20 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 5 | View → | |
| 7 | 1 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 3 | View → | |
| 6 | 1 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 3 | View → | |
| 4 | 1 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on IONOS's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- all businesses
- Price stated
- Starting at $1/year
- Starting price
- $1/year
- Free plan or trial
- Get 1st month free
- Hosting
- United States of America
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 20 of the 20 answers that named IONOS and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Fifty-one of the fifty-one domain citations in answers naming IONOS came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case study | 28 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 26 | 6 | 2026-09-28 | ||
| Report or ebook | 8 | 2 | 2026-08-05 | ||
| News or press | 8 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 4 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 4 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 3 | undated | |||
| Blog | 2 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 2 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Get templates template or tool
- 2026-09-28Get template by id template or tool
- 2026-09-07Get templates template or tool
- 2026-09-01Get template or tool
- 2026-09-01List template or tool
- 2026-09-01List template or tool
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page ionos.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.