IONOS
ionos.com · 8 records in Compute, Storage · JSON
Records 8
- paidIONOS Cloud (compute/ionos)USD 10.65/month
Computeidentity cardlimit request-rateevidence documentedstale on 2026-11-24disagrees
- paidIONOS (2)
Computeidentity email?card?evidence documentedstale on 2026-11-22disagrees
- paidIONOS, VPS S+ (VPS+ range)USD 6/month
Computeidentity cardlimit volume-quotaevidence documentedstale on 2026-11-24disagrees
- paidIONOS, Windows XL+ (VPS+ generation)USD 94/month
Computeidentity cardlimit per-ip-shapingevidence documentedstale on 2026-11-26disagrees
- fails: identityIONOS CLOUD (IONOS CLOUD test account)
Computeidentity cardlimit write-gatedevidence documentedstale on 2026-11-24disagrees
- fails: egressIONOS CLOUD Object StorageUSD 4.99/TB-month
Storageidentity cardevidence reportedstale on 2026-11-05
- fails: quotaionos free vps trial (30 days)
Storageidentity email?card?evidence reportedstale on 2026-11-05
- fails: quotaIONOS HiDrive (retail)USD 5/TB-month
Storageidentity cardevidence documentedstale on 2026-12-05
IONOS Cloud (compute/ionos)
ComputeSibling records disagree:
- verdict:
compute/ionossays paid-only, compute/ionos-cloud-trial says fails-identity
- Free allowance
- No free tier: CPU, RAM, storage and GPU templates are all priced per hour, with storage billed on one-hour granularity and no free allowance on the price list
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- USD 10.65/monthparsed from the record, in USD
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- request-rateCPU, RAM and GPU templates priced per hour; storage is billed with one-hour granularity
- Evidence
- documented4 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-24checked 2026-10-24 (live); stale on 2026-11-24
| Free tier | no free tier: CPU, RAM, storage and GPU templates are all priced per hour, with storage billed on one-hour granularity and no free allowance on the price list unit none; metered on none |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
not stated |
| Identity | card card at order; a test charge for a small amount is made and cancelled immediately, amount not published; the live help page names credit cards only (Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover) and names no debit card; the IONOS help page that listed debit cards returns 404 today, so debit is not stated; prepaid is not stated; no identity document named on the pages read |
| Egress | not stated |
| Per-object cap | not stated |
| Retention | not stated |
| Interface | unknown |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Notes | The live help page names only credit cards, and the help-centre page that a search index still returns for 'IONOS accepts credit cards, debit cards, PayPal, Google Pay, and Apple Pay' (/help/my-account/payments/payment-methods/) answers 404 today. Debit is therefore recorded as not stated, not as accepted. Prepaid is not addressed on any page read. |
| Evidence note | documented the EUR price list was read on 2026-10-22 and publishes every meter, including GPU templates and a model-inference table. There is no free tier on it, so the record's claim is contradicted | Payment facts re-read on 2026-10-24: the card types, the hold and the identity gate each come from a first-party page quoted in evidence[]. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 4
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/general-information/price-list/ | not published |
| 2026-10-22 | docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/general-information/price-list/ | the Cloud price list was read on 2026-10-22 and is a full meter list: 'Storage is billed with one-hour granularity', CPU and RAM priced per hour and grouped, GPU templates with 'Number of GPUs', 'Dedicated CPUs', 'NVMe Storage (GB)' and 'Price per hour', and a model table from 'Qwen3.5-9B 0,10 EUR' upward |
| 2026-10-24 | www.ionos.com/help/my-account/payments/selecting-a-payment-m | quoted: 'The following payment methods are offered by IONOS: Klarna, Credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay' and 'IONOS accepts credit cards from the following providers: Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover' |
| 2026-10-24 | www.ionos.com/help/my-account/payments/selecting-a-payment-m | quoted, the hold: 'If you select a credit card as your payment method, a test charge is usually made for a small amount, which is then cancelled immediately. The purpose of this test debit is to ensure that the credit card is valid.' |
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| keep rate | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| billing model | flat-pool |
| session cap | {"wall_clock_min": null,"idle_reap_s": null,"restart_required": false,"note": "storage bills on one-hour granularity and instances per hour; the page states no reap"} |
| price note | a VPS bills by the month with an hourly rate capped at the monthly figure, so the two columns answer two questions: destroying the box between runs versus keeping it up. |
| free tier kind | none |
| m10h usd | 4.44 |
| m24h usd | 10.65 |
| price basis | 10 h/day column = 300 h at the hourly rate, which is what a server destroyed between runs costs; 24/7 column = the monthly cap, because a VPS kept up all month stops at the cap. |
| granularity | {"min_billed_s": 60,"rounding_s": null} |
| burst x | 1.0 |
| ps | {"gib": null,"price": "billed per hour with one-hour granularity","durability": "NVMe or volume","on_stop": true,"on_destroy": false,"retention": "while the volume exists"} |
| net | {"out": true,"in": true,"ports": "any","static_ip": true,"ipv6": true,"allowance": null} |
| benchmark | [{"plan": "VPS S+ (2 vCPU / 2 GiB)","cpu_model": "AMD EPYC-Milan Processor","dedicated_or_shared": "not stated","gb6_single": 1298,"gb6_multi": 1987,"gb5_single": 1019,"gb5_multi": 1700,"source_url": "https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/yabs/ionos-2c-2gb-20260625-tg10331","source_date": "2026-06-25","rung": "reported","note": "EPYC-Milan at 2.00 GHz. The 1 vCPU VPS S measured 556 single / 359 multi, i.e. multi below single, which is a scheduling artefact rather than a smaller CPU."}] |
| payment methods | {"card_at_signup": "yes","debit": "not-stated","prepaid": "not-stated","virtual": "not-stated","hold_amount": null,"hold_detail": "a small test charge, cancelled immediately; amount not published","identity": "no identity document named on the pages read","source_url": "https://www.ionos.com/help/my-account/payments/selecting-a-payment-method/","read_on": "2026-10-24"} |
Unknown values 10
- chaining: a source was read and is silent on this field
- egress metered: egress metering was not published
- egress terms: a source was read and is silent on this field
- interface: the access interface was not established
- limits note: a source was read and is silent on this field
- per object cap stated: a source was read and is silent on this field
- reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed
- retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention stated: a source was read and is silent on this field
- tooling: a source was read and is silent on this field
IONOS (2)
ComputeSibling records disagree:
- identity_kind:
compute/ionos-2says email, compute/ionos-vps-s-plus says card - identity_kind:
compute/ionos-2says email, compute/ionos-windows says card
- Free allowance
- VPS S+: 1 vCore, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe, unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s, at USD 2/month for the first 3 months with a 1-year term, then USD 6/month.
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- no price stated
- Identity
- email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- documented3 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-22checked 2026-10-22 (live); stale on 2026-11-22
| Free tier | VPS S+: 1 vCore, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe, unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s, at USD 2/month for the first 3 months with a 1-year term, then USD 6/month. VPS M+: 2 vCores, 4 GB, 120 GB NVMe at USD 5/month for 3 months then USD 14. VPS L+: 4 vCores, 8 GB, 240 GB NVMe at USD 8/month for 3 months then USD 25. unit GiB; metered on wall-clock; kind not stated |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Binding | none no binding constraint identified |
| Identity | email (placeholder) unverified: no page stating the signup requirement was read; the record's evidence covers the VPS S+, M+ and L+ prices, the three-month introductory rate on a one-year term, "Unlimited traffic and no setup fees" and the money-back guarantee, and says nothing about what an account needs — no card, email, phone or ID document statement appears |
| Egress | not stated |
| Interface | unknown inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed |
| Tooling | not stated |
| Composes with | not established |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Notes | no open question recorded |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 3
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | www.ionos.com/servers/vps | VPS S+ card: 'Save $12', '$6' struck through, '$2 /month for 3 months with a 1-year term', 1 vCore, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe, quoted |
| 2026-10-22 | www.ionos.com/servers/vps | VPS M+ at USD 5/month for 3 months then USD 14 (2 vCores, 4 GB, 120 GB); VPS L+ at USD 8 for 3 months then USD 25 (4 vCores, 8 GB, 240 GB) |
| 2026-10-22 | www.ionos.com/servers/vps | 'Unlimited traffic and no setup fees' and 'Money-back-guarantee' in the page header, quoted |
More fields 1
| facets | {"class": null,"free_tier_kind": null,"shape": null} |
|---|
Unknown values 7
- egress metered: egress metering was not published
- egress terms: a source was read and is silent on this field
- interface: the access interface was not established
- per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed
- retention stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- tooling: a source was read and is silent on this field
IONOS, VPS S+ (VPS+ range)
ComputeSibling records disagree:
- identity_kind:
compute/ionos-2says email, compute/ionos-vps-s-plus says card
- Free allowance
- No free tier; the entry plan is 'VPS S+' at USD 6 a month, discounted to USD 2 a month for 3 months with a 1-year term
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- USD 6/monthparsed from the record, in USD
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- volume-quotathe USD 2 rate applies 'for 3 months' with a 1-year term; the list price is USD 6
- Evidence
- documented3 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-24checked 2026-10-24 (live); stale on 2026-11-24
| Free tier | no free tier; the entry plan is 'VPS S+' at USD 6 a month, discounted to USD 2 a month for 3 months with a 1-year term unit none; metered on none |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Binding | volume-quota the promo expiry is what fails: three months at USD 2, then USD 6 a month for the rest of a one-year contract. |
| Identity | card an account and a payment method at order. |
| Egress | 'Unlimited traffic and no setup fees', 'Unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s' in the page description free allowance: unlimited |
| Retention | the disk persists for the contract term; a 30-day money-back guarantee is stated |
| Interface | ssh root SSH, Cloud Panel, 1-click app installation |
| Tooling | any SSH client; IONOS Cloud Panel |
| Composes with | a 2 GiB box whose USD 2 headline lasts three months; the fourth invoice is USD 6 |
| Reliability | no reliability event observed; the vendor advertises 99.99%+ uptime |
| Notes | A textbook first-term promo: USD 2 for three months, USD 6 thereafter, on a one-year contract. The 4 GiB rung is USD 5 for three months and USD 14 after, which is the row a careless table would list as '4 GB for USD 5'. |
| Evidence note | documented the crossed-out list price, the promo price, the promo length and the shape are all quoted from the plan card read. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 3
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | www.ionos.com/servers/vps | quoted: 'VPS S+ Save $12 $6 $2 /month for 3 months with a 1-year term - 1 vCore CPU - 2 GB RAM - 60 GB NVMe' |
| 2026-10-24 | www.ionos.com/servers/vps | quoted: 'VPS M+ Save $27 $14 $5 /month for 3 months with a 1-year term - 2 vCores CPU - 4 GB RAM - 120 GB NVMe' |
| 2026-10-24 | www.ionos.com/servers/vps | quoted: 'Unlimited traffic and no setup fees' |
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| shape | {"vcpu": 1,"ram_gib": 2,"disk_gib": 60,"gpu_class": null,"gpu_count": null} |
|---|---|
| billing model | monthly on a 1-year term |
| term | 12 months |
| m10h usd | 6.0 |
| m24h usd | 6.0 |
| price arithmetic | USD 2.00/month for the first 3 months, then USD 6.00/month for the remaining 9; year one = USD 6 + USD 54 = USD 60.00, which is USD 5.00/month averaged |
| out of pocket usd | 60.0 |
| renewal usd | 6.0 |
| renewal note | USD 6 a month is the struck-through list price and the rate after month 3 |
| promo | yes |
| promo length months | 3 |
| over line | yes |
| port mbps | 1000 |
| ipv4 included | yes |
| ipv6 | yes |
| free tier kind | none |
| network out | {"allow_outbound": true,"allow_inbound_listen": true,"ports": "all","static_ip": true,"ipv6": true,"per_session_bytes": null} |
| session cap | {"wall_clock_min": null,"idle_reap_s": null,"restart_required": false,"note": "none; it is a VPS"} |
Unknown values 1
- per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
Sibling records disagree:
- identity_kind:
compute/ionos-2says email, compute/ionos-windows says card
- Free allowance
- No free tier; Windows XL+ is USD 94.00/month, discounted to USD 60.00/month for three months on a one-year term
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- USD 94/monthparsed from the record, in USD
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- per-ip-shapingunlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s
- Evidence
- documented3 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-26checked 2026-10-26 (live); stale on 2026-11-26
| Free tier | no free tier; Windows XL+ is USD 94.00/month, discounted to USD 60.00/month for three months on a one-year term unit none; metered on none |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
the UK page adds a GBP 10.00 setup fee and prints GBP 81.00 list against GBP 52.00 for three months; the US page prints no setup line |
| Binding | per-ip-shaping the 1 Gbit/s port is the only hard ceiling; the traffic is unlimited without a published rate, and the term governs the price rather than the capacity. |
| Identity | card an account and a payment method at order; the checkout was not read |
| Egress | unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s; no byte quota or rate is published free allowance: unlimited |
| Retention | the disk persists for the contract term; the US page states a one-year term for the promotional rate |
| Interface | rest, cli RDP over a public IPv4; IONOS has a Cloud API and control panel |
| Tooling | any RDP client; IONOS Cloud API and control panel |
| Composes with | 8 vCPU and 16 GiB for USD 60 a month for the first quarter, then USD 94, which makes it the cheapest first-quarter row and one of the most expensive steady-state rows |
| Reliability | no reliability event observed; the vendor advertises 99.99%+ uptime |
| Notes | The first-year average is USD 85.50: three months at USD 60.00 plus nine at USD 94.00. The steady-state bill is USD 94.00 from month 13, which is why the row ranks below the cheaper monthly rows despite the strongest first-quarter price. |
| Evidence note | documented the shape, the list price, the three-month promotional price and the one-year term are printed on the US page read. The licence is included on the evidence of the identical Linux SKU being GBP 40.00 cheaper on the UK page; the page does not itemise it. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 3
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | www.ionos.com/servers/windows-vps | quoted: 'Windows XL+ Save $102 $94 $60/month for 3 months with a 1-year term ... 8 vCores CPU ... 16 GB RAM ... 480 GB NVMe' |
| 2026-10-26 | www.ionos.co.uk/servers/windows-vps | quoted: 'Windows XL+ Save GBP 97 GBP 81 GBP 52/month for 3 months excl. VAT Setup GBP 10 ... 8 vCores CPU ... 16 GB RAM ... 480 GB NVMe' |
| 2026-10-26 | www.ionos.co.uk/servers/linux-vps | the identical Linux SKU is GBP 41.00 list and GBP 12.00 introductory, a GBP 40.00 gap against the Windows price that is consistent with a bundled licence |
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| shape | {"vcpu": 8,"ram_gib": 16,"disk_gib": 480} |
|---|---|
| billing model | monthly on a one-year term |
| term | 12 months |
| list usd | 94.0 |
| promo usd | 60.0 |
| promo months | 3 |
| first year average usd | 85.5 |
| monthly usd | 94.0 |
| first month usd | 60.0 |
| setup fee usd | 0.0 |
| setup fee gbp | 10.0 |
| renewal usd | 94.0 |
| windows licence | included; derived from the GBP 40.00 Linux-to-Windows gap |
| ipv4 included | yes |
| ipv6 included | yes |
| port mbps | 1000 |
| traffic | unlimited, no published rate |
| stock | orderable; no stock count published |
| cart url | https://www.ionos.com/servers/windows-vps |
Unknown values 1
- per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
Sibling records disagree:
- verdict:
compute/ionossays paid-only, compute/ionos-cloud-trial says fails-identity
- Free allowance
- 'During the trial period, 8 cores, 20 GB RAM, 600 GB HDD storage, and 1 static IP address are available by the standard.
- Verdict
- fails: identitythe identity required is not reachable without it
- Cost
- not stated
- Identity
- cardcard required, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- write-gatedcompany details and a credit card, plus a sales phone call within 24 hours on working days
- Evidence
- documented6 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-24checked 2026-10-24 (live); stale on 2026-11-24
| Free tier | 'During the trial period, 8 cores, 20 GB RAM, 600 GB HDD storage, and 1 static IP address are available by the standard. Additionally, 600 GB of either SSD Standard or SSD Premium storage is available. Your trial period is limited to 30 days or a maximum resource consumption of 500 euros.' unit hours; metered on wall-clock |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits | |
| Binding | write-gated The card and the company field come first, and the sales call is a human gate on top: the trial does not convert to a machine without all three. |
| Identity | card card required, hold amount not published: quoted 'After you enter your company and credit card details, you will have access to a test account within a few minutes.' The page also states 'if, for example, a credit card or phone number verification was not completed successfully, another phone call is needed', so a phone check is implied. No authorisation amount is stated on the trial-conditions page read; the separate IONOS order page describes a test charge that is cancelled, with the amount unpublished. |
| Egress | not stated on the trial-conditions page. Traffic is excluded from the trial usage display: 'Traffic, Windows licenses, backup, or S3 object storage are not currently displayed' |
| Per-object cap | the trial pool is shared across the whole account: 8 cores, 20 GB RAM, 1 static IP, 600 GB HDD plus 600 GB SSD |
| Retention | 'After the test phase expires or resources end, your test account will be converted to a production account. Saved payment details will be used for billing purposes.' The infrastructure is not deleted at the end of the trial unless the customer deletes it. |
| Interface | ssh, rest IONOS Cloud virtual servers over SSH, the Data Center Designer web UI, and a REST API. One static IP is included in the trial pool. |
| Tooling | any SSH client; the DCD console; the Cloud API |
| Reliability | No reliability event observed. |
| Notes | The biggest trial machine by shape, and rejected for exactly the reason the operator complains about: a card, a company name, and a phone call from a sales manager. Three things are worth stating plainly. First, the trial does not expire into deletion, it expires into a paid account with the saved card, so an unattended trial becomes a bill. Second, the EUR 500 ceiling and the 30 days are both hard stops, and the page does not say which binds first in practice. Third, no authorisation amount is published on the trial-conditions page, so the hold is unknown rather than zero. The existing ionos record covers the paid hourly compute. |
| Evidence note | documented The 8 cores, 20 GB RAM, 600 GB HDD, 600 GB SSD, 1 static IP, the 30-day limit and the EUR 500 ceiling are all quoted from IONOS's own trial-conditions page read. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 6
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/faq/trial-conditions | quoted: 'During the trial period, 8 cores, 20 GB RAM, 600 GB HDD storage, and 1 static IP address are available by the standard. Additionally, 600 GB of either SSD Standard or SSD Premium storage is available.' |
| 2026-10-24 | docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/faq/trial-conditions | quoted: 'Your trial period is limited to 30 days or a maximum resource consumption of 500 euros.' |
| 2026-10-24 | docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/faq/trial-conditions | quoted: 'After you enter your company and credit card details, you will have access to a test account within a few minutes. In rare cases, if, for example, a credit card or phone number verification was not completed successfully, another phone call is needed.' |
| 2026-10-24 | docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/faq/trial-conditions | quoted: 'IONOS CLOUD sales team will contact you by phone within 24 hours on working days to discuss the next steps.' |
| 2026-10-24 | docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/faq/trial-conditions | quoted: 'As soon as your test credit is spent, your account will be converted to a productive account. Saved payment details will be used for billing purposes.' |
| 2026-10-24 | docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/faq/frequently-asked-questions | quoted: 'Yes. IONOS CLOUD offers a trial account with credits to test the platform at no cost.' |
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| shape | {"vcpu": 8,"ram_gib": 20,"disk_gib": 1200,"gpu_class": null,"gpu_count": null,"note": "8 cores and 20 GB RAM total across the account, 600 GB HDD plus 600 GB SSD; disk_gib is the sum of the two volumes, not a single disk"} |
|---|---|
| billing model | free |
| term | 30 days, then conversion to a paid account |
| m10h usd | 0 |
| m24h usd | 0 |
| price arithmetic | EUR 0 for up to 30 days or EUR 500 of list-price consumption; no hourly rate is charged during the trial, so there is nothing to multiply |
| free tier kind | trial |
| network out | {"allow_outbound": true,"allow_inbound_listen": true,"ports": "1 static IP in the trial pool; security groups apply","static_ip": true,"ipv6": null,"per_session_bytes": null} |
| session cap | {"wall_clock_min": 43200,"idle_reap_s": null,"restart_required": false,"note": "30 days or EUR 500, then the account converts to paid"} |
| signup url | https://cloud.ionos.com/ |
| credit hours at shape | not computable in hours: the trial is capped at 30 days or EUR 500, and the page publishes no hourly rate for the trial shape, so no hour count can be derived without inventing one |
| card hold note | no authorisation amount is published on the trial-conditions page; the order page describes a cancelled test charge with the amount unpublished |
| payment methods | credit card; the trial page names no debit card |
Unknown values 1
- egress metered: egress metering was not published
IONOS CLOUD Object Storage
Storage- Free allowance
- Per-GB-month; "Just 4.99 Dollar per TB for 30 days"; multi-region redundant
- Verdict
- fails: egressdata cannot be read back out at a usable rate or price
- Cost
- USD 4.99/TB-monthparsed from the record, in USD
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- reported2 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | Per-GB-month; "Just 4.99 Dollar per TB for 30 days"; multi-region redundant unit GB; metered on unstated |
|---|---|
| Price | $4.99/TB at 5 TB and 20 TB for storage — but serving 20 TB/month costs $648 in egress alone (2 TB free + 18 TB x $36/TB), i.e. effective $32/TB+. |
| Identity | card card |
| Egress | NOT free, and this is the trap. Verbatim from the price list: "Outgoing public traffic | For the first 2 TB (<= 2 TB) | Free / The next 8 TB (> 2 TB <= 10 TB) | $0.036/GB / The next 40 TB (> 10 TB <= 50 TB) | $0.030/GB". All reads, writes ("Data Storage (write)") and requests are free — only egress is metered. Outgoing traffic from user-owned buckets is always charged as regular public traffic. |
| Per-object cap | not stated |
| Retention | not stated |
| Interface | s3-compatible, rclone, cli S3 API |
| Tooling | AWS CLI, rclone, S3 SDKs |
| Composes with | Only viable behind Cloudflare, which converts the $36/TB egress into CF's free egress. |
| Reliability | Solid multi-region EU/US infrastructure; the pricing model simply assumes you do not read your data. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 2
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | cloud.ionos.com/storage/object-storage | "Unbeatable price-performance ratio at $4.99/TB"; "Data Storage (write) | Free", "Data Retrieval (read) | Free", "PUT / COPY / POST / LIST | Free", "GET | Free"; "Data transmission costs are not included and will be added according to the current pricing" |
| 2026-10-21 | cloud.ionos.com/prices | "Outgoing public traffic: first 2 TB Free; next 8 TB $0.036/GB; next 40 TB $0.030/GB; next 100 TB $0.024/GB; over 150 TB $0.018/GB"; "Outgoing Object Storage traffic from user-owned buckets is always charged as regular public traffic" |
More fields 2
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "Per-GB-month; \"Just 4.99 Dollar per TB for 30 days\"; multi-region redundant","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
|---|---|
| price verbatim | $4.99/TB at 5 TB and 20 TB for storage — but serving 20 TB/month costs $648 in egress alone (2 TB free + 18 TB x $36/TB), i.e. effective $32/TB+. |
Unknown values 4
- per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- per object cap stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- Free allowance
- The 'free VPS' is a money-back guarantee on a paid contract, and the disk is the problem: the trial-matching tier is 'VPS S+ … 1 vCore, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe'.
- Verdict
- fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
- Cost
- not stated
- Identity
- email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- reported1 source; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | The 'free VPS' is a money-back guarantee on a paid contract, and the disk is the problem: the trial-matching tier is 'VPS S+ … 1 vCore, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe'. unit none; metered on none |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Identity | email (placeholder) not published |
| Egress | not recorded |
| Interface | unknown |
| Tooling | not recorded |
Evidence 1
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | www.ionos.com/servers/free-vps | the text of Free tier, above |
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "The 'free VPS' is a money-back guarantee on a paid contract, and the disk is the problem: the trial-matching tier is 'VPS S+ … 1 vCore, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe'.","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
|---|
Unknown values 7
- chaining: no value was recorded for this field
- egress terms: no value was recorded for this field
- interface: the access interface was not established
- per object cap notes: no value was recorded for this field
- per object cap stated: no value was recorded for this field
- retention stated: no value was recorded for this field
- tooling: no value was recorded for this field
IONOS HiDrive (retail)
Storage- Free allowance
- 100 GB / 250 GB / 1 TB / 2 TB on the public ladder
- Verdict
- fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
- Cost
- USD 5/TB-monthparsed from the record, in USD
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- documented7 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-05checked 2026-11-04 (live); stale on 2026-12-05
| Free tier | 100 GB / 250 GB / 1 TB / 2 TB on the public ladder unit TB; metered on unstated |
|---|---|
| Price | $5.00/TB-month on the 2 TB Pro plan ($10/month with a 1-year term; $20/month is shown struck through). The 1 TB Business plan is $1/month for the 1-year term, then $7/month = $7.00/TB-month. The page lists no plan above 2 TB; the renewal price of the 2 TB plan is not stated: unverified. |
| Identity | card card |
| Egress | unverified: the plan page lists no transfer or egress term for any plan. |
| Per-object cap | not stated |
| Retention | not stated |
| Interface | webdav, sftp, smb, rclone WebDAV, SMB, SFTP (protocol pack is an add-on: 'Extra protocols' only appears on the 2 TB tier card) |
| Tooling | rclone hidrive backend |
| Composes with | rclone mount |
| Reliability | Classic trial-vs-steady-state confusion: the $1 figure is term-locked and reverts to $7. The 1 TB tier at $7/mo is $7/TB — competitive on paper but capped at 2 TB and with protocol access behind an add-on. |
| Evidence note | documented documented from the vendor page read on 2026-11-03 (https://www.ionos.com/office-solutions/hidrive-cloud-storage): the plan ladder of 100 GB, 250 GB, 1 TB and 2 TB storage. Egress, identity, retention and per-object cap were not read. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 7
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | www.ionos.com/office-solutions/hidrive-cloud-storage | '$1 /month with a 1-year term — Then only $7/month — 1 TB storage, 5 users'; 2 TB '$10/month with a 1-year term' (Save 50%); 100 GB $1.50; 250 GB $3 |
| 2026-10-21 | www.ionos.co.uk/office-solutions/hidrive-cloud-storage | 'Only £5/month excl. VAT — 500 GB storage', same 100 GB → 2 TB ladder |
| 2026-10-21 | www.ionos.de/office-loesungen/hidrive-cloud-speicher | 'Dauerhaft nur 5€/Monat' 500 GB, 'Sparen Sie 86%' 1 TB |
| 2026-11-03 | www.ionos.com/office-solutions/hidrive-cloud-storage | the 1 TB plan is $1/month for the 1-year term, then $7/month |
| 2026-11-03 | www.ionos.com/office-solutions/hidrive-cloud-storage | the largest plan on the page is Pro at 2 TB for $10/month on a 1-year term, below the 10 TiB stored need |
| 2026-11-04 | www.ionos.com/office-solutions/hidrive-cloud-storage | the largest plan on the page stores 2 TB |
| 2026-11-04 | www.ionos.com/office-solutions/hidrive-cloud-storage | a 1 TB plan is on the page |
More fields 2
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "100 GB / 250 GB / 1 TB / 2 TB on the public ladder","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
|---|---|
| price verbatim | 2 TB $10/mo promo term = $5.00/TB, steady state unclear (the $10 is itself a 'Save 50%' off $20). 1 TB $7/mo steady = $7.00/TB. |
Unknown values 4
- per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- per object cap stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read