Hosting and cloud provider · Spain

IONOS

An internet and cloud-services provider offering domains, websites, business email, hosting, servers, and AI solutions for businesses.

About IONOS

Internet infrastructure and cloud for businesses

IONOS is a hosting provider and cloud-solutions company, with products ranging from basic online presence to advanced AI infrastructure. Its catalog serves businesses and professionals looking for domains, websites, email, hosting, servers, and managed cloud services.

Domains, security, and online presence

The company registers domains including .es, .com, and .ai, as well as newer top-level domains such as .app, .blog, and .dev. Its tools include an AI domain-name generator and bulk search for registering up to 50 domains at once. Security products include SSL certificates to secure traffic and build trust, domain protection against external threats, and domain transfers to IONOS.

Websites and online stores

IONOS offers an AI website and app builder that can create pages and applications through chat, an AI website builder, and a web-design service handled by experts. Integrated marketing tools include an AI search manager intended to improve visibility on Google and ChatGPT, an AI marketing manager for creating social-media campaigns, and an AI online-reputation manager that responds to comments in real time. Email marketing tools support email campaigns.

For e-commerce, the company offers online-store creation, expert store design, e-commerce plugins, and a buy button for social media. It also provides hosting for WooCommerce and PrestaShop, described as scalable and reliable, respectively.

Hosting, business email, and productivity

IONOS sells shared and dedicated hosting, VPS plans with VMware virtualization and SSD storage, and deployment tools such as Deploy Now for PHP projects from GitHub. It also offers Jamstack and Joomla! hosting, plus hosting optimized for WordPress and WooCommerce.

Communications and productivity services include business email, webmail, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft 365 / Office 365, Google Workspace, and Nextcloud Workspace, presented as a sovereign alternative with Euro-Office. Storage and backup offerings include managed Nextcloud, HiDrive Next online storage, email archiving, MyDefender protection against data loss, viruses, and theft, and a free tool for sharing large files.

Servers and cloud solutions

Server products include Linux and Windows VPS with unlimited traffic, dedicated servers with professional hardware, AMD and Intel servers, discounted servers, storage servers, GPU servers, Bare Metal servers, and AI server solutions. Featured options include n8n hosting with root access, NVMe storage, and a free image; OpenClaw VPS Hosting; and Hermes Agent VPS Hosting for autonomous command-line AI agents. GPU servers are aimed at AI, deep learning, and high-performance computing.

IONOS Cloud includes public cloud, private cloud, and Bare Metal Cloud. Featured products include AI Model Hub, Cloud GPU VM, Compute Engine, and Nextcloud Workspace. Public-cloud services include storage and backup products such as Backup Service, Block Storage, Object Storage, and Network File Storage (NFS); compute services such as Compute Engine, Cloud GPU VM, and Cubes; containers through Managed Kubernetes and Private Container Registry; data analytics with Event Streams for Apache Kafka; databases including Database as a Service, In-Memory DB, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL; and networking services such as Cloud DNS, Content Delivery Network, DDoS Protect, Flow Logs, Managed Application Load Balancer, Managed NAT Gateway, Managed Network Load Balancer, and VPN Gateway. Observability services include Logging Service, Tracing Service, Monitoring as a Service, and Monitoring Service.

Private cloud uses VMware technology and per-minute billing, with vSAN Enterprise, VCDA for disaster recovery, NFS Datastore, and NSX for network virtualization and security. The company also has a partner program for Private Cloud.

AI for customer service

IONOS offers a suite of AI solutions called Momentum AI. Products include AI Receptionist, which handles customer calls naturally and professionally and is available around the clock; AI Chat Assistant, which answers website questions at any time; IONOS GPT, designed to improve productivity while protecting privacy; AI Model Hub, with voice and image models for professional applications; and Cloud GPU VM, with high GPU performance for AI. The company presents these tools as a virtual AI team for growth and productivity.

European infrastructure and support

IONOS describes itself as Europe's leading cloud provider and offers sovereign cloud services for businesses and institutions. Cloud technical support is available by phone at +34 91 800 7623. The company also provides documentation, a price list and calculator, a live demo, Data Center Designer, and the Sovereign European Cloud API (SECA), along with cloud-migration services and setup guides for virtual and dedicated servers.

In brief

Hosting, domains, and cloud solutions