Gandi 🆚 1&1 IONOS France - Mar, 2024

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Gandi (gandi.net) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2016.
1&1 IONOS France (ionos.fr) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2018.

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🙌 Average Rating: 2.5 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 3
👎 Bad Reviews: 15
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ionos.fr logo
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63-65 boulevard Masséna
Paris 75013
FR

gandi.net
7 place de la Gare
Sarreguemines 57200
FR
Part of United Internet
ionos.fr
📧 Emailnoc@g...support@i...
☎ Phone+33.(0) 1 70.37.76.61, Fax: +33.(0) 1 43 73 18 510970 808 911
Ranks🏆 Alexa Rating 12,417▲1,852 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 5,672▼-10 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in FR 1,577
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 85/72🔗 Links 3,064,274
🏆 Alexa Rating 13,772▼-578 (lower is better)
📈 Domains 6,844▼-37 (higher is better)
Alexa Rank in FR 358
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 59/56🔗 Links 27,881
Languages zh-CHS zh-CHT en-US fr-FR ja-JP es-ES fr-FR
📄 InfoFounded in 1999 by Pierre Beyssac, Laurent Chernla and Valentin Lacambre, Gandi is a hosting provider that prides in hosting over 50,000 websites, over 2.5 million domains and it has recognition around the world in 192 countries. They offer services for all types of projects: individuals, small companies, medium-sized companies or corporations.

They were one of the first ICANN accredited domain registrars in France and they offer over 750 domain extensions.

The company provides the [...]
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1&1 IONOS is the biggest hosting company in Europe and a member of the United Internet group. The company is focused on providing everything needed in order to set up small and medium-sized businesses. Starting with 1988 when it was established (firstly named 1and1), the objective of this company was clearly structured from the beginning Read full review
📡 EstablishedMay, 19992000
🏁 Site speedAverage, load time 2.1 seconds 45% sites are slower
SEO Links count 2,790
Fast, load time 1.6 seconds 59% sites are slower
SEO Links count 9,139
📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media

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gandi.net Icongandibar
Started from: May, 2009
  • Tweets: 11,247
  • Followers: 14,149
  • Friends: 575
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ionos.fr Iconionos_fr
Started from: November, 2009
  • Tweets: 5,001
  • Followers: 2,722
  • Friends: 444
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Gandi
  • Followers: 667
  • Entity type: Privately Held
  • Founded: 1999
  • Employee Count: 51-200
  • Industry: Internet

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Gandi Blog
  • Blog Posts: 724
  • Software Wordpress version 5.7.11
  • First post from: Mar, 2015
  • Language: en-US
  • Last written post:

1&1 IONOS France Blog
  • Blog Posts: 0
  • Blog added on: Oct, 2018

🔧 Shared Hosting - 4/6
💡 Plan NameSmall+SSL [Linux]Hébergement WordPress Essential
[Linux]
💰 Price€ 6.00/mo. VAT 19% inc€ 1.00/mo. VAT 20% exc
(€ 7.00 after 6 mo.)
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited25 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer60 GBunmetered
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited1
🆓 Free Domain01
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel[In-house][In-house]
🌏 Server LocationFranceLuxembourgFrance
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Unlimited free SSL certificates
Simple dynamic or static websites with little traffic
Snapshots
Caching
Extra storage Starting at €0.21 per GB
For Gandi customers* €3.57
300,000 estimated monthly pageviews
60GB estimated monthly traffic

Try your first instance of any size for [...]
INFO (mouse over)A free domain for the first year
Wildcard SSL certificate included
24/7 Support
📅 Date PlanJan 2021Mar 2019
💡 Plan NameMedium [Linux]Hébergement WordPress Pro
[Linux]
💰 Price€ 8.00/mo. VAT 19% inc€ 1.00/mo. VAT 20% exc
(€ 11.00 after 12 mo.)
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited100 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer120 GBunmetered
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited2
🆓 Free Domain01
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel[In-house][In-house]
🌏 Server LocationFranceLuxembourgFrance
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)CMS, blogs, and applications with little traffic
Snapshots
Caching
Extra storage Starting at €0.21 per GB
CMS, blogs, and apps with little traffic
For Gandi customers* €4.76
600,000 estimated monthly pageviews
120GB estimated monthly traffic
SSL support

Try your first [...]
INFO (mouse over)Domain included the 1st year
SSL certificate
24/7 Support
📅 Date PlanJan 2021Mar 2019
💡 Plan NameLarge [Linux]Hébergement WordPress Expert
[Linux]
💰 Price€ 16.00/mo. VAT 19% inc€ 1.00/mo. VAT 20% exc
(€ 13.00 after 6 mo.)
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited200 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer250 GBunmetered
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited5
🆓 Free Domain01
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel[In-house][In-house]
🌏 Server LocationFranceLuxembourgFrance
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)CMS, blogs, e-commerce websites and applications with moderate traffic
Unlimited free SSL certificates
Snapshots
Caching
Extra storage Starting at €0.21 per GB
CMS, blogs, and apps with little traffic
For Gandi customers* €9.52

1,200,000 estimated monthly pageviews
250GB [...]
Same as previous plans
📅 Date PlanJan 2021Mar 2019
💡 Plan NameXX-Large [Linux]Essential [Linux/Windows]
💰 Price€ 32.00/mo. VAT 19% inc€ 1.00/mo. VAT 20% exc
(€ 3.00 after 6 mo.)
💿 Disk Spaceunlimited100 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer1 TBunmetered
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited1
🆓 Free Domain01
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control Panel[In-house][In-house]
🌏 Server LocationFranceLuxembourgFrance
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)E-commerce, CMS, blogs, and applications with intensive traffic
Unlimited free SSL certificates
Snapshots
Caching
Extra storage Starting at €0.21 per GB
CMS, blogs, and apps with little traffic

For Gandi customers* €19.04
> 5,000,000 estimated monthly pageviews
1TB [...]
Same as previous plans
📅 Date PlanJan 2021Mar 2019
💡 Plan Name-Pro [Linux/Windows]
💰 Price-€ 1.00/mo. VAT 20% exc
(€ 8.00 after 12 mo.)
💿 Disk Space-250 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-2
🆓 Free Domain-1
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-France
📜 Description-Same as previous plans
📅 Date Plan-Mar 2019
💡 Plan Name-Expert [Linux/Windows]
💰 Price-€ 1.00/mo. VAT exc
(€ 10.00 after 6 mo.)
💿 Disk Space-500 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains-50
🆓 Free Domain-1
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-France
📜 Description-Same as previous plans
📅 Date Plan-Mar 2019
🔧 Cloud - 3/0
💡 Plan NameSmall [Linux]-
💰 Price€ 13.57/mo. VAT 19% inc-
💿 Disk Space20 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU1 Cores-
🔋 RAM1 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, [In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationFrance-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)IP address (v4)
IP address (v6)

* Monthly price based on a 30-day usage. Server consumption is billed hourly.

Create servers in a minute.
Setup new servers in a minute on our Cloud platform.

Virtual servers, real power
Enjoy the power of dedicated machines without having to worry about [...]
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📅 Date PlanJan 2021-
💡 Plan NameMedium [Linux]-
💰 Price€ 23.57/mo. VAT 19% inc-
💿 Disk Space50 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU2 Cores-
🔋 RAM2 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, [In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationFrance-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanJan 2021-
💡 Plan NameKick Ass [Linux]-
💰 Price€ 204.70/mo. VAT 19% inc-
💿 Disk Space1000 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU16 Cores-
🔋 RAM24 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, [In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationFrance-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanJan 2021-
🔧 SSL Certificates - 4/0
💡 Plan NameFree SSL-
💰 Price€ 0.00/yr.-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Free SSL
Can be used On Simple Hosting
2048-bit Key
Online validation
Automated certificate management
Can be used - On Simple Hosting
Single address (domain + www subdomain) - Free

256-bit encryption
Our certificate encryption key is available at the maximum level of security [...]
-
📅 Date PlanJan 2021-
💡 Plan NameStandard-
💰 Price€ 12.00/yr. VAT 19% inc-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Standard SSL
Current price for Single address (domain + www subdomain) €14.28 per year
Wildcard - 142,80 € per year
Multi-domain - From 47,60 € per year

2048-bit Key
Online validation
Can be used - Everywhere

256-bit encryption
Our certificate encryption key is available at [...]
-
📅 Date PlanJan 2021-
💡 Plan NamePro-
💰 Price€ 34.00/yr. VAT 19% inc-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Pro SSL
Single address (domain + www subdomain) - 40,46 € per year
Wildcard - 315,35 € per year

2048-bit Key
Organization validation
Transaction warranty - Up to $250,000
Can be used - Everywhere

256-bit encryption
Our certificate encryption key is available at the maximum level [...]
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📅 Date PlanJan 2021-
💡 Plan NameBusiness-
💰 Price€ 280.00/yr. VAT 19% inc-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Business SSL
Single address (domain + www subdomain) - 333,20 € per year
Multi-domain - From 595,00 € per year

2048-bit Key
Organization validation
Extended Validation
("green bar")
Transaction warranty - Up to $250,000
Can be used - Everywhere


256-bit encryption
Our [...]
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📅 Date PlanJan 2021-
🔧 Emails - 2/0
💡 Plan NameStandard [Linux]-
💰 Price€ 0.35/mo. VAT 19% inc-
💿 Disk Space3 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationFrance-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Filters and anti-spam
Anti-virus
Webmail
Outlook, Mail, Thunderbird
(IMAP / POP / SMTP) synchronization
Included mailboxes - 2 free standard mailboxes per domain

2 mailboxes included with each domain
When you buy a domain or transfer one to Gandi, you get 2 free mailboxes!

Unlimited [...]
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📅 Date PlanJan 2021-
💡 Plan NamePremium [Linux]-
💰 Price€ 1.75/mo. VAT 19% inc-
💿 Disk Space50 GB-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains -
🆓 Free Domain -
🔨 Control Panel[In-house]-
🌏 Server LocationFrance-
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plans-
📅 Date PlanJan 2021-
🔧 Website Builder - 0/3
💡 Plan Name-Pro
💰 Price-€ 0.83/mo. VAT 20% exc
(€ 10.00 after 12 mo.)
💿 Disk Space-unlimited
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain-1
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-France
📜 Description-INFO (mouse over)Optimized for all devices
All the web space you need
24/7 Support
📅 Date Plan-Mar 2019
💡 Plan Name-Essential
💰 Price-€ 1.00/mo. VAT 20% exc
(€ 7.00 after 6 mo.)
💿 Disk Space-unlimited
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain-1
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-France
📜 Description-Same as previous plans
📅 Date Plan-Mar 2019
💡 Plan Name-Expert
💰 Price-€ 1.00/mo. VAT 20% exc
(€ 20.00 after 6 mo.)
💿 Disk Space-unlimited
📶 Data Transfer-unmetered
🔌 Hosted domains- 
🆓 Free Domain-1
📌 Dedicated IPs-0
🔨 Control Panel-[In-house]
🌏 Server Location-France
📜 Description-Same as previous plans
📅 Date Plan-Mar 2019
💻 Supported Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Linux
  • Linux/Windows
📤 List of products
  • Shared Hosting
  • Cloud
  • Domains
  • SSL Certificates
  • Emails
  • Shared Hosting
  • Domains
  • Website Builder
✍️ Support Options
  • Email
  • Help Desk
  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • Forum
  • Live Chat
  • Available 24/7
  • 0 WHTop support responses
  • Email
  • Help Desk
  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • Live Chat
  • Available 24/7
  • 0 WHTop support responses
💰 Payment Options
  • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
  • PayPal
  • Wire Transfer
  • Bitcoin
  • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
  • PayPal
👪 Last positive / negative customers review
 
-anonymous- (timo.p.saarinen@g...)
on 📆 Nov 22, 2018
Solid hosting for 4 years
😁 I have had a personal vps on Gandi and have been very happy with their customer service, service availability and the management UI.

-anonymous- (-hidden-)
on 📆 Jan 28, 2021
😠 Gandi will not help you. If you don't know how to do something they will not give useful assistance. Their "documentation" instructs you to click on links or tabs that do not exist. The methods they tell you to use do not work. I have had my sites [...]


john c (-no email-)
on 📆 Sep 03, 2011
useless company
😠 used 1&1 for hosting basic site during three years. Eventually closed it down. Used 1&1 for domain name registration for .fr domains. Useless. Unable to communicate in French or in English. Lost both my .fr domains due to their incompetence (one [...]

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