IONOS.uk Standard, £ 3.00/mo. on Linux Shared
Standard has been added on Sep 17, 2025, Aggregate Rating (1.2 out of 10 from 26 reviews)

No. 2 Cathedral Walk, The Forum
Gloucester GL1 1AU UK
☎ Phone 0808 303 0000
☎ Phone +44 1452 945625[International ]
☎ Phone 0333 336 1285 [Cloud ] [support]
📧 support@i...| 🔌 Hosted domains : | 1 |
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| 🆓 free domains : | 0 |
| 📌 Dedicated IPs : | 0 |
| 💳 Payment Methods : | Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal |
| 🔨 Control Panel : | [In-house] |
| 🔧 Category : | BackupWordpressDDoS Protection |
| ✍️ Support Options : | EmailPhone / Toll-FreeAvailable 24/7 |
| ⚑ Targeting : | UK |
| 💰 Money-back guarantee : | 30 days |

See also initial Standard plan location on their website!
*📜 Plan description
Entry shared hosting tier aimed at beginners and small projects. The package card shows 100 GB NVMe SSD storage, “standard access to server resources,” 1 email address and built-in malware scanner for websites. A promotional price of £3/mo for 6 months is displayed, but the lowest advertised monthly rate on this page is £1 (excl. VAT) for selected offers, then it renews at the regular monthly price shown under the plan (e.g., £6/mo for Standard). NVMe storage provides fast file access, and the platform includes SSL, HTTP/2 and a Cloudflare-backed CDN footprint to accelerate delivery. You can add extra mailboxes, databases and domains from the control area as the site grows. This plan is a good fit for a single brochure site, portfolio or basic WordPress that doesn’t need higher concurrency or larger resource pools.
All IONOS Web Hosting plans are all-inclusive, instantly scalable and come with an advertised money-back guarantee. The stack uses NVMe SSDs, an automatic malware scanner, DDoS protection on the network edge, and performance boosts via CDN on higher tiers. Support is available 24/7 by phone and email, with access to a personal consultant for guidance. Pricing on the page is shown ex-VAT with introductory terms (e.g., 6 or 12 months) followed by the standard monthly rate; VAT at 20% applies for UK customers. Management uses IONOS’s in-house panel rather than cPanel/Plesk, and you can deploy WordPress or other apps from the app catalogue without command-line work.
All IONOS Web Hosting plans are all-inclusive, instantly scalable and come with an advertised money-back guarantee. The stack uses NVMe SSDs, an automatic malware scanner, DDoS protection on the network edge, and performance boosts via CDN on higher tiers. Support is available 24/7 by phone and email, with access to a personal consultant for guidance. Pricing on the page is shown ex-VAT with introductory terms (e.g., 6 or 12 months) followed by the standard monthly rate; VAT at 20% applies for UK customers. Management uses IONOS’s in-house panel rather than cPanel/Plesk, and you can deploy WordPress or other apps from the app catalogue without command-line work.
📄 Editorial Review
IONOS UK is the British-facing operation of IONOS Cloud Ltd., the hosting and cloud brand historically connected with the 1&1 name. The company has one of the longest backgrounds in the European hosting market, with roots going back to 1988. Today, IONOS is part of the United Internet group and operates as a major international provider of domains, shared hosting, WordPress hosting, email, VPS, dedicated servers, cloud infrastructure, security tools, and business web services.The company is considerably larger than a typical retail hosting provider. IONOS serves more than 6.2 million customers worldwide, manages over 22 million domains, operates more than 100,000 servers, and has around 4,300 employees. This scale gives IONOS UK a broad product range and a strong infrastructure base, especially for customers who prefer one provider for several online services rather than using separate companies for domains, hosting, email, and cloud infrastructure.
The UK service is available in English, prices are shown in GBP (£), and most commercial pricing is listed excluding VAT. IONOS UK is suitable for small businesses, freelancers, ecommerce projects, developers, agencies, and companies that want a clear upgrade path from basic hosting to VPS, dedicated servers, or cloud platforms.
Their product range includes domain registration, domain transfer, DNS, shared web hosting, WordPress hosting, WooCommerce hosting, website builder, ecommerce website builder, website design services, business email, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Hosted Microsoft Exchange, Nextcloud Workspace, HiDrive cloud storage, backup and security tools, SSL certificates, VPS, dedicated servers, GPU servers, storage servers, and a wide range of cloud infrastructure services.
Shared hosting is built around Linux hosting with NVMe storage, unlimited traffic, SSL, email, malware scanning, backups, DDoS protection, SSH/SFTP access, Git, PHP version control, cron jobs, and geo-redundant infrastructure. Storage ranges from 100 GB NVMe on entry-level hosting to 500 GB NVMe on higher plans.
WordPress hosting is one of their strongest mainstream services. Plans include managed WordPress tools, automatic updates, vulnerability checks, malware scanning, backups, SSL, a first-year domain, AI-assisted site creation, SFTP, SSH, WP-CLI access, and developer-friendly options. The WordPress Ecommerce plan is aimed at WooCommerce stores that need more resources and online-store functionality.
For more technical customers, VPS hosting includes Linux and Windows options, KVM virtualization, full root access, unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s, NVMe storage, Cloud Panel management, optional Plesk Obsidian, and server-location choices such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and the United States. Dedicated servers include AMD Ryzen Pro, AMD EPYC, Intel Xeon, storage-heavy machines, and GPU servers for more demanding workloads.
A realistic assessment also needs to include customer sentiment. IONOS UK has a low user-review average on WHTop, with many complaints connected to billing, renewals, cancellations, support escalation, and domain/account handling. Their infrastructure and product range are strong, but customers should carefully track renewal dates, cancellation confirmations, contract terms, and account notices.
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