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IONOS MyWebsite at a glance
- Vendor
- IONOS SE
- Headquarters
- Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026
- Data hosting
- Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026
- Free plan
- Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026
- Starting price
- “Ab 1 € /Monat” (vendor’s words) source, captured 28 Oct 2026
- Panel verdict
- The AI panel rates IONOS MyWebsite 2.5/5, the mean of 6 judges. IONOS MyWebsite is the website builder of IONOS SE of Montabaur, Germany. how scores are made
- As of
- Vendor pages captured 28 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026; evaluated by the panel 29 Oct 2026. all sources
Read this page as one judge. Each weighs the same scores by what they care about.
The panel's verdict
IONOS MyWebsite is the website builder of IONOS SE of Montabaur, Germany. Pricing transparency leads at a flat 7 — introductory price and duration, the price afterwards, a 10 € setup fee and a 30-day money-back guarantee — though the captured pages give different figures for the Plus plan's regular price (11 € and 18 €). Legal compliance follows at 5–6 on German-law imprint and privacy texts from IT-Recht Kanzlei München, checked daily, auto-updated, with liability takeover in cease-and-desist cases. SEO and marketing, and forms and business, sit flat at 4: SEO and analytics tools are named, but the pages show no public information on page titles, sitemaps, redirects, contact forms, spam protection or where entries are stored. Judges split on editor and design: the skeptic and the small-business owner scored 6 on the AI generator and template gallery; the freelance designer scored 4, wanting breakpoint control and client roles. Hosting and portability split between documented hosting depth and open exit questions. Sovereignty turns on unnamed data-centre locations and no published subprocessor list.
Speaks for it
- Plans publish the introductory price with its duration, the price afterwards, a 10 € setup fee, VAT inclusion and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
- German-law imprint and privacy texts from the named partner IT-Recht Kanzlei München are checked daily, auto-updated and backed by liability takeover in cease-and-desist cases.
- Hosting bundles an included domain, a free wildcard SSL certificate, mailboxes, unlimited bandwidth and storage mirrored in two geographically independent data centres.
- Templates cover seven industry categories and an AI generator drafts a complete site with texts and images.
- A data processing agreement is published, IONOS acts as processor and a German data protection officer is named.
Held against it
- No public information on contact or custom forms, spam protection, notifications or where form entries are stored.
- No public information on editing page titles and descriptions, sitemaps or redirects.
- No public information on backups, a restore function or a documented export of pages and content.
- The captured pages give different figures for the Plus plan's regular price (11 € and 18 €), with the notice period unpublished.
- No named data-centre locations or subprocessor list, while the privacy policy names Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, Reddit and Google as marketing partners receiving SHA 256-hashed customer data.
Best for
- You are a German small business or practice that wants a first site built fast from industry templates and an AI draft, with prices published down to renewals.
- You want German-law legal texts handled for you and are open to the Abmahnschutz add-on at 8 € a month for a website (12 € for a shop).
- You prefer hosting bundled with the builder — included domain, wildcard SSL certificate and mailbox — from a German-registered provider.
Avoid if
- You need hands-on control of SEO basics such as page titles and descriptions, sitemaps and redirects for local visibility.
- Your intake forms will carry personal or health data whose storage and GDPR handling must be documented before you sign.
- You must be able to back up, restore and export your site's content when moving off the platform.
- You must file hosting locations and a subprocessor chain for compliance before signing.
The scores
| Criterion | Panel median |
|---|---|
| Editor, templates & design control | 2.5 of 5 |
| Hosting, domains & portability | 2.5 of 5 |
| SEO, analytics & visibility | 2 of 5 |
| Forms, bookings & business features | 2 of 5 |
| Imprint, privacy & cookie compliance | 3 of 5 |
| European sovereignty | 2.5 of 5 |
| Pricing transparency | 3.5 of 5 |
Editor, templates & design control
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How this is scored
How a site gets built and how far the owner can shape it: the editor (drag and drop, sections, AI drafts), the template range, responsive and mobile editing, fonts and brand styles, multilingual pages, custom code, and roles for collaborators or clients.
0 — Not a website editor; the product hosts files or code that are built elsewhere.
3 — An editor with a small set of templates and fixed layouts, where colours and texts change but structure, mobile view and languages are not described.
5 — A visual editor with a template gallery for several industries, layouts that adapt to mobile, brand colours and fonts, a blog, and the option to add pages in a second language or custom code snippets.
8 — Fine design control documented: free layout or section editing, separate mobile and breakpoint editing, reusable components or global styles, built-in multilingual sites with translated URLs, user roles for collaborators or clients, and site versions or history that can be restored.
10 — Design work at a professional level without leaving the tool: a design system with variables and components, interactions and animations, a CMS with custom collections, staging or branching before publishing, client handover with restricted editing, and the editor documented in depth.
The Small-Business Owner
The template gallery is sorted by trade — services, gastro, creative and portfolio among them — and a preview shows a design on desktop, tablet and smartphone before I commit, which is exactly what a Sunday-afternoon builder needs. An AI generator drafts the whole site with texts and images from my branch, higher plans add flexible sections, colours, AI colour palettes and AI logo and image tools, and every plan is mobile-optimised. I found no public information on multilingual pages, custom code in the editor, user roles or separate mobile editing. 1 2 3 9
The Freelance Web Designer
The template gallery is sorted into seven industry groups from gastro to health to portfolio, the AI generator drafts a whole site with texts and images, higher plans add flexible sections, colours and AI colour palettes, and designs can be previewed on desktop, tablet and smartphone. I found no public information on separate mobile or breakpoint editing, reusable components or global styles, client login roles, or a version history I could restore, and the entry plan advertises only "einfache Gestaltungsoptionen" — not the fine control I need for client work. 1 2 3 9
The Marketing Lead
Templates are grouped into seven industry categories and an AI generator drafts a complete site with matching texts and images from a few inputs; sections and colours are flexibly editable and a preview shows the design on desktop, tablet and smartphone. I found no public information on multilingual pages, custom code, collaborator roles or version history, which is what usually caps a builder for an agency-grade site. 1 2 3 9
The Practice Owner
The AI generator builds a first draft from my line of work, the template gallery is sorted into industry groups including health and advice, and preview across desktop, tablet and smartphone plus flexible sections and colours are documented. We found no public information on multilingual pages, custom code or roles for collaborators. 2 3 9
The Data Protection Officer
Templates are sorted into business, services, gastro, health, creative and non-profit categories and described as individually customisable, with an AI generator drafting a complete site with texts and images, flexible sections and colours, AI colour palettes and a desktop, tablet and smartphone preview. We found no public information on multilingual pages, custom code, collaborator roles or version history, so this is a competent visual editor rather than fine design control. 2 3 9
The Skeptic
The template gallery covers seven industry categories, an AI generator drafts a site with texts and images from the branch alone, and higher tiers document flexibly designable sections and colours plus AI image, colour and text tools. But we found no public information on separate mobile editing beyond a three-device preview at template selection, pages in a second language, custom code in the builder, collaborator roles or a version history that can be restored. 1 2 3 9
Hosting, domains & portability
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How this is scored
What runs the site once it is built: included hosting, custom domains and domain registration, SSL, email mailboxes, speed (CDN, image optimisation), backups and restore, availability commitments — and whether pages, content and media can be exported when the owner moves on.
0 — No hosting; the product produces a design or files and the owner finds a host.
3 — Hosting on a subdomain with a custom domain on paid plans, but SSL, backups, storage limits and export are not described.
5 — Hosting included with a custom domain (or one included for a first year), free SSL, stated storage or bandwidth, a CDN or speed optimisation, automatic backups or a restore function, and an export of at least blog posts or content.
8 — Hosting described in depth: data-centre locations named, a stated uptime commitment, versioned backups with self-service restore, email mailboxes on the own domain, performance figures or Core Web Vitals addressed, and a documented export of pages, content and media.
10 — Hosting the owner can rely on and leave: an uptime SLA with credits, the hosting region selectable, DDoS and security measures named, a complete site export (code or standard formats) documented step by step, and domains transferable without fees or lock-in.
The Small-Business Owner
Hosting comes bundled with the product: a wish domain included, a free wildcard SSL certificate, stated storage from 100 GB redundant upwards, unlimited bandwidth, a CDN, PHP 8.2 with HTTP/2 and gzip, SSH and SFTP access, and data mirrored in two geographically independent datacentres — though the pages do not say where those centres are. I found no public information on automatic backups, a restore function, an uptime commitment, or a documented export of the site's pages and content if I ever move on. 1 10 11
The Freelance Web Designer
Hosting comes with a free domain and wildcard SSL certificate, named storage, unlimited bandwidth on the webhosting plans, a tariff-dependent CDN, PHP 8.2 with HTTP/2 and gzip, SSH access and storage mirrored in two geographically independent data centres. I found no public information on backups or a self-service restore, an uptime commitment, or a documented export of the built pages and content — the two things that decide whether I can move a client off the tool. 1 10 11
The Marketing Lead
Hosting arrives with an included domain, a free SSL wildcard certificate, plan-by-plan redundant storage in two geographically independent data centres, unlimited bandwidth, a tariff-dependent CDN and SSH/SFTP access, plus mailboxes on the own domain. A backup and restore function and any documented export of site content are not described, so leaving the platform is an open question. 10 11
The Practice Owner
Hosting with a free domain, a free wildcard SSL certificate, stated storage per plan, unlimited bandwidth, a tariff-dependent CDN, geo-redundant storage across two independent data centres and a mailbox on my own domain are documented. We found no public information on backups, a restore function, an uptime commitment, named data-centre locations or an export of pages and content if I move on. 1 10 11
The Data Protection Officer
Hosting with an included domain, a free wildcard SSL certificate, redundant storage in two geographically independent data centres, unlimited bandwidth, a tariff-dependent CDN, PHP 8.2 with HTTP/2 and gzip, mailboxes and SSH access are documented in depth. We found no public information on backups, a restore function, an uptime commitment or any export of pages, content and media — for a hosting vendor I want the export answer in writing. 10 11
The Skeptic
The running side is solid: a domain included (free the first year on Starter), a free wildcard SSL certificate, stated storage from 100 GB, unlimited bandwidth, a plan-dependent CDN, geo-redundant storage across two datacentres, mailboxes and SSH/SFTP access. What leaving would cost is the question these pages never answer: we found no public information on backups or a restore function, on an export of pages, content or media, on an uptime commitment, or on where the datacentres sit. 1 9 10 11
SEO, analytics & visibility
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How this is scored
How the site is found and measured: page titles and descriptions, clean URLs and redirects, sitemaps and indexing, structured data, local SEO, page speed for search, built-in or connectable analytics, newsletter or social sharing, and guidance for the owner who is not an SEO.
0 — No search settings at all; pages cannot be given titles or descriptions.
3 — Page titles and descriptions can be edited, but sitemaps, redirects, analytics and indexing control are not described.
5 — Editable titles, descriptions and URLs, an automatic sitemap, 301 redirects, social sharing previews, built-in visitor statistics or a documented connection to an analytics tool, and SEO guidance or a checklist inside the product.
8 — SEO documented in depth: structured data, canonical and noindex control, robots.txt editing, image alt texts and compression, local business listings or a Google Business connection, multilingual SEO with hreflang, and privacy-friendly analytics without third-party cookies.
10 — Visibility as a strength: full technical SEO control including server-side rendering and speed figures, AI search or answer-engine readiness addressed, search data shown inside the editor, marketing tools (newsletter, campaigns, A/B tests) built in, and every setting explained in the help centre.
The Small-Business Owner
There is built-in visitor tracking with marketingRadar and SiteAnalytics Plus on the higher plans, an AI SEO assistant and rankingCoach Standard, plus automatic SEO optimisation and a bundle of marketing tools. But for a carpenter who wants to be found when someone nearby searches for one, I found no public information on editing page titles and descriptions, clean URLs, sitemaps, redirects or local business listings. 1 9 11
The Freelance Web Designer
The plan pages name automatic SEO optimisation, a KI SEO assistant and KI Search-Manager, rankingCoach Standard, and built-in analytics with marketingRadar, SiteAnalytics Plus and WebAnalytics Plus. But I found no public information on editing page titles and descriptions, sitemaps, redirects or indexing control — the technical basics I set by hand on every client site. 1 9 10
The Marketing Lead
Analytics are documented across the range — marketingRadar tracking from the Starter plan, SiteAnalytics Plus on Pro and WebAnalytics Plus on Premium and Ultimate — alongside an AI SEO assistant, rankingCoach Standard and automatic SEO optimisation. I found no public information on editable URLs, redirects, sitemaps or structured data, which is exactly what I need before moving a landing page. 1 9 11
The Practice Owner
Automatic SEO optimisation, an AI SEO assistant, rankingCoach Standard and visitor analytics (marketingRadar, SiteAnalytics Plus, WebAnalytics Plus depending on plan) are described. We found no public information on editing page titles and descriptions, sitemaps or redirects, which is the groundwork my practice's local visibility would rest on. 1 9 11
The Data Protection Officer
The captures show automatic SEO optimisation, a KI SEO assistant, a KI Search-Manager, rankingCoach Standard and tracking via marketingRadar and SiteAnalytics Plus. We found no public information on editable page titles and descriptions, sitemaps, redirects or social previews, so the documented depth falls short of a full SEO toolkit. 1 9 10
The Skeptic
Visibility tooling is documented and named: automatic SEO optimisation, an AI SEO assistant, rankingCoach Standard and built-in visitor statistics (marketingRadar, SiteAnalytics Plus on higher plans). We found no public information, however, on editable page titles and descriptions, sitemaps, redirects, indexing control or local listings — the technical basics an owner cannot verify are undescribed. 1 9 11
Forms, bookings & business features
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How this is scored
What the site does for the business beyond showing pages: contact and custom forms with spam protection and notifications, where form entries are stored, appointment bookings, member areas, events, integrations with CRM or calendar, payments and a small shop as an add-on — judged as features of a website, not as a shop system.
0 — No forms and no interactive features; the site shows pages only.
3 — A contact form that sends an email, with spam protection, storage of entries and further business features not described.
5 — Custom forms with several field types, spam protection and email notifications, entries stored or exportable, and at least one further business feature (bookings, member area, events or a small shop) described.
8 — Business features documented in depth: forms with conditional fields, file uploads and confirmation emails, appointment booking with calendar sync, member areas or gated pages, payments, integrations with named CRM, newsletter or automation tools, and an app or extension marketplace.
10 — The site runs a small business: forms, bookings, payments, invoices or memberships work together with consent and data retention settings per form, an API or webhooks for form data, and a documented integration ecosystem — while the shop stays one feature among several.
The Small-Business Owner
The higher plans document an integrated online booking tool and the option to add an online shop, plus social-media connections and a Presence Suite overview of site activity. But the enquiry form itself — the one thing my joinery lives on — is not described: I found no public information on contact forms, field types, spam protection, notifications, or where form entries are stored. 1 2 9
The Freelance Web Designer
An integrated online booking tool on the top plan, an optional onlineshop with social-media connections, and "Business Web Apps" among the templates are all documented. I found no public information on contact or custom forms, spam protection, where form entries are stored, or CRM and calendar integrations — for a doctor's surgery or a restaurant that is the part I would need spelled out before signing. 1 2 9
The Marketing Lead
An integrated online booking tool is documented on higher plans, an online shop can be added, and marketing tools are named as a category. The pages are silent on contact forms — field types, spam protection, where entries are stored or any CRM or newsletter connection — so the business layer is only half-evidenced. 1 2 9
The Practice Owner
An integrated online booking tool in the Pro plan and an optional booking tool and shop on other plans are documented — the booking side is exactly what four therapists with a waiting list need, though we found no public information on patients cancelling or rescheduling online. We found no public information on contact or custom forms, spam protection or where form entries are stored, which matters because health details must not travel in plain email. 1 2 9
The Data Protection Officer
An onlineshop and a booking tool are described as additions to the website, alongside marketed e-commerce functions and social-media connections. We found no public information on contact or custom forms, spam protection, where form entries are stored or any retention period for them, and as data protection officer that silence decides the score. 1 2 9
The Skeptic
An integrated online booking tool and an optional online shop with social-media connections are documented, which is more than static pages. We found no public information on contact or custom forms, spam protection, notifications, where entries are stored, payment handling or named CRM, newsletter or calendar integrations — the form side of the story is simply not told. 1 2 9
Imprint, privacy & cookie compliance
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What the product does so that the owner's site is legal in Germany and the EU: an imprint page, privacy-policy and legal-text generators or partners, a cookie consent banner that blocks scripts until consent, GDPR-compliant forms, a data processing agreement for visitor data, fonts and media served without third-country transfers, and accessibility under the European Accessibility Act.
0 — Nothing for the site's legal obligations; the owner is left to add every legal page and banner from outside.
3 — Pages for an imprint and privacy policy can be added by hand, and a simple cookie notice exists, but consent blocking, a data processing agreement and form data handling are not described.
5 — A cookie consent banner, a data processing agreement offered to customers, documented GDPR handling of form entries, and help for imprint and privacy pages (templates, a generator, a named legal-text partner or a help article).
8 — Compliance worked out for EU sites: a consent banner that blocks scripts and embeds until consent and logs it, legal texts kept current by a named provider or a warranty against cease-and-desist letters, fonts and maps served without US transfer, and accessibility features or an accessibility statement.
10 — Compliance as part of the product: consent management with granular categories and records, legal texts maintained for several EU countries, every embed and script assessed for consent, accessibility to WCAG 2.1 AA documented with tooling, and the vendor's share of liability stated in its terms.
The Small-Business Owner
This is the standout for a small German business: DSGVO-conform imprint and privacy-policy texts from a named partner, IT-Recht Kanzlei München, embedded with one click, checked daily for legal validity and updated automatically, with the vendor taking over liability in a cease-and-desist case — the protection is listed at 8 € a month for a website and 12 € for a shop, including AGB and revocation texts. A data processing agreement is published and a data protection officer named. I found no public information on a cookie consent banner that blocks scripts, on GDPR handling of form entries, or on accessibility. 4 5 7
The Freelance Web Designer
Impressum and privacy-policy texts under German law come from a named partner, IT-Recht Kanzlei München, are checked daily and updated automatically, embed with one click, and the vendor takes over liability in case of a cease-and-desist letter; a data processing agreement is published. I found no public information on a cookie consent banner or script blocking, GDPR handling of form entries, or accessibility, so those I would have to build or verify myself. 4 5
The Marketing Lead
The German legal package is strong: GDPR-conform imprint and privacy texts from the named partner IT-Recht Kanzlei München, checked daily and updated automatically, with liability takeover in case of a cease-and-desist letter, offered as a paid add-on at 8 € per month for a website. A consent banner that blocks scripts until consent, GDPR handling of form entries and accessibility are not described, which holds it in the middle band. 4 5
The Practice Owner
The legal-protection add-on at 8 € a month provides a GDPR-conform imprint and privacy policy from the named partner IT-Recht Kanzlei München, checked daily and automatically updated, with liability takeover in a cease-and-desist case, and a data processing agreement is published. We found no public information on a cookie consent banner that blocks scripts until consent, or on GDPR handling of form entries, so the banner I would need before a regulator asks is not evidenced. 4 5
The Data Protection Officer
A named legal-text partner (IT-Recht Kanzlei München) supplies GDPR-conform imprint and privacy texts under German law that are reviewed daily, updated automatically and embedded with one click, liability is assumed in a cease-and-desist case, and a data processing agreement is published with IONOS acting as processor and a reachable data protection officer. We found no public information on a consent banner that blocks scripts until consent, on form data handling, on fonts or maps served without a US transfer, or on accessibility. 4 5 7
The Skeptic
A genuine strength: GDPR-conform imprint and privacy texts under German law from a named partner, IT-Recht Kanzlei München, checked daily and auto-updated, with liability takeover in cease-and-desist cases and a published data processing agreement. But the visitor-facing half is dark: we found no public information on a cookie consent banner, consent blocking for embeds, GDPR handling of form entries, fonts served without third-country transfer, or accessibility. 4 5 7
European sovereignty
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How this is scored
Who the contracting entity and the parent company are, where the sites, the form entries and the visitor data are hosted, and who the subprocessors are (hosting, CDN, email delivery, analytics, payments, AI features). Independently sourced by the sovereignty pipeline; the data subjects here are the owner's own visitors and customers, so the whole chain counts, not only the editor.
0 — Non-EU vendor and contracting entity, hosting unstated, subprocessors unnamed, and no data processing agreement offered.
3 — A privacy policy and a data processing agreement exist, but hosting location is unstated or non-EU and the subprocessors are not listed.
5 — EU hosting available or an EU contracting entity, a data processing agreement offered, but parts of the chain (CDN, email, analytics, AI features, support) run through non-EU providers or the subprocessors are listed without locations.
8 — EU hosting on named infrastructure, EU contracting entity, subprocessors listed with their locations, a data processing agreement published, and security certifications (ISO 27001, SOC 2) stated.
10 — Sovereign end to end and evidenced: European ownership, entity, hosting and every subprocessor, data export and deletion documented, and certifications published with their scope rather than implied.
The Small-Business Owner
The imprint proves the contracting entity is IONOS SE in Montabaur, Germany, registered at the local court with a German data protection officer, and a data processing agreement is published — that is a European entity I can hold accountable. But I found no public information on where the websites, form entries and visitor data are hosted: the two geo-redundant datacentres are described without locations, the security page claims only 'EU-Rechtskonformität' for 8 million customers, and no subprocessors such as CDN, email or analytics providers are listed. 5 6 7 10
The Freelance Web Designer
The contracting entity is IONOS SE, registered at Amtsgericht Montabaur (HRB 24498) with a Montabaur address and German VAT ID, it acts as processor with a published data processing agreement and a data protection officer, and customer data sits in two geographically independent data centres. I found no public information naming where sites and visitor data are hosted, or on subprocessors and their locations; the privacy policy names US marketing partners (Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, Reddit, Google) for the vendor's own marketing, with data hashed via SHA 256 first. 5 6 10
The Marketing Lead
The contracting entity is IONOS SE in Montabaur, Germany — commercial register, VAT ID and a German data protection officer are published — a data processing agreement is offered, data sits in two geographically independent data centres, and the vendor publicly claims EU legal compliance for customer data. Data-centre locations and the subprocessors behind CDN, email or analytics are not stated on the captured pages, so the chain beyond the entity itself is unproven. 5 6 7 10
The Practice Owner
The contracting entity is IONOS SE of Montabaur, Germany, with a commercial register entry and a German data protection officer contact, and a data processing agreement is published; the security page speaks of EU legal compliance for its 8 million customers. Data residency is not stated — the two geo-redundant data centres are not located by name — and no subprocessor list is published, while the privacy policy describes hashed customer data going to Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, Reddit and Google for marketing purposes. 5 6 7 10
The Data Protection Officer
The legal notice establishes IONOS SE in Montabaur with a commercial register entry and a German VAT number, and a data processing agreement is published, but storage is described only as two geographically independent data centres with no named location and no subprocessor list in the captures. From these pages alone I cannot file a hosting location or a subprocessor chain for my clients, so the German contracting entity carries the score on its own. 5 6 10
The Skeptic
The contracting entity is provably European — IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, Montabaur, registered at Amtsgericht Montabaur under HRB 24498 — and the vendor publishes a data processing agreement and acts as processor. The chain behind it stays cloudy: hosting location is not stated beyond "two geographically independent datacentres", and the only subprocessors named anywhere are the privacy policy's marketing partners — Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, Reddit and Google, receiving hashed customer data — without locations or certifications. 5 6 7 10
Pricing transparency
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How this is scored
Whether a buyer can compute the real cost over two or three years from public pages alone: the monthly price per plan, the introductory price and how long it lasts, the renewal price after it, setup fees, minimum term and notice, domain and mailbox renewals, transaction fees on sales, and which features (ad removal, extra languages, bookings, more storage) cost extra.
0 — No public prices at all; every customer is a sales call.
3 — A starting price or a free plan is shown, but what the plans include, what they cost after the first term or how the cost scales is unclear.
5 — Plans are public with prices and their main inclusions, but at least one commonly needed piece (the price after an introductory offer, domain renewal, a mailbox, transaction fees, an add-on) is unpriced or hard to find.
8 — Every plan priced publicly with the introductory price, its duration and the regular price after it, setup fee, minimum term and notice period, domain and add-on prices listed, and VAT treatment stated.
10 — Complete price computability: the cost of a given site over several years derivable from public pages, with every add-on, renewal, transaction and support fee, the cancellation terms and what happens to the site and domain after cancellation published.
The Small-Business Owner
Prices are public down to the detail: introductory price with its duration, the regular price after it, a 10 € setup fee, VAT included, domain renewals (a.de at 0,08 € a month for twelve months, then 1,30 €), a 30-day money-back guarantee, and the legal-protection add-on at a flat 8 € a month. Two things stop me computing my second-year cost with certainty: the captured pages give different figures for the Plus plan's regular price (18 € on the website-builder page, 11 € on the hosting pages), and the minimum term and notice period are only referenced generically ('abhängig von Mindestvertragslaufzeiten') rather than stated. 1 4 10 11
The Freelance Web Designer
Every webhosting plan shows the introductory price, its duration, the price afterwards and the 10 € setup fee, VAT is stated as included, domain prices after the intro year are listed per TLD, the legal-text add-ons are permanently priced at 8 € and 12 € per month, and there is a 30-day money-back guarantee. The captured pages give different figures for the Plus plan's later monthly price (11 € and 18 €), and minimum term and notice period are only hinted at, so a multi-year cost is close to computable but not exact. 1 4 10 11
The Marketing Lead
Every plan shows the introductory price with its duration, the regular price afterwards, the 10 € setup fee and VAT inclusion, domain registrations list introductory and renewal prices, the legal-text add-on is priced openly, and there is a 30-day money-back guarantee. The notice period and shop transaction fees are not published, and the captured pages give different figures for the Plus plan, so a multi-year cost is close to computable but not complete. 1 4 10 11
The Practice Owner
Plan prices are public with the introductory price, its six- or twelve-month term, the regular price afterwards, a 10 € setup fee, domain introductory and regular prices, a priced legal-protection add-on, VAT included and a 30-day money-back guarantee. The captured pages give different figures for the Plus plan's regular monthly price (11 € and 18 €), and minimum terms are only described as sometimes applying with no notice period published, so I cannot fully compute my commitment over three years. 1 4 10 11
The Data Protection Officer
Plans are priced publicly with the introductory price and its duration, the regular price afterwards, a setup fee of 10 €, VAT-inclusive figures and a 30-day money-back guarantee, while the domain pages list introductory and regular monthly prices per ending and the legal-text add-ons are priced at 8 € and 12 € per month. The minimum term and notice period are only referenced as conditions of the offers without figures and transaction fees on sales are not described; the captured pages also give different figures for a plan called Plus on the website-builder page and on the hosting pages, which appear to be different product lines. 1 4 10 11
The Skeptic
Plans show the introductory price, its duration, the price after it and a 10 € setup fee, domain renewals are published (.de at 0,08 €/Monat for 12 months, then 1,30 €/Monat), VAT inclusion is stated and the legal-protection add-ons carry monthly prices (8 € and 12 €). Two things stop full computability: the captured pages give different regular prices for the Plus plan — 18 €/Monat on the builder page, 11 €/Monat on the hosting pages — and minimum term and notice period are only acknowledged to exist ("teils abhängig von Mindestvertragslaufzeiten") without being stated; transaction fees are also not described. 1 4 10 11
European sovereignty — proven facts
0 of 6 dimensions provenBuilt only from facts shown on the vendor's own pages. A dimension we could not prove is left open, not scored as zero.
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Questions about IONOS MyWebsite
Is IONOS MyWebsite European?
Yes. whats-best.ai classifies IONOS MyWebsite as EU-Made.
Where does IONOS MyWebsite store data?
Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026.
Does IONOS MyWebsite have a free plan?
Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 1 Nov 2026.
What are the best alternatives to IONOS MyWebsite?
As of 4 Nov 2026, the panel rates Duda (3.5/5), Wix (3.5/5) and WordPress.com (3.5/5) highest among the other 17 Website Builders products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is Framer (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made. The full list, with European products first: IONOS MyWebsite alternatives.
Where this could be wrong
- Evidence ages. The oldest capture behind this page is from 28 Oct 2026. Vendors change pricing and policies without notice; every fact reflects its source as of the capture date shown in the registry.
- Weak sourcing — Legal entity. Not confirmed on the vendor’s own pages as captured.
- AI can misread a source. Extraction and judgement are automated; a citation guarantees traceability, not infallibility. If something here is wrong, say so — no account needed, every report is decided within 5 business days, and accepted corrections are published.
What we left out
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- 61 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 16 pricing facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 6 compliance facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 5 data facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 4 support facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 3 subprocessors facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 2 hosting facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 2 legal facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 1 sovereignty dimension could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and is shown as unknown. Know more? Tell us
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement. Know more? Tell us
Sources (13)
The pages every claim on this page was read from — each one checked, dated, and kept verifiable.
- 1 Vendor homepage www.ionos.de Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 2 Features page www.ionos.de Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 3 Templates page www.ionos.de Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 4 Legal-text and cease-and-desist protection page www.ionos.de Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 5 Privacy policy www.ionos.de Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 6 Legal notice www.ionos.de Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 7 Security / trust page www.ionos.de Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 8 Editor, templates & design control — found from sitemap www.ionos.de Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 9 Editor, templates & design control — found from sitemap www.ionos.de Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 10 Hosting, domains & portability — found from sitemap www.ionos.de Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 11 Hosting, domains & portability — found from sitemap www.ionos.de Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 12 Imprint, privacy & cookie compliance — found from sitemap www.ionos.de Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →
- 13 Self-hosting / on-premises installation docs — found from the homepage cloud.ionos.de Checked 1 Nov 2026 Details →