Analyst Reports

Celebrating IONOS Cloud as a multiple award winner:

  • Public Cloud Leader
  • Best price-performance ratio

Comprehensive reports about public cloud & IaaS

Our independent reports provide simple, but in-depth intelligence on cloud-based IT infrastructures.

Compute Benchmark from Cloud Mercato

Reliable computing finally affordable

Cloud benchmark unveils IONOS as a compute price leader

Unique Dedicated Core servers for the most demanding requirements. Results show why SMB and mid-sized companies should consider IONOS and get their computing bill under control.

Read here about:

  • IONOS vCPU servers dominate compute price-performance ratio
  • SYSbench CPU test summary
  • Unique Dedicated Core servers for the most demanding requirements
Extract from the report

"The price/performance ratio of Ionos‘s 8vCPU 16GB solution is 2.6 times better than Google‘s Custom N2 8 vCPU 16GB in United States."

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IDC InfoBrief

Cloud Security in Europe

The key challenge for success in the cloud

IDC has analysed the aspects of IT security in various market research studies and compiled the results in an InfoBrief.

Read here about:

  • Challenges in cloud security
  • Key elements of a successful cloud security strategy
  • Top factors for selecting a cloud service provider
Extract from the InfoBrief

"The top-ranked challenge is skills. Cybersecurity talent and skills are in short supply, particularly for cloud capabilities."

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Cloud Spectator Benchmarks 2020

Cloud Compute and Storage Performance Analysis

IONOS Cloud Compute Engine compared to AWS, GCE and Azure

Cloud Spectator, a US company who specialises in consulting and benchmarking cloud computing, has put the largest cloud providers to the test. Between July and August 2020, the Cloud Spectator testers compared solutions from IONOS Cloud, AWS, Google Compute Engine and Microsoft Azure. Key results for IONOS Cloud:

  • Up to 70% faster computing

  • 100% more performance

  • IONOS Cloud SSD storage up to 4x faster than Azure & AWS

Extract from the report

"IONOS Cloud offers excellent compute and storage performance compared to the larger cloud providers tested in this study. IONOS Cloud also offers truly supreme value when it comes to the performance you get per EURO spent."

Simplified Cloud Spectator bar chart showing that IONOS multi core performance is stronger than the competition
Cloud Spectator Benchmarks 2020

Cloud Storage Performance Analysis

IONOS Cloud Compute Engine compared to AWS, GCE and Azure

Cloud Spectator, a US company who specialises in consulting and benchmarking cloud computing, has put the largest cloud providers to the test. Between July and August 2020, the Cloud Spectator testers compared solutions from IONOS Cloud, AWS, Google Compute Engine and Microsoft Azure. Key results for IONOS Cloud:

  • Best price-performance ratio for SSD-based block storage

  • Best random read and write performance for SSD performance classes

  • IONOS Cloud offers 56% more value per Euro than Google

Extract from the report

"IONOS Cloud SSD storage beats Azure and AWS by over 4x. "

Simplified Cloud Spectator bar chart showing that IONOS premium storage performs better than the competition