Comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs IONOS Cloud

No clear leader: IONOS Cloud (56.2) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) (55.0) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)55
IONOS Cloud56
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon Web Services (AWS)55 / 100medium · 74%
IONOS Cloud56 / 100low · 48%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud–
Model
Amazon Web Services (AWS)freemium
IONOS Cloudcommercial
Price level
Amazon Web Services (AWS)low
IONOS Cloudlow
Transparent
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Integrations
Count
Amazon Web Services (AWS)11
IONOS Cloud2
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Fedramp
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud–
Gdpr
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Hipaa
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud–
Pci
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud–
Trust center
IONOS Cloud–
Reliability
Status page
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Amazon Web Services (AWS)6 items
IONOS Cloud6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cloud infrastructure. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Provider tier
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Hyperscaler
IONOS CloudRegional / sovereign
Reach
Regions / global footprint
Amazon Web Services (AWS)39 regions, 123 availability zones
IONOS Cloud8+ (Las Vegas, Newark, Lenexa, UK, FR, DE, ES)
Compute
Bare-metal servers
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
IONOS Cloud✓
GPU / accelerated compute
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
IONOS Cloud-
Spot / preemptible pricing
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
IONOS Cloud-
Storage
Object storage
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Block storage
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
IONOS Cloud✓
Managed
Managed Kubernetes
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Managed databases
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-
IONOS Cloud✓
Serverless / FaaS
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud-
Network
VPC / private networking
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Pricing
Free / low egress
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud-
Compliance
Data-residency / sovereign options
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Ecosystem
Partner marketplace
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS provides on-demand cloud infrastructure and integrated services enabling organizations to build, migrate, and scale applications globally. The platform uses consumption-based pricing and includes a marketplace of third-party integrations.

Independently observed

IONOS Cloud

Enterprise cloud computing platform offering compute, storage, and managed services across multiple data centers. Known for cost-effectiveness compared to US hyperscalers and strong GDPR compliance.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Usage-basedFree tier
as of verify ↗

IONOS Cloud

from $4.99/moUsage-based

Usage-based billing. Object Storage: $4.99/TB/month

  • Object Storage$4.99/TB/month
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud✓
CLI
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✓
IONOS Cloud✓
Hybrid
Amazon Web Services (AWS)✗
IONOS Cloud✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

21 total
  • Brave
  • Upstage
  • Asana
  • Pokee AI
  • Tailscale
  • 1Password
  • Trend Micro
  • Orca Security
  • Okta
  • Suger
  • Arctic Wolf
  • Cast AI
  • LucidLink
  • Vanta
  • Trend Micro Vision One
  • Brave Search API
  • Orca Security CNAPP
  • Epsagon
  • Databricks
  • CrowdStrike
  • MongoDB
Independently observed

IONOS Cloud

2 total
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Google Workspace
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) or IONOS Cloud: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.