IONOS

IONOS is a web hosting and cloud infrastructure provider that designs and operates its own data centres rather than reselling capacity. Founded in 1988 and formerly known as 1&1, the company employs more than 4,000 people with a team presence across 70 countries and supports over 6m customers, principally small and medium-sized businesses, startups and enterprises in Europe and North America. It is part of the United Internet group while operating with the agility of a technology company.

The product portfolio spans domain registration and management, web hosting and email, a cloud computing platform engineered in-house (evolved from ProfitBricks), AI platforms with transparent pricing, and enterprise-level container orchestration. Technical work covers cloud infrastructure, data centre operations, domain management, container orchestration, AI platforms and email services. Every customer is assigned a dedicated personal consultant, a service model the company considers atypical for the industry.

IONOS states a mission to be the trusted digital partner for small and medium-sized businesses, with an emphasis on making powerful technology accessible beyond organisations with large budgets. Its stated operating principles include transparent pricing with no hidden fees, and a focus on reliability, security and data privacy, grounded in a longer-term aim of making the internet accessible to everyone.