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IONOS renewal price: what you pay after the intro term

Observed on IONOS's pricing page. The price has not moved since 2026-08-23. Checked again on 2026-10-16: the renewal sentence is still on the page.

Essential, the cheapest plan I track here

$4.00becomes$8.00

a month once the first 12 months are up. A rise of 100%.

IONOS publishes 2 plans I track. The cheapest, Essential, is $4.00/mo on a 12-month term and renews at $8.00/mo, 100% more than the intro price. The renewal price is printed on the pricing page. Over 3 years the cheapest purchasable path costs $240.00. IONOS badges a second plan, Plus, as the one to buy: $1.00/mo renewing at $14.00, 1300% more, a rise $9.00 a month steeper than the cheapest plan's. Index score 22.2 (mild), no dated incidents in my window; tracking since 2026-08-23.

Enshittification Index: 22.2 (mild)

What Essential costs per month over 5 years, at the prices IONOS publishes today.
$4.0012 months
$8.00then every month
month 1month 12: the jumpmonth 60
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PlanIntro /moTermRenewal /moJump1 yr3 yr5 yrHistory
Essential cheapest $4.0012 mo $8.00 +100% $48.00$240.00$432.00tracking since 2026-08-23
Plus popular $1.0012 mo $14.00 +1300% $12.00$348.00$684.00tracking since 2026-08-23
Visit IONOSaffiliate link; see the note abovenegotiate this renewal insteadwhen does mine renew?the week before it renews

Where the renewal price is stated

Essential

“Essential Save 60% $10 $ 4 /month with a 1-year term Then only $8 /month”

Source: https://www.ionos.com/hosting/web-hosting · observed 2026-08-23 · confidence high · Lowest tier, but not the lowest intro price (Plus is $1/mo). Struck-through $10 is the list price. Renewal term not stated. 'Free domain for 1 year' (.us .ca .com .net .org .info .me .biz .online).

Plus

“Bestselling Plan Save 94% $16 $ 1 /month with a 1-year term Then only $14 /month”

Source: https://www.ionos.com/hosting/web-hosting · observed 2026-08-23 · confidence high · 'Bestselling Plan' badge; lowest intro price on the page and the largest renewal jump (14x). Starter: $6 -> $10; Ultimate: $10 -> $18.

Price history

Essential

ObservedIntro /moRenewal /moMethod
2026-08-23$4.00$8.00seed

Plus

ObservedIntro /moRenewal /moMethod
2026-08-23$1.00$14.00seed

Cheaper over the same 36 months

15 of the 25 hosts I can price come in under IONOS's $240.00 over 36 months. The three cheapest:

  1. ChemiCloud Starter $53.64 saving $186.36
  2. AccuWeb Hosting Budget (Best Cheap Web Hosting) $71.64 saving $168.36
  3. HostArmada Start Dock $71.64 saving $168.36

The rule is arithmetic and nothing else: a host appears here only if it publishes a renewal price and a full 36-month total can be computed from prices actually observed, and the order is that total, cheapest first. Hosts whose intro term is not published cannot be priced and are left out rather than guessed at. None of these pay me anything. Switching costs an afternoon; the week before a renewal is when to do it.

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