Dynadot vs IONOS
Across 20 TLDs both registrars sell, Dynadot is cheaper on 19 over three years and IONOS on 1.
IONOS opens cheap and renews expensive; Dynadot does neither dramatically. A .com is $1.00 then $20.00 at IONOS, against $10.88 flat at Dynadot. Over three years that is $41.00 against $32.64. A .org is $1.00 then $20.00 against $11.64, where Dynadot is below the $12.27 wholesale price and IONOS is 63% above it. A .xyz is $0.75 then $15.00 against $1.99 then $14.45, the one case where the two are genuinely close. On .dev, IONOS charges $12.50 then $25.00 while Dynadot charges $8.00 then $12.50, so Dynadot is cheaper in both years. Measured against true cost, Dynadot's renewals run a few percent over and IONOS's run 60% to 105% over. IONOS is a large German provider with hosting, email and cloud in the same account, and that consolidation is worth something if you already buy those services. The first-year price is also real if a name is speculative. But for a domain you plan to keep, the renewal is the number that compounds, and Dynadot's is roughly half. Dynadot additionally supports a longer TLD list and offers bulk tooling that suits portfolios, where IONOS's registrar is a side product of a hosting business.
| Source | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .com | $10.88 | $10.88 | $32.64 | $1.00 | $20.00 | $41.00 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .ai | $85.60 | $85.60 | $256.80 | $60.00 | $120.00 | $300.00 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .io | $28.89 | $53.50 | $135.89 | $40.99 | $90.00 | $220.99 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .dev | $8.00 | $12.50 | $33.00 | $12.50 | $25.00 | $62.50 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .org | $7.99 | $11.64 | $31.27 | $1.00 | $20.00 | $41.00 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .net | $12.52 | $12.52 | $37.56 | $5.00 | $20.00 | $45.00 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .co | $15.50 | $31.20 | $77.90 | $36.00 | $48.00 | $132.00 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .app | $9.99 | $14.50 | $38.99 | $12.00 | $25.00 | $62.00 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .xyz | $1.99 | $14.45 | $30.89 | $0.75 | $15.00 | $30.75 | IONOS | ↗ |
| .me | $9.75 | $17.87 | $45.49 | $1.00 | $25.00 | $51.00 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .cloud | $3.99 | $21.62 | $47.23 | $1.00 | $37.00 | $75.00 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .online | $2.50 | $29.64 | $61.78 | $1.20 | $48.00 | $97.20 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .site | $2.50 | $26.97 | $56.44 | $0.79 | $55.00 | $110.79 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .tech | $6.64 | $52.65 | $111.94 | $3.00 | $105.00 | $213.00 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .shop | $1.99 | $32.32 | $66.63 | $0.98 | $56.00 | $112.98 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .store | $2.50 | $43.02 | $88.54 | $1.47 | $84.00 | $169.47 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .info | $3.99 | $22.69 | $49.37 | $1.40 | $35.00 | $71.40 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .blog | $3.50 | $21.62 | $46.74 | $6.00 | $40.00 | $86.00 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .live | $2.50 | $26.97 | $56.44 | $4.03 | $46.00 | $96.03 | Dynadot | ↗ |
| .studio | $11.96 | $33.39 | $78.74 | $22.00 | $40.00 | $102.00 | Dynadot | ↗ |
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