Hover vs IONOS
Across 20 TLDs both registrars sell, Hover is cheaper on 6 over three years and IONOS on 14.
These two price honestly and dishonestly respectively, and the cheaper one is the dishonest one. Hover charges the same price every year: $18.99 for a .com, $20.99 for a .dev, $17.99 for a .org, with no first-year discount anywhere. IONOS charges $1.00 for a .com in year one and $20.00 thereafter, $1.00 then $20.00 for a .org, and $12.50 then $25.00 for a .dev. So IONOS is far cheaper to start, roughly a dollar against nineteen, and then slightly more expensive forever: $20.00 against $18.99 on a .com, $20.00 against $17.99 on a .org, $25.00 against $20.99 on a .dev. Over three years a .com costs $41.00 at IONOS and $56.97 at Hover, so IONOS stays ahead for a while on that name; on .dev, Hover is ahead from year two. Both sit far above the $10.44 true cost of a .com, at 92% and 82% margins. What you are choosing between is a registrar that tells you the real price up front and one that does not. Hover's pitch is service quality and no upsells, which has a following. IONOS's pitch is the first-year price and consolidation with its hosting. Neither is competitive with the registrars selling near cost, and on a domain you intend to keep for a decade the difference from either to Cloudflare or Porkbun is well over a hundred dollars.
| Source | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .com | $18.99 | $18.99 | $56.97 | $1.00 | $20.00 | $41.00 | IONOS | ↗ |
| .ai | $114.99 | $114.99 | $344.97 | $60.00 | $120.00 | $300.00 | IONOS | ↗ |
| .io | $74.99 | $74.99 | $224.97 | $40.99 | $90.00 | $220.99 | IONOS | ↗ |
| .dev | $20.99 | $20.99 | $62.97 | $12.50 | $25.00 | $62.50 | IONOS | ↗ |
| .org | $10.99 | $17.99 | $46.97 | $1.00 | $20.00 | $41.00 | IONOS | ↗ |
| .net | $19.99 | $19.99 | $59.97 | $5.00 | $20.00 | $45.00 | IONOS | ↗ |
| .co | $37.99 | $37.99 | $113.97 | $36.00 | $48.00 | $132.00 | Hover | ↗ |
| .app | $22.99 | $22.99 | $68.97 | $12.00 | $25.00 | $62.00 | IONOS | ↗ |
| .xyz | $22.99 | $22.99 | $68.97 | $0.75 | $15.00 | $30.75 | IONOS | ↗ |
| .me | $8.99 | $24.99 | $58.97 | $1.00 | $25.00 | $51.00 | IONOS | ↗ |
| .cloud | $3.99 | $34.99 | $73.97 | $1.00 | $37.00 | $75.00 | Hover | ↗ |
| .online | $2.99 | $36.99 | $76.97 | $1.20 | $48.00 | $97.20 | Hover | ↗ |
| .site | $2.99 | $41.99 | $86.97 | $0.79 | $55.00 | $110.79 | Hover | ↗ |
| .tech | $4.99 | $63.99 | $132.97 | $3.00 | $105.00 | $213.00 | Hover | ↗ |
| .shop | $49.99 | $49.99 | $149.97 | $0.98 | $56.00 | $112.98 | IONOS | ↗ |
| .store | $2.99 | $66.99 | $136.97 | $1.47 | $84.00 | $169.47 | Hover | ↗ |
| .info | $34.99 | $34.99 | $104.97 | $1.40 | $35.00 | $71.40 | IONOS | ↗ |
| .blog | $29.99 | $29.99 | $89.97 | $6.00 | $40.00 | $86.00 | IONOS | ↗ |
| .live | $41.99 | $41.99 | $125.97 | $4.03 | $46.00 | $96.03 | IONOS | ↗ |
| .studio | $49.99 | $49.99 | $149.97 | $22.00 | $40.00 | $102.00 | IONOS | ↗ |
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