Service comparison

HostGator vs. IONOS

HostGator vs. IONOS — reliability, API availability, and incident frequency head-to-head.

Last 90 days · 146 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

HostGator

www.hostgator.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  39.92%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  119
  
  43 major · 76 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 39m
- Longest outage
  
  664h 26m
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IONOS

www.ionos.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  62.81%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  27
  
  4 major · 23 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 34m
- Longest outage
  
  691h 43m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	HostGator	IONOS	Δ
Last 24 hours	95.28%	96.94%	-1.66 pp
Last 7 days	42.37%	97.88%	-55.51 pp
Last 30 days	51.22%	52.56%	-1.34 pp
Last 90 days	39.92%	62.81%	-22.89 pp

Δ is percentage-point difference (HostGator minus IONOS). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

HostGator

119 total

43 major 76 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 39m
- Longest outage
  
  664h 26m
IONOS

27 total

4 major 23 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 34m
- Longest outage
  
  691h 43m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

HostGator
- Sep 9
  
  Maintenance work Backbone/Core - FSN1
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- Sep 7
  
  Maintenance at backbone connection between FRA - HEL1
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- Sep 4
  
  Fault at DENIC
  
  1h 8m
  
  Major
- Sep 3
  
  UPS function tests in FSN1-DC18
  
  1h 30m
  
  Minor
- Sep 3
  
  UPS function tests in FSN1-DC20
  
  2h 44m
  
  Minor
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IONOS
- Sep 3
  
  Unable to view invoices in the Control Panel
  
  44m
  
  Minor
- Sep 3
  
  Incident Report for MyWebsite Now
  
  50m
  
  Major
- Sep 2
  
  Limited functionality of Support Tools
  
  35m
  
  Minor
- Aug 30
  
  Limited functionality of product VPS
  
  1h 25m
  
  Minor
- Aug 26
  
  Some websites may be inaccessible
  
  19h 54m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

IONOS wins

IONOS edges out on 90-day uptime.

HostGator posted 39.92% vs. 62.81% for IONOS (Δ -22.89 pp). Incidents: 119 vs. 27 (+92).

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