Service comparison

IONOS vs. HostGator

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

Last 90 days · 130 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

IONOS

www.ionos.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  96.09%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  18
  
  2 major · 16 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 18m
- Longest outage
  
  37h 51m
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HostGator

www.hostgator.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  42.46%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  112
  
  43 major · 69 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 53m
- Longest outage
  
  757h 23m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	IONOS	HostGator	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 7 days	99.15%	99.63%	-0.48 pp
Last 30 days	99.06%	85.54%	+13.52 pp
Last 90 days	96.09%	42.46%	+53.63 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

IONOS

18 total

2 major 16 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 18m
- Longest outage
  
  37h 51m
HostGator

112 total

43 major 69 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 53m
- Longest outage
  
  757h 23m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

IONOS
- Aug 13
  
  Sending emails may not be possible for some customers
  
  46m
  
  Minor
- Aug 11
  
  Domains & SSL is inaccessible in the Control Panel
  
  40m
  
  Minor
- Aug 6
  
  Sending emails may not be possible for some customers
  
  2h 19m
  
  Minor
- Aug 5
  
  Disruption in Cloud Servers
  
  21m
  
  Minor
- Jul 24
  
  Incident Report
  
  2h 6m
  
  Minor
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HostGator
- Sep 7
  
  Maintenance at backbone connection between FRA - HEL1
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- Aug 26
  
  Maintenance at backbone connection between NBG1 - FRA
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- Aug 18
  
  Maintenance work on mirror (mirror.hetzner.com / download.hetzner.com) - Location FSN1
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- Aug 18
  
  Maintenance emergency power system in HEL1-DC3
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- Aug 17
  
  Maintenance work on abuse system
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

IONOS wins

IONOS edges out on 90-day uptime.

IONOS posted 96.09% vs. 42.46% for HostGator (Δ +53.63 pp). Incidents: 18 vs. 112 (-94).

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