Service comparison

IONOS vs. HostGator

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

Last 90 days · 61 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

IONOS

www.ionos.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  96.88%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  16
  
  2 major · 14 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 14m
- Longest outage
  
  26h 1m
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HostGator

www.hostgator.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  58.51%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  45
  
  21 major · 24 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 58m
- Longest outage
  
  502h 20m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	IONOS	HostGator	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	93.89%	+6.11 pp
Last 7 days	97.81%	19.16%	+78.65 pp
Last 30 days	99.49%	33.40%	+66.09 pp
Last 90 days	96.88%	58.51%	+38.37 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

IONOS

16 total

2 major 14 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 14m
- Longest outage
  
  26h 1m
HostGator

45 total

21 major 24 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 58m
- Longest outage
  
  502h 20m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

IONOS
- Jun 10
  
  Email & Office is inaccessible in the Control Panel
  
  1h 6m
  
  Major
- Jun 10
  
  Some websites are inaccessible
  
  1h 37m
  
  Minor
- Jun 9
  
  Disruption in Cloud Servers
  
  58m
  
  Major
- May 7
  
  WordPress Accessibility Issues
  
  19h 20m
  
  Minor
- May 5
  
  Sending emails may not be possible for some customers
  
  5h 33m
  
  Minor
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HostGator
- Jun 16
  
  Load Balancers: maintenance work
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- Jun 13
  
  Load Balancers: Network issue in the load balancer cluster NBG1-LB02.
  
  41m
  
  Major
- Jun 12
  
  Load Balancers: BGP connection interruption in the FSN1 Cluster LB06
  
  47m
  
  Major
- Jun 12
  
  Maintenance work on the webmail system (webmail.your-server.de)
  
  1h 3m
  
  Minor
- Jun 11
  
  Maintenance work on billing functions and consumption data
  
  12m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

IONOS wins

IONOS edges out on 90-day uptime.

IONOS posted 96.88% vs. 58.51% for HostGator (Δ +38.37 pp). Incidents: 16 vs. 45 (-29).

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