Service comparison

IONOS vs. HostGator

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

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

Head-to-head

90-day summary

IONOS

www.ionos.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  95.80%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  17
  
  2 major · 15 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 23m
- Longest outage
  
  26h 1m
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HostGator

www.hostgator.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  36.22%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  73
  
  31 major · 42 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 47m
- Longest outage
  
  502h 20m
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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	85.05%	47.89%	+37.16 pp
Last 30 days	95.69%	11.17%	+84.52 pp
Last 90 days	95.80%	36.22%	+59.58 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

IONOS

17 total

2 major 15 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 23m
- Longest outage
  
  26h 1m
HostGator

73 total

31 major 42 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 47m
- Longest outage
  
  502h 20m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

IONOS
- Jun 30
  
  Unable to update payment method
  
  59m
  
  Minor
- Jun 30
  
  Some websites may be inaccessible
  
  1d 1h 7m
  
  Minor
- Jun 17
  
  Technical Issues With IONOS Services
  
  42m
  
  Minor
- Jun 16
  
  Disruption in some Control Panel sections
  
  1h 34m
  
  Minor
- Jun 10
  
  Email & Office is inaccessible in the Control Panel
  
  1h 6m
  
  Major
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HostGator
- Jul 28
  
  Maintenance at backbone connection between Frankfurt - Helsinki
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- Jul 7
  
  Function tests on UPS and emergency power systems in NBG1-DC8
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- Jul 3
  
  Urgent maintenance work on mirror (mirror.hetzner.com / download.hetzner.com) - SIN
  
  1h 11m
  
  Minor
- Jul 2
  
  Maintenance work on mirror (mirror.hetzner.com / download.hetzner.com) - HIL and SIN
  
  6h 21m
  
  Minor
- Jul 1
  
  Object Storage in location FSN degraded
  
  Ongoing
  
  Major
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Bottom line

IONOS wins

IONOS edges out on 90-day uptime.

IONOS posted 95.80% vs. 36.22% for HostGator (Δ +59.58 pp). Incidents: 17 vs. 73 (-56).

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