IONOS Hosting vs. Porkbun

I run five websites off of 1&1 for different outshoots of the company. For our web needs it works perfectly. We have a midgrade hosting package and it works perfectly. I know if issues arose from traffic or storage space 1&1 would have a solution for us.

Incentivized

Anyone who generally needs to register domains or who would like to have free email forwarding for their domains, especially thoughts working on a budget considering how inexpensive Porkbun is compared to other registars.

Incentivized

• Private registration: 1&1 offers free private registration which makes them an automatic favorite.
• Reliable customer service: always someone available when I call in and I have never had my issue not get resolved.
• Easy to use dashboard: domains in one place with DNS settings and other things that can be tweaked. It's easy to add an SSL certificate to domains as well.

Incentivized

• Extremely competitive domain pricing and discounts
• Reminders to renew domains far in advance with generous grace periods
• Easy email forwarding

Incentivized

• Navigating some contract changes
• International customer careline

• Can't think of anything!

Incentivized

GoDaddy users seem to have more challenges with connecting their websites to their domain and customer service.

Incentivized

Simply put, Porkbun doesn't try to overcharge you. You are paying a near-bare minimum cost for each domain while still getting great support, and unlike a lot of other registrars, you aren't being upsold something due to the lower costs. You just receive a good service.

Incentivized

• There is no downtime so we appear dependable to our customers.
• The cost of 1&1 is very reasonable.

Incentivized

• Lowered our yearly costs for domains
• Avoided dealing with costly domain name sharks
• Avoided extra email hosting costs for simple tasks like email forwarding

Incentivized