Google Domains vs. iPage

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Domains
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$12
per year
iPage
Score 5.0 out of 10
N/A
iPage is a modular website hosting service with features such as bandwith, email, and 24/7 support. iPage offers the following additional modules: security suite, marketing suite, design suite, and support suite.
$3
per month 12 month term
Pricing
Google DomainsiPage
Editions & Modules
.com
$12.00
per year
.net
$12.00
per year
.org
$12.00
per year
Introductory Price - 36 month term
$1.99
per month
Introductory Price - 24 month term
$2.49
per month
Introductory Price - 12 month term
$2.99
per month
Renewal Price - 36 month term
$7.99
per month
Renewal Price - 24 month term
$8.99
per month
Renewal Price - 12 month term
$9.99
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google DomainsiPage
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details—If you register a free domain through us and wish to cancel your monthly account, there is a non-refundable $15 domain fee if you would like to keep your domain.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Google DomainsiPage
Considered Both Products
Google Domains

No answer on this topic

iPage
Chose iPage
Google does not provide good customer service, and iPage provide good customer support, this makes a difference.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Best Alternatives
Google DomainsiPage
Small Businesses
Shopify
Shopify
Score 8.8 out of 10
Shopify
Shopify
Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Shopify
Shopify
Score 8.8 out of 10
Shopify
Shopify
Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises

No answers on this topic

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User Ratings
Google DomainsiPage
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(22 ratings)
5.0
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google DomainsiPage
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
[Google Domains is] very simplistic and easy to use, so it's very straightforward to register a new domain but it doesn't have some features that other services provide. Also, the integration with other Google Services and domain search tool is amazing.
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iPage
I would say iPage is about average. They have WordPress and Weebly for site building along with their own version, but don't offer any others. There is no cPanel which I dislike as I use that quite often with all my other clients. iPage does have a clean user interface and is probably ideal for a small non tech savvy user.
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Pros
Google
  • Process of buying a domain with Google Domains is easy
  • Payment was simple - can use Google Wallet and other forms of payment.
  • After purchase, you can quickly build a website with one of their partners.
  • Email forwarding add-on for free.
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iPage
  • Inexpensive packages
  • Package usually comes with Weebly, free web designer tool
  • Never any problems with connection
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Cons
Google
  • Google Domains is pretty good at pre-solving email faux pas such as reply all mishaps. Perhaps a built-in email monitoring tool such as knowing when a customer opens up an email would be good. You can get these features with integrations, but what if it was an internal Google product? Might be nice
  • Email masking was a bit difficult to figure out, but nothing you can't discover with a few Google sessions.
  • I wish I could see more insight into time zones that my customers are in, or scheduling calls on Gcal with timezone awareness. I know this is super hard to code around though.
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iPage
  • I think It is better and there is no area to improvement.
  • I suggest to ipage to do work on privacy.
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
Unless the product goes away, I'll continue using it.
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iPage
No answers on this topic
Usability
Google
When on desktop or mobile, the minimalist design and functionality of Google Domains is welcome. Because we use Google Workplace, the integration is simple. Management is fast and easy, and it offers on-the-go ease. Google is very consistent in its user interfaces and usability, so there’s no wasted time in a new learning curve. And the price is right
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iPage
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Google
I've never actually had to use support because everything has been very straightforward and I have not had a glitch. I have used Google's support for other items so I can only imagine that it's probably the same support which is decent. They do take a while to get back to you.
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iPage
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Google
GoDaddy is great, but what I really like about Google Domains when compared to GoDaddy is the ease of centralization. Our email, calendar, accounts, domain, etc was all handled in one place and that made things really easy. You could also access domains easily and quickly by being logged into your email, instead of worrying about yet another log in.
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iPage
iPage is on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of pricing and also features. The lack of a cPanel makes it a less attractive option than almost any other company offering the same services. Also customer service and technical support are extremely frustrating and slow. I continue to use iPage only because clients have selected it for themselves and not because I chose it myself.
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Return on Investment
Google
  • Being able to host my URL with Google Domains is one less thing I have to worry about in my writing career.
  • I'm sure having my URL, which is my name, with Google Domains also helps people find me via Google's search engine.
  • Its ease of integration with other Google products, especially Google Apps for Business, is a huge plus for marketing and day-to-day work.
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iPage
  • It kept my business expenses down. I was only paying $24/year for my domain.
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