What is IONOS Cloud?
Hourly-billed VMs, managed Kubernetes, S3-compatible buckets and open models in US and EU regions.
Who is IONOS Cloud best for?
IONOS Cloud is best for small and mid-size firms that want servers and storage in US or EU data centers.
Small servers on a budget
Basic Cubes bundle vCPU, RAM and storage at fixed hourly rates, from $0.008 an hour for the smallest.
Custom server sizes
vCPU and Dedicated Core servers let you set cores and RAM separately and change them while the server runs.
Cheap bulk storage
S3-compatible Object Storage costs $4.99 per TB for 30 days, and the first 2 TB of outgoing traffic are free.
Data kept in Europe
Data centers in Germany, the UK, France and Spain, plus EU-hosted open models in the AI Model Hub, suit teams with European data rules.
How much does IONOS Cloud cost?
IONOS Cloud bills by use: the smallest Basic Cube server costs $0.008 an hour, about $5.76 per 30 days, and new accounts get $200 of credit for 30 days.
- 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB storage
- Billed by the minute at $0.008 an hour
- Larger Cubes up to 16 vCPUs at $65.52
- RAM at $0.0022 per GB per hour
- Up to 60 vCPUs per server
- 2 vCPU and 8 GB preset at $0.044 an hour
- AMD EPYC Milan cores; Intel cores from $0.05
- RAM at $0.0071 per GB per hour
- Lower rates on 1- or 3-year Savings Plans
- S3-compatible buckets
- First 2 TB of outgoing traffic each month free
- Billed per GB used
Every service is billed by use, with no setup fee or minimum term. New accounts get $200 of free credit for 30 days once payment details are added. Managed Kubernetes nodes use the same core and RAM rates, and the AI Model Hub charges per token, for example $0.17 per million input tokens for gpt-oss-120b. Full pricing on cloud.ionos.com. We checked these prices on .
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How do I connect IONOS to my AI agent?
IONOS MCP is IONOS's official MCP server. Add it to your agent once, then ask it to inspect your IONOS Cloud setup in read-only mode.
Gives your agent read-only access to your IONOS Cloud infrastructure, so you can ask about servers, networks and storage with no risk of changes, and your data stays under your control.
IONOS gives each account its own server address. Open the setup guide, copy your address, then add it to Claude Code like any other server.
Use the address from IONOS's setup guide.
IONOS's setup guide covers the sign-in.
Then ask your agent
- Runs
- On the web
- Sign-in
- See guide
- Maker
- IONOS
- Guide
- cloud.ionos.com
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Questions about IONOS Cloud
What is IONOS Cloud?
Hourly-billed VMs, managed Kubernetes, S3-compatible buckets and open models in US and EU regions.
Who is IONOS Cloud for?
IONOS Cloud is best for small and mid-size firms that want servers and storage in US or EU data centers.
Does IONOS Cloud have a free trial?
Yes. New IONOS Cloud accounts get $200 of free credit for 30 days to test the full platform. Payment details are needed to switch on the full version, and there is no setup fee or minimum term.
How much does IONOS Cloud cost?
IONOS Cloud's paid plans are Basic Cube XS at $5.76 per 30 days, vCPU server at $0.013 per vCPU per hour, Dedicated Core server at $0.045 per core per hour and Object Storage at $4.99 per TB per 30 days.
Does IONOS have an MCP server?
Yes. IONOS MCP is IONOS's official MCP server, so agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and GitHub Copilot can inspect your IONOS Cloud setup in read-only mode. IONOS runs it on the web.
What are the best IONOS Cloud alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are BrainHost.
Where are IONOS Cloud's data centers?
IONOS Cloud runs data centers in Las Vegas, Newark and Lenexa in the US, and in the UK, France, Germany and Spain.
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