Cherry Servers vs IONOS

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We have tested 18 VPS plans from Cherry Servers and IONOS. We'll show which one is best based on a detailed performance analysis, on features and prices.


Cherry Servers

Cherry

Cherry Servers was founded as a VPS provider in 2002.
It is headquartered in Lithuania.
It offers VPS and Dedicated servers hosting products.

It has datacenters in:
  • Lithuania
  • Netherlands
  • Singapore
  • United States

IONOS

ionos

IONOS was founded as a VPS provider in 1988.
It is headquartered in Germany.
It employs 4000 people.
It offers Web, Wordpress, Dedicated and VPS and Cloiud Server products hosting products.

It has datacenters in:
  • France
  • Germany
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

VPS Plans

Plan Name Monthly Price CPU cores Memory (GB) Disk Space (GB) Data Transfer (GB) Latest trial
Cubes S $4.39 1 2.0 50 2000 Jul 01 2024
Cloud Server S $5.00 1 1.0 40 Unlimited Oct 03 2023
VPS Linux M $9.00 2 4.0 160 Unlimited Feb 17 2024
Cloud VPS 1 9.00€ 1 1.0 20 1000 Jun 19 2024
VPS Linux L $15.00 4 8.0 240 Unlimited Apr 01 2024
Cubes L $16.49 4 8.0 160 2000 May 16 2024
Cloud VPS 2 19.00€ 2 2.0 40 1000 Oct 04 2023
VPS Linux XL $28.00 8 16.0 320 Unlimited Sep 30 2024
2vCPUs 4GB $31.86 2 4.0 40 2000 Aug 15 2024
Cloud VPS 4 29.00€ 4 4.0 80 1000 Jan 17 2024
Cloud VPS 6 39.00€ 6 6.0 100 1000 Apr 03 2024
VPS Linux XXL $50.00 12 24.0 640 Unlimited Jan 02 2024
Cloud VDS 2 49.00€ 4 16.0 100 10000 Jul 19 2023
Basic Cube XL $65.52 16 32.0 960 2000 Nov 15 2024
Premium VDS 2 $74.52 4 16.0 100 10000 Jul 11 2024
Performance VDS 2 $96.12 4 16.0 200 10000 Jul 18 2024
Cloud VDS 4 89.00€ 8 32.0 200 10000 Nov 04 2024
Premium VDS 4 $118.00 8 32.0 200 10000 Sep 20 2024

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Performance Grades

To summarize the performance of each VPS plan, we generated grades based on the various tests that were run: web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Each grade focuses on one aspect of the VPS speed or stability (cpu, disk IO, network IO...) and is made of one or more metrics measured during the tests.

Grades are evenly distributed between A and F. A is best, F is worst.

Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.

How are grades calculated?

Screen all VPS from Cherry Servers and IONOS
Plan Name Web Perf Raw CPU Power Perf Stability Disk IO Perf Network Perf
Cubes S
$4.39
F F D E D
Cloud Server S
$5.00
F F C D D
VPS Linux M
$9.00
D E D D B
Cloud VPS 1
9.00€
E F C F D
VPS Linux L
$15.00
E D D D B
Cubes L
$16.49
C C C D D
Cloud VPS 2
19.00€
C D C F E
VPS Linux XL
$28.00
B B C D B
2vCPUs 4GB
$31.86
B E D F D
Cloud VPS 4
29.00€
C C C F D
Cloud VPS 6
39.00€
C C C F E
VPS Linux XXL
$50.00
D B D D B
Cloud VDS 2
49.00€
D D D E C
Basic Cube XL
$65.52
C A D D D
Premium VDS 2
$74.52
B C B D C
Performance VDS 2
$96.12
A B D C C
Cloud VDS 4
89.00€
D C C D D
Premium VDS 4
$118.00
A B B D D
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Features and Datacenters

This list is a subset of the features each provider may offer.

IONOS Cherry Servers
Backups  Yes Yes
Block storage  Yes Yes
Object storage  Yes No
Load balancer  Yes Yes
DDoS protection  Yes Yes
Hourly Billing  Mixed Yes
SSH Keys Setup  Yes Yes
Total Number of Datacenters  7 4
Number of Datacenter Continents  2 3
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CPUs

These are the CPUs we have seen in Cherry Servers and IONOS instances in the past 18 months.

Cherry Servers IONOS
All Cherry Servers CPUs by plan All IONOS CPUs by plan
AMD EPYC-Milan Processor
Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, IBRS)
Intel Xeon Processor (Icelake)
AMD EPYC-Milan Processor
Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6230R CPU @ 2.10GHz

Performance Consistency

The provider consistency score shows how much variation can be expected between 2 servers of the same type at the same provider. A high consistency score (>65) means the performance of all servers of the provider is consistent over many trials and many plans.

Providers who don't have enough data yet at VPSBenchmarks don't have a consistency score.

Cherry Servers IONOS
Consistency Score 58 43

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VPS Instance Provisioning Time

This is the average time it took to create an instance for Cherry Servers and IONOS from instance order to instance accepting connections.

All VPS provisioning times

Cherry Servers IONOS
Number of instance creations in sample 9 10
Average provisioning time 155s 240s

Performance in Depth...

These are some of the test results that are used to determine the grades above.

Web Response Times

We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from Cherry Servers and IONOS. This is the average response time measured locally on the VPS for each plan we tested.



Local Response Time per Plan

Lower is better


Maximum HTTP Load

We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from Cherry Servers and IONOS. This is the maximum rate of HTTP requests that each server handled without timing out.



Maximum HTTP request rate

Higher is better


During the Web Test, we collect response time metrics, rate metrics and CPU metrics. All of those are measured locally on the VPS running the web server. All metrics can be compared on the Web Performance Comparison page.

Sysbench CPU Performance

We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of Cherry Servers and IONOS. These are the Sysbench CPU test results:



Rate of operations

Higher is better


Sysbench Disk IO Performance

We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of Cherry Servers and IONOS. These are the Sysbench Disk IO Random Read test results:



Rate of operations

Higher is better

Sysbench test results are also available for random disk IO tests, sequential disk IO tests and memory tests.
Review and compare all Sysbench numbers on the Sysbench Comparison page for Cherry Servers and IONOS.

Network Transfers

We have performed large file transfers from the Cherry Servers and IONOS VPS and we measured the speed of downloads and uploads.

The transfers involve multiple files, 10 threads and last for at least 10 seconds at maximum speed. The transfers are repeated 3 times from different servers and only the fastest transfer is reported here.


Download Speed per Plan

Higher is better

Network Transfers measurements including download and upload speeds can be compared for Cherry Servers and IONOS on the Network Transfers Comparison page.

Sustained CPU Endurance Tests

We pushed the CPU of those VPS plans hard for 24 hours straight.

This test shows how fast the VPS can go for long periods of time, how stable the performance is and it also gives clues on how overallocated the VPSs may be.

Throughput variations of the endurance test over 24 hours. The coefficient of variation is the standard deviation of the test throughput divided by its average value. Low variations mean that resources allocated to the server were stable for the duration of the test and there was little contention.


Ops/hour coefficient of variation

Lower is better

Review and compare endurance test results for Cherry Servers and IONOS on the Sustained CPU Endurance Comparison page.

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