A cloud server is a virtual server that provides you with a complete, web-based IT infrastructure, including computing power, storage space and network technology. You don't need your own physical server hardware, known as a bare metal server, which you would have to purchase, configure, update and maintain at high cost. If you rent a Cloud Server, you have all the resources you need to carry out your private or corporate web projects. You can easily process, exchange, secure and manage data either web-based or location-independent. You can also run various data-supported applications over the web and make them available to other users. Server resources that you are not currently using will be available to other users. Thanks to the shared structures, Cloud Servers are particularly cost-effective.

In contrast to VPS (virtual private servers), where you can only use the server resources to a precisely defined extent, cloud servers are characterized by their scalability. If your requirements change, you can adapt the allocated server resources at any time and in real time. Billing is based on the resources you use, meaning you only pay for what you actually use. There is no predetermined monthly price.

As a cloud server provider, IONOS also offers you numerous additional features that are frequently required in high-performance cloud environments. Features such as load balancing and full root access (access to your server's configuration files) as well as shared storage, add-on block storage and much more are all included.

Another option is a dedicated server. In this top tier of server hosting, all server resources are available exclusively to you, so you don't have to share them with anyone. However, this variant is more expensive. It is best to check in advance exactly which scope of services you really need. Our skilled support team will be happy to answer your questions.