J R.

Purchased IONOS web hosting for a company website. Chose this host because our company has used it previously for other projects. Purchased the "Web Hosting Plus" package for a low - medium traffic website. As someone who has hosted with other companies, the experience here is lacking and it turns out that it's going to yield higher costs in the long run. For example, you can't use a 3rd party SSL certificate so you have to buy one from IONOS, even if you've already paid for one elsewhere. The free wildcard SSL that came with the package I purchased can't be used unless I use their nameservers. I'm not interested in using their nameservers for a variety of reasons. Everything here is an upsell, and they even employ "scare tactics" to aid in this. "There have been 34 attempted attacks on your website already. Buy our security scan blah blah blah" Totally fake, considering this is a dev site with a brand new domain with zero SERPs history behind it. Should have just gone through some extra steps internally to use a different web host. Would have saved money, time, and effort in the long run.

I think another user hit the nail on the head when they pointed out that the site is WAY over-moderated. You can't submit legitimate changes to an article without some power tripping idiot changing it back less than 15 hours later. The moderators aren't experts on a lot of the subjects, yet they're more than happy to leave information up (or out) that could have serious legal or health ramifications.

If you want how to information on simple things like how to boil an egg, this site is a good resource. If you're looking to get information on anything that could be dangerous, has anything to do with running a business, or any matter that could leave you open to litigation; I wouldn't rely on the site for information that is accurate or complete.