Cloudflare vs IONOS

On the 343 extensions both sell, Cloudflare renews cheaper on every one. Across the 20 most registered of them, a year of renewals adds up to $463.61 at Cloudflare and $815.00 at IONOS.

Who is cheaper, extension by extension

343 extensions both sell

Renewal 343 Cloudflare IONOS 0 none the same
First year 276 Cloudflare IONOS 66 1 the same
Transferwhere both publish a transfer price 337 Cloudflare IONOS 6 none the same

87 extensions only at Cloudflare · 87 extensions only at IONOS · a price within half a cent counts as the same

The extensions people hold

renewal a year, before ICANN's $0.20 where it applies · the 20 most registered both sell

.com Cloudflare: $10.26 first year $10.26 IONOS: $20.00 first year $10.00 $9.74 less at Cloudflare 49% cheaper
.net Cloudflare: $11.66 first year $11.66 IONOS: $20.00 first year $12.00 $8.34 less at Cloudflare 42% cheaper
.org Cloudflare: $11.00 first year $8.30 IONOS: $20.00 first year $7.00 $9.00 less at Cloudflare 45% cheaper
.xyz Cloudflare: $11.00 first year $12.10 IONOS: $15.00 first year $12.00 $4.00 less at Cloudflare 27% cheaper
.shop Cloudflare: $30.00 first year $30.00 IONOS: $56.00 first year $0.98 $26.00 less at Cloudflare 46% cheaper
.info Cloudflare: $21.00 first year $21.00 IONOS: $35.00 first year $1.99 $14.00 less at Cloudflare 40% cheaper
.online Cloudflare: $27.50 first year $4.79 IONOS: $48.00 first year $1.60 $20.50 less at Cloudflare 43% cheaper
.site Cloudflare: $27.50 first year $4.79 IONOS: $55.00 first year $3.44 $27.50 less at Cloudflare 50% cheaper
.co Cloudflare: $30.00 first year $30.00 IONOS: $48.00 first year $36.00 $18.00 less at Cloudflare 38% cheaper
.ca Cloudflare: $9.19 first year $9.19 IONOS: $15.00 first year $10.00 $5.81 less at Cloudflare 39% cheaper
.cc Cloudflare: $8.00 first year $8.00 IONOS: $20.00 first year $20.00 $12.00 less at Cloudflare 60% cheaper
.store Cloudflare: $42.00 first year $4.79 IONOS: $84.00 first year $1.47 $42.00 less at Cloudflare 50% cheaper
.vip Cloudflare: $15.00 first year $15.00 IONOS: $24.00 first year $24.00 $9.00 less at Cloudflare 38% cheaper
.us Cloudflare: $6.50 first year $6.50 IONOS: $15.00 first year $15.00 $8.50 less at Cloudflare 57% cheaper
.app Cloudflare: $14.00 first year $8.00 IONOS: $25.00 first year $12.00 $11.00 less at Cloudflare 44% cheaper
.pro Cloudflare: $21.00 first year $21.00 IONOS: $35.00 first year $5.25 $14.00 less at Cloudflare 40% cheaper
.biz Cloudflare: $18.00 first year $18.00 IONOS: $30.00 first year $30.00 $12.00 less at Cloudflare 40% cheaper
.ai Cloudflare: $80.00 first year $80.00 IONOS: $120.00 first year $80.00 $40.00 less at Cloudflare 33% cheaper
.io Cloudflare: $50.00 first year $32.00 IONOS: $90.00 first year $40.99 $40.00 less at Cloudflare 44% cheaper
.lol Cloudflare: $20.00 first year $25.00 IONOS: $40.00 first year $40.00 $20.00 less at Cloudflare 50% cheaper

Where the gap is widest

renewal a year, among the most registered extensions

Cheaper at Cloudflare

.tech $49.00 vs $105.00 $56.00 less
.store $42.00 vs $84.00 $42.00 less
.ai $80.00 vs $120.00 $40.00 less
.io $50.00 vs $90.00 $40.00 less
.mobi $40.00 vs $75.00 $35.00 less

Cheaper at IONOS

Nowhere: Cloudflare renews every extension both sell for the same or less.

Beyond the price

How the honesty score works

Fact	Cloudflare	IONOS
Honesty score	98/100	54/100
WHOIS privacy	free on eligible TLDs	free on eligible TLDs
EU VAT	not established — assume it may be added	adds EU VAT for consumers
Accepts	Cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link, UnionPay	Cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Klarna
Expired names	neutral — unprovenpre-release disposition is not proven	pre-release riska sale can end recovery before registry redemption
Extensions we price	430	430
Coupon codes	none we can verify	none we can verify
Based	San Francisco, US, since 2018	Montabaur, DE, since 1988

Cloudflare

Cloudflare Registrar sells domains at registry wholesale cost plus the ICANN fee — no markup, no promos, no games. The catch: your domain must use Cloudflare's nameservers, and not every TLD is supported.

Where it wins

At-cost pricing, permanently
Renewal equals registration — no cliff
Free WHOIS privacy and solid DNS

Where it costs you

Requires Cloudflare nameservers
Smaller TLD catalog
No promos — first year is rarely the cheapest

IONOS

German hosting giant that uses €1-style first years to pull you into its hosting bundles. Fine if you read the renewal line; the cart works hard to sell you a website builder.

Where it wins

Very cheap first year on majors
EU invoicing and support

Where it costs you

Steep renewal cliffs
Aggressive bundling in checkout

Prices fetched from each shop's own published list — Cloudflare's on 1 Nov 2026, IONOS's on 1 Nov 2026 — in US dollars before tax; the currency switcher converts them. How prices are read

Cloudflare and IONOS, answered

4 questions

Is Cloudflare cheaper than IONOS?

On the 343 extensions both sell, Cloudflare renews cheaper on every one. Across the 20 most registered of them, a year of renewals adds up to $463.61 at Cloudflare and $815.00 at IONOS. On the first year alone, Cloudflare is cheaper on 276 and IONOS on 66: a first-year discount says little about the years after it.

Which is cheaper for a .com domain, Cloudflare or IONOS?

Cloudflare renews .com at $10.26 a year and IONOS at $20.00. Three years — the first year, then two renewals, with the ICANN fee — come to $31.38 at Cloudflare and $50.60 at IONOS.

Do Cloudflare and IONOS include WHOIS privacy?

Cloudflare: free on eligible TLDs. IONOS: free on eligible TLDs. Registry rules can make privacy unavailable on a particular extension at either.

How do I move a domain from IONOS to Cloudflare?

Unlock the domain at IONOS, ask it for the transfer (auth) code, and start a transfer at Cloudflare with that code. A transfer usually adds a year to the registration and is paid at the new shop's transfer price — $10.26 for a .com at Cloudflare today. A domain registered or transferred in the last 60 days usually cannot move yet.