IONOS vs Amazon Route 53
On the 325 extensions both sell, Amazon Route 53 renews cheaper on 314, IONOS on 10, and 1 costs the same. Across the 20 most registered of them, a year of renewals adds up to $439.00 at Amazon Route 53 and $596.00 at IONOS.
Who is cheaper, extension by extension
325 extensions both sell- Renewal 10 IONOS Amazon Route 53 314 1 the same
- First year 94 IONOS Amazon Route 53 229 2 the same
- Transferwhere both publish a transfer price 23 IONOS Amazon Route 53 300 2 the same
105 extensions only at IONOS · 49 extensions only at Amazon Route 53 · 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 IONOS: $20.00 first year $10.00 Amazon Route 53: $16.00 first year $16.00 $4.00 less at Amazon Route 53 20% cheaper
- .de IONOS: $15.00 first year $9.00 Amazon Route 53: $9.00 first year $9.00 $6.00 less at Amazon Route 53 40% cheaper
- .net IONOS: $20.00 first year $12.00 Amazon Route 53: $17.00 first year $17.00 $3.00 less at Amazon Route 53 15% cheaper
- .org IONOS: $20.00 first year $7.00 Amazon Route 53: $16.00 first year $16.00 $4.00 less at Amazon Route 53 20% cheaper
- .xyz IONOS: $15.00 first year $12.00 Amazon Route 53: $19.00 first year $19.00 $4.00 less at IONOS 21% cheaper
- .shop IONOS: $56.00 first year $0.98 Amazon Route 53: $43.00 first year $43.00 $13.00 less at Amazon Route 53 23% cheaper
- .info IONOS: $35.00 first year $1.99 Amazon Route 53: $30.00 first year $30.00 $5.00 less at Amazon Route 53 14% cheaper
- .online IONOS: $48.00 first year $1.60 Amazon Route 53: $28.00 first year $28.00 $20.00 less at Amazon Route 53 42% cheaper
- .in IONOS: $6.00 first year $6.00 Amazon Route 53: $8.00 first year $8.00 $2.00 less at IONOS 25% cheaper
- .site IONOS: $55.00 first year $3.44 Amazon Route 53: $28.00 first year $28.00 $27.00 less at Amazon Route 53 49% cheaper
- .co IONOS: $48.00 first year $36.00 Amazon Route 53: $38.00 first year $38.00 $10.00 less at Amazon Route 53 21% cheaper
- .ca IONOS: $15.00 first year $10.00 Amazon Route 53: $14.00 first year $14.00 $1.00 less at Amazon Route 53 7% cheaper
- .cc IONOS: $20.00 first year $20.00 Amazon Route 53: $12.00 first year $12.00 $8.00 less at Amazon Route 53 40% cheaper
- .store IONOS: $84.00 first year $1.47 Amazon Route 53: $42.00 first year $42.00 $42.00 less at Amazon Route 53 50% cheaper
- .vip IONOS: $24.00 first year $24.00 Amazon Route 53: $21.00 first year $21.00 $3.00 less at Amazon Route 53 13% cheaper
- .us IONOS: $15.00 first year $15.00 Amazon Route 53: $11.00 first year $11.00 $4.00 less at Amazon Route 53 27% cheaper
- .app IONOS: $25.00 first year $12.00 Amazon Route 53: $20.00 first year $20.00 $5.00 less at Amazon Route 53 20% cheaper
- .pro IONOS: $35.00 first year $5.25 Amazon Route 53: $30.00 first year $30.00 $5.00 less at Amazon Route 53 14% cheaper
- .be IONOS: $10.00 first year $6.00 Amazon Route 53: $11.00 first year $11.00 $1.00 less at IONOS 9% cheaper
- .biz IONOS: $30.00 first year $30.00 Amazon Route 53: $26.00 first year $26.00 $4.00 less at Amazon Route 53 13% cheaper
Where the gap is widest
renewal a year, among the most registered extensionsCheaper at IONOS
Beyond the price
How the honesty score works| Fact | IONOS | Amazon Route 53 |
|---|---|---|
| Honesty score | 54/100 | 85/100 |
| WHOIS privacy | free on eligible TLDs | free on eligible TLDs |
| EU VAT | adds EU VAT for consumers | not established — assume it may be added |
| Accepts | Cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Klarna | Cards |
| Expired names | pre-release riska sale can end recovery before registry redemption | neutral — unprovenpre-release disposition is not proven |
| Extensions we price | 430 | 374 |
| Coupon codes | none we can verify | none we can verify |
| Based | Montabaur, DE, since 1988 | Seattle, US, since 2014 |
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
Amazon Route 53
AWS publishes registration, renewal and transfer in an official public price document and enables WHOIS privacy by default where the registry permits it. The important extra cost is outside the domain price: registering through Route 53 automatically creates a hosted zone with its own monthly charge.
Where it wins
- Official public document publishes registration, renewal and transfer
- WHOIS privacy at no additional charge where supported
- Useful for portfolios already billed through AWS
Where it costs you
- A new registration automatically creates a separately billed hosted zone
- Purchasing and managing domains still requires an AWS account
- Console is infrastructure-first, not a domainer marketplace
Prices fetched from each shop's own published list — IONOS's on 1 Nov 2026, Amazon Route 53's on 1 Nov 2026 — in US dollars before tax; the currency switcher converts them. How prices are read
IONOS and Amazon Route 53, answered
4 questionsIs IONOS cheaper than Amazon Route 53?
Which is cheaper for a .com domain, IONOS or Amazon Route 53?
Do IONOS and Amazon Route 53 include WHOIS privacy?
How do I move a domain from IONOS to Amazon Route 53?
More head-to-heads
Every pairIONOS against
- Gandi 97% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- 101domain 79% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- INWX 73% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- Squarespace 35% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- Hover 34% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- one.com 31% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- Infomaniak 9% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- Epik 6% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- Hostinger 5% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- OVHcloud 5% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- Sav.com 5% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- NameSilo 4% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- DreamHost 3% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- Dynadot 2% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- WordPress.com 2% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- Porkbun 2% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- Spaceship 1% renewed cheaper by IONOS
- Cloudflare 0% renewed cheaper by IONOS
Amazon Route 53 against
- Gandi 99% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- 101domain 99% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- INWX 95% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Hover 95% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- one.com 94% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Hostinger 89% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Squarespace 77% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Infomaniak 46% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- OVHcloud 18% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- NameSilo 16% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Epik 14% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- DreamHost 12% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Sav.com 8% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- WordPress.com 8% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Porkbun 6% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Dynadot 6% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Spaceship 6% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53
- Cloudflare 1% renewed cheaper by Amazon Route 53