Strato vs WEDOS
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Strato and WEDOS.
Quick Verdict
3.3/5
Strato
0 reviews
3.8/5
WEDOS
0 reviews
WEDOS is rated higher (3.8 vs 3.3). German hosting provider founded 1997 in Berlin, part of United Internet's IONOS Group (Deutsche Telekom sold it in 2017). KVM VPS with NVMe and unmetered traffic from 4 euros/month, plus dedicated servers, managed servers, shared hosting, and HiDrive storage. Data centers in Germany. WEDOS is a Czech hosting company operating two of its own data centers in Hluboká nad Vltavou. Shared, VPS, dedicated, and cloud hosting plus a DDoS/DNS/CDN platform (WEDOS Global). Strong Czech and Slovak market presence; the Czech retail brand is now VEDOS. Prices are in CZK.
Strato German VPS from a Deutsche Telekom subsidiary | WEDOS Czech hosting in own datacenter since 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.3 (0 reviews) | 3.8 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $4/mo✓ | From $33/mo |
| Best for | German small businesses and self-hosters who want a German data center, German-speaking support, and a trusted mainstream brand for their VPS, and will pay a premium over budget hosts for it. | Czech, Slovak, and Central European businesses wanting EU-hosted shared hosting or VPS on owned infrastructure with an SLA and open renewal pricing |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 1 vCPU | — |
| RAM | 2 GB | — |
| Storage | 60 GB✓ | 10 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | — | 99.98% |
| Data-center count | — | 2 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €4.00 | — |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €2.00 | — |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ✓ | |
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | — | Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic (DC1 and DC2, both proprietary) |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6backups includedeu datacentergdpr compliantwindows available | nvme storageipv6eu datacentergdpr compliant |
| Visit Strato → | Visit WEDOS → | |
Strato
Pros
- + German data centers (ISO 27001 certified annually since 2004) — clean GDPR story
- + KVM with full root, NVMe storage, unmetered traffic on up to 1 Gbit/s
- + Long operating history since 1997 with 2M+ customer contracts
- + Broad ecosystem: domains, email, HiDrive storage, Acronis backup, managed servers
- + Rescue system, VNC console, upstream firewall, and basic monitoring included
Cons
- - Price-performance trails Hetzner and netcup at every tier (VPS M: 10 euros/mo)
- - Introductory prices (from 2 euros) jump 4–5x at renewal, plus a 9 euros setup fee
- - Backups not included and no snapshots on the VPS line; SLA is an optional paid add-on
- - German-first market: German-language docs and support, VAT-inclusive consumer pricing
- - No published CPU allocation policy (dedicated vs shared vCores) and no cloud-style API
WEDOS
Pros
- + Two proprietary Czech data centers — owned hardware, documented power/network redundancy, EU data residency
- + Among the cheapest entry hosting tracked: 33 CZK/mo (LowCost) and 39 CZK/mo (NoLimit) first year, with renewal prices published openly
- + Formal availability SLA with tiered guarantees (99.9-99.99% by tariff) and a claimable one-month credit remedy
- + Own security and edge stack (WEDOS Global): DDoS, IDS/IPS, anycast DNS, and CDN with 120+ PoPs
- + Wide product ladder — shared, mail, managed web server, VPS, dedicated, and cloud — plus free IPv6 on VPS
Cons
- - Czech/Slovak market focus — English-language support and docs exist but trail global hosts in depth
- - Prices in CZK with coupon-driven first-year discounts and VAT shown both ways complicate comparison
- - VPS add-ons (snapshots 50 CZK/module, daily backups 25 CZK/module, extra IPv4 100 CZK/mo) stack up à-la-carte
- - Both data centers are in one Czech town — no multi-region footprint for US or APAC audiences
- - NoLimit 'unlimited' disk is a fair-use policy aimed at active website data, not archive storage
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