Contabo
Short answer
Contabo sells VPS servers in 10 locations across 7 countries, starting at $6.16 a month for Cloud VPS 4 (4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM). It is number 6 of 41 in our overall ranking and rated 4.6/5 by 11,470 Trustpilot reviewers.
Checked October 14, 2026. How we rank
A good fit for
- Windows workloads such as MetaTrader or RDP desktops
- public services that need DDoS filtering
Look elsewhere if
- you want to pay by the hour
Plans and prices
| Plan | Line | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Traffic | $/month | $/GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud VPS 4 | Cloud VPS (Core) | 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB SSD | Unmetered | $6.16€5.50 | $0.77 |
| Cloud VPS 6 | Cloud VPS (Core) | 6 | 12 GB | 200 GB SSD | Unmetered | $8.40€7.50 | $0.70 |
| Cloud VPS 8 | Cloud VPS (Core) | 8 | 24 GB | 300 GB SSD | Unmetered | $15.68€14.00 | $0.65 |
| Cloud VPS 12 | Cloud VPS (Core) | 12 | 48 GB | 400 GB SSD | Unmetered | $28.00€25.00 | $0.58 |
| Cloud VPS 16 | Cloud VPS (Core) | 16 | 64 GB | 500 GB SSD | Unmetered | $41.44€37.00 | $0.65 |
| Cloud VPS 18 | Cloud VPS (Core) | 18 | 96 GB | 600 GB SSD | Unmetered | $54.88€49.00 | $0.57 |
| Cloud VPS Plus 4 | Cloud VPS Plus (Performance) | 4 | 8 GB | 150 GB NVMe | Unmetered | $15.12€13.50 | $1.89 |
| Cloud VPS Plus 8 | Cloud VPS Plus (Performance) | 8 | 24 GB | 450 GB NVMe | Unmetered | $39.20€35.00 | $1.63 |
| Cloud VDS S | Cloud VDS (dedicated) | 6 | 24 GB | 180 GB NVMe | Unmetered | $54.88€49.00 | $2.29 |
Monthly list prices in US dollars, converted from the provider's own currency. Highlighted row: cheapest plan. Current prices on the provider's site.
Where the servers are
Europe
- Nuremberg Germany
- Munich Germany
- Portsmouth United Kingdom
North America
What's included
- NVMe storage
- DDoS protection
- Snapshots
- Backups (paid)
- IPv6
- IPv4 included
- API
- Custom ISO
- Dedicated-CPU plans
- Private networking
- Unmetered traffic
- Managed option
Images: Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS, openSUSE, FreeBSD, Windows Server. Virtualization: KVM. Panel: Contabo Customer Control Panel (plus Cloud Control Panel and API/CLI).
Rules and support
Acceptable use. The provider's terms address crypto mining, spam, VPN, proxies, Tor, torrents, scraping. Read them before running anything in those categories.
Support. Ticket/email and AI-assisted chat for existing customers via the Customer Control Panel; no phone support; no published response-time commitment
Uptime SLA. 99.9% (annual average network availability per ToS clause 11). Money-back. 14 days.
How it stacks up
- Its entry plan is cheaper than 26% of providers in the directory.
- On price per GB of RAM it beats 97% of them.
- Its 10 locations put it #19 of 41 for footprint.
- It ticks 13 of the 18 feature boxes we track, against an average of 9.
- Among 37 providers with 50+ Trustpilot reviews, its 4.6 ranks #5.
Where Contabo appears on this site
- VPS in Nuremberg#1 of 3
- 8 GB RAM plans#2 of 36
- Under $10 a month#2 of 32
- VPS with custom ISO support#2 of 15
- VPS for self-hosted email#3 of 40
- Under $25 a month#3 of 40
- Cheapest per GB of RAM#3 of 40
- VPS for PostgreSQL and MySQL#3 of 39
- VPS for blockchain nodes#3 of 35
- VPS in Seattle#3 of 9
- VPS for web scraping#4 of 40
- VPS with included DDoS protection#4 of 31
- VPS with NVMe storage#4 of 29
- VPS with Windows Server#4 of 27
- VPS for MetaTrader 4/5 and forex#4 of 26
- VPS for a Windows desktop over RDP#4 of 26
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Questions
Where are Contabo's servers?
Europe: Munich, Nuremberg, Portsmouth; North America: New York, Seattle, St. Louis; Asia: Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo; Oceania: Sydney.
What is Contabo's cheapest plan?
Cloud VPS 4 at $6.16 a month (€5.50/mo on 1-month term (no setup fee); €4.68/mo on 12-month and €4.40/mo on 24-month prepaid terms. 200 Mbit/s port, unlimited traffic under fair-use policy, 1 snapshot. Location fee may apply outside the EU (shown at checkout).).
Can I pay Contabo with crypto or PayPal?
Accepted methods: card, paypal, wire, other.
Profile built from 16 pages on contabo.com and related sites, checked October 14, 2026.