Contabo vs IONOS
Verdict With 4 GB RAM, Contabo costs €4.85 a month less than IONOS over 12 months: €5.67 against €10.52. Contabo is cheaper at 3 of the 3 sizes both sell.
Bills over 12 months with an IPv4 address and 1 TB of traffic a month, excluding VAT, under the same assumptions for both. Both run servers in Germany, United Kingdom and United States.
Contabocheaper at 3 of 3 sizesIONOScheaper at 0 of 3 sizes 
- €5.67 Cheapest billper month 21% less€4.48
- €1.5929% less Bill per GB of memorymedian €2.24
- None Extras on top of the price tagmedian per month €11.42
- Unmetered Extra trafficper extra TB, median Unmetered
Size by size
VPS with shared cores, per monthOnly sizes both sell, same type on both sides. The score counts this table only; ties count for neither.
Side by side
Green is the better side of a row| Contabo | Side by side | IONOS |
|---|---|---|
| contabo.com | Website | ionos.com |
| Germany | Based in | Germany |
| Card, PayPal, Bank transfer, Direct debit, Local methods | Ways to pay | Card, PayPal, Direct debit |
| ID only if flagged | ID check at sign-up | — |
| Verified provider | Company check | Verified provider |
| 189 | Servers tracked | 5 |
| 7 | Countries | 4 |
| 9 | Cities | 4 |
| Depends on the plan | Setup fee | None |
| Included | IPv4 address | Included |
| Depends on the plan | Backups | Not published |
| Unmetered | Traffic included | Unmetered |
| Unmetered | Extra traffic | Unmetered |
| 8% | Bills with extras | 100% |
| Monthly | Shortest term | 12 months |
| No | Introductory prices | Yes, then renews higher |
| EUR | Billed in | USD |
| 25 minutes ago | Prices checked | 24 minutes ago |
Locations
Both serve 1
Only IONOS 3
Other matchups
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