Contabo vs OVHcloud
Verdict With 4 GB RAM, OVHcloud costs €1.18 a month less than Contabo over 12 months: €4.49 against €5.67. Contabo is cheaper at 3 of the 4 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 Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, India and Singapore.
Contabocheaper at 3 of 4 sizesOVHcloudcheaper at 1 of 4 sizes 
- €5.67 Cheapest billper month 21% less€4.49
- €1.59 Bill per GB of memorymedian 18% less€1.30
- None Extras on top of the price tagmedian per month €4.58
- Unmetered Extra trafficper extra TB, median Not published
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 | OVHcloud |
|---|---|---|
| contabo.com | Website | ovhcloud.com |
| Germany | Based in | France |
| Card, PayPal, Bank transfer, Direct debit, Local methods | Ways to pay | Card, PayPal |
| ID only if flagged | ID check at sign-up | ID only if flagged |
| Verified provider | Company check | Verified provider |
| 189 | Servers tracked | 85 |
| 7 | Countries | 15 |
| 9 | Cities | 19 |
| Depends on the plan | Setup fee | Depends on the plan |
| Included | IPv4 address | Included |
| Depends on the plan | Backups | Not published |
| Unmetered | Traffic included | 0.5–25 TB a month · unmetered on 48 servers |
| Unmetered | Extra traffic | Not published |
| 8% | Bills with extras | 89% |
| Monthly | Shortest term | Monthly |
| No | Introductory prices | No |
| EUR | Billed in | EUR |
| 25 minutes ago | Prices checked | 23 minutes ago |
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