Contabo vs Vultr

Verdict With 4 GB RAM, Contabo costs €12.24 a month less than Vultr over 12 months: €5.67 against €17.91. Contabo is cheaper at 7 of the 7 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, Japan, Singapore and United States.

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Both in the list Compare cheapest plans
Contabocheaper at 7 of 7 sizes
Vultrcheaper at 0 of 7 sizes
  • €5.67 Cheapest billper month 21% less€4.48
  • €1.5976% less Bill per GB of memorymedian €6.72
  • None Extras on top of the price tagmedian per month None
  • Unmetered Extra trafficper extra TB, median €8.96

Size by size

VPS with shared cores, per month
MemoryContaboVultrCompare
4 GB€5.67Storage VPS 10Traffic: Unmetered€17.91Regular Performance 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GBTraffic: 3.07 TB, then €8.96/TB
8 GB€5.67Cloud VPS 4Traffic: Unmetered€35.83Regular Performance 4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GBTraffic: 4.1 TB, then €8.96/TB
12 GB€7.50Cloud VPS 6Traffic: Unmetered€64.49High Performance AMD 4 vCPU · 12 GB · 260 GBTraffic: 7.17 TB, then €8.96/TB
24 GB€14.00Cloud VPS 8Traffic: Unmetered€128.97High Frequency 6 vCPU · 24 GB · 448 GBTraffic: 6.14 TB, then €8.96/TB
48 GB€25.00Cloud VPS 12Traffic: Unmetered€229.29High Frequency 12 vCPU · 48 GB · 768 GBTraffic: 8.19 TB, then €8.96/TB
64 GB€37.00Cloud VPS 16Traffic: Unmetered€286.61Regular Performance 16 vCPU · 64 GB · 1280 GBTraffic: 10.24 TB, then €8.96/TB
96 GB€49.00Cloud VPS 18Traffic: Unmetered€573.22Regular Performance 24 vCPU · 96 GB · 1600 GBTraffic: 15.36 TB, then €8.96/TB

Only 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
ContaboSide by sideVultr
contabo.comWebsitevultr.com
GermanyBased inUnited States
Card, PayPal, Bank transfer, Direct debit, Local methodsWays to payCard, PayPal, Crypto, Alipay
ID only if flaggedID check at sign-up—
Verified providerCompany checkNot verified yet
189Servers tracked172
7Countries20
9Cities33
Depends on the planSetup feeNone
IncludedIPv4 addressIncluded
Depends on the planBackupsDepends on the plan
UnmeteredTraffic included0.51–15.36 TB a month
UnmeteredExtra traffic€8.96 per TB
8%Bills with extras1%
MonthlyShortest termMonthly
NoIntroductory pricesNo
EURBilled inUSD
26 minutes agoPrices checked26 minutes ago

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