Contabo vs Vultr

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We have tested 20 VPS plans from Contabo and Vultr. We'll show which one is best based on a detailed performance analysis, on features and prices.


Contabo

Contabo

Contabo was founded in 2003.
It is headquartered in Germany.
It offers Web, Dedicated and VPS hosting products.

It has datacenters in:
  • Australia
  • Germany
  • Singapore
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

Vultr

Vultr

Vultr was founded in 2014.
It is headquartered in the USA.
It offers VPS and Dedicated hosting products.

It has datacenters in:
  • Australia
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • France
  • Germany
  • India
  • Japan
  • Mexico
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

VPS Plans

Plan Name Monthly Price CPU cores Memory (GB) Disk Space (GB) Data Transfer (GB) Latest trial
Regular 1GB 1 core $5.00 1 1.0 25 1000 Mar 11 2023
High Performance 1GB $6.00 1 1.0 25 2000 Jul 24 2022
High Frequency 1GB $6.00 1 1.0 32 1000 Mar 08 2022
VPS S NVMe 5.99€ 4 8.0 50 32000 Mar 08 2022
Regular 2GB 1 core $10.00 1 2.0 55 2000 Dec 09 2021
VPS M NVMe 10.49€ 6 16.0 200 32000 Jun 07 2022
High Frequency 2GB $12.00 1 2.0 64 2000 Oct 24 2022
VPS L NVMe 17.49€ 8 30.0 200 Unlimited Oct 22 2022
Regular 4GB 2 cores $20.00 2 4.0 80 3000 Dec 11 2022
High Performance 4GB $24.00 2 4.0 100 5000 Apr 25 2022
High Frequency 4GB $24.00 2 4.0 128 3000 Sep 08 2022
CPU Optimized 1-2-25 $28.00 1 2.0 25 4000 Jan 27 2023
VPS XL NVMe 31.49€ 10 60.0 400 32000 Mar 08 2023
Regular 8GB 4 cores $40.00 4 8.0 160 4000 Jan 23 2022
VDS S NVMe 42.99€ 3 24.0 180 32000 Sep 07 2022
VDS M NVMe 55.99€ 4 32.0 240 32000 Dec 08 2022
Regular 16GB 6 cores $80.00 6 16.0 320 5000 Oct 21 2021
VDS L NVMe 79.99€ 6 48.0 360 32000 Jan 24 2023
High Performance 16GB $96.00 8 16.0 350 8000 Jun 09 2022
VDS XL NVMe 102.99€ 8 64.0 480 32000 Jul 22 2022

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Performance Grades

To summarize the performance of each VPS plan, we generated grades based on the various tests that were run: web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Each grade focuses on one aspect of the VPS speed or stability (cpu, disk IO, network IO...) and is made of one or more metrics measured during the tests.

Grades are evenly distributed between A and F. A is best, F is worst.

Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.

How are grades calculated?

Screen all VPS from Contabo and Vultr
Plan Name Web Perf Raw CPU Power Perf Stability Disk IO Perf Network Perf
Regular 1GB 1 core
$5.00
F F E E C
High Performance 1GB
$6.00
C E C B C
High Frequency 1GB
$6.00
C E B B C
VPS S NVMe
5.99€
C B E C E
Regular 2GB 1 core
$10.00
B D C B B
VPS M NVMe
10.49€
D B E C D
High Frequency 2GB
$12.00
C E B C C
VPS L NVMe
17.49€
D B F C D
Regular 4GB 2 cores
$20.00
E E E D C
High Performance 4GB
$24.00
C C C E C
High Frequency 4GB
$24.00
C D C C B
CPU Optimized 1-2-25
$28.00
B D B B C
VPS XL NVMe
31.49€
D A F D D
Regular 8GB 4 cores
$40.00
B B B B B
VDS S NVMe
42.99€
B B B C E
VDS M NVMe
55.99€
B B B B D
Regular 16GB 6 cores
$80.00
C A D B B
VDS L NVMe
79.99€
C A B B D
High Performance 16GB
$96.00
C A D A B
VDS XL NVMe
102.99€
E C F C C
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Features and Datacenters

This list is a subset of the features each provider may offer.

Vultr Contabo
Backups  Yes Yes
Block storage  Yes No
Object storage  Yes Yes
Load balancer  Yes No
DDoS protection  Yes Yes
Hourly Billing  Yes No
SSH Keys Setup  Yes Yes
Total Number of Datacenters  30 12
Number of Datacenter Continents  4 4
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CPUs

These are the CPUs we have seen in Contabo and Vultr instances in the past 18 months.

All Contabo CPUs All Vultr CPUs
AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor AMD EPYC-Rome Processor
Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX, IBRS)
Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)

Performance Consistency

The provider consistency score shows how much variation can be expected between 2 servers of the same type at the same provider. A high consistency score (>65) means the performance of all servers of the provider is consistent over many trials and many plans.

Providers who don't have enough data yet at VPSBenchmarks don't have a consistency score.

Contabo Vultr
Consistency Score 55 59

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VPS Instance Provisioning Time

This is the average time it took to create an instance for Contabo and Vultr from instance order to instance accepting connections.

All VPS provisioning times

Contabo Vultr
Number of instance creations in sample 8 12
Average provisioning time 3950s 152s

Performance in Depth...

These are some of the test results that are used to determine the grades above.

Web Response Times

We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from Contabo and Vultr. This is the average response time measured locally on the VPS for each plan we tested.



Local Response Time per Plan

Lower is better


Maximum HTTP Load

We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from Contabo and Vultr. This is the maximum rate of HTTP requests that each server handled without timing out.



Maximum HTTP request rate

Higher is better


During the Web Test, we collect response time metrics, rate metrics and CPU metrics. All of those are measured locally on the VPS running the web server. All metrics can be compared on the Web Performance Comparison page.

Sysbench CPU Performance

We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of Contabo and Vultr. These are the Sysbench CPU test results:



Rate of operations

Higher is better


Sysbench Disk IO Performance

We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of Contabo and Vultr. These are the Sysbench Disk IO Random Read test results:



Rate of operations

Higher is better

Sysbench test results are also available for random disk IO tests, sequential disk IO tests and memory tests.
Review and compare all Sysbench numbers on the Sysbench Comparison page for Contabo and Vultr.

Network Transfers

We have performed large file transfers from the Contabo and Vultr VPS and we measured the speed of downloads and uploads.

The transfers involve multiple files, 10 threads and last for at least 10 seconds at maximum speed. The transfers are repeated 3 times from different servers and only the fastest transfer is reported here.


Download Speed per Plan

Higher is better

Network Transfers measurements including download and upload speeds can be compared for Contabo and Vultr on the Network Transfers Comparison page.

Sustained CPU Endurance Tests

We pushed the CPU of those VPS plans hard for 24 hours straight.

This test shows how fast the VPS can go for long periods of time, how stable the performance is and it also gives clues on how overallocated the VPSs may be.


Average number of operations per hour

Higher is better

Review and compare endurance test results for Contabo and Vultr on the Sustained CPU Endurance Comparison page.

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