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Contabo in its own words

German server provider | NVMe VPS from $6.99 or €4.99 a month | Data Centers in EU, US & Asia | 17+ years of experience | 100k+ happy customers | #cloud #hosting #infrastructure

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

Best VPS Awards

3rd Best VPS 2021 under $60 (old revision)

1st Best VPS March 2021
2nd Best VPS October 2020
3rd Best VPS September 2021
3rd Best VPS June 2021

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Review CPU models found in Contabo trials CPUs
Performance variations of Contabo VPS over the long term Consistency

Contabo VPS Features

Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.

Feature Value Comment
Hourly Billing  No
DDOS Protection  Yes

Included in server price. https://contabo.com/?show=ddos_protection
Backups  Yes

Snapshots are available for free.
Control Panel  custom
SSH Keys Setup  Yes
Total Number of Datacenters  8
Number of Datacenter Continents  3
Monitoring Charts  No

No chart.
Admin REST API  Yes

URL: https://api.contabo.com/#section/Introduction/Getting-Started
Upgrade VPS from admin console  Yes
Mobile Friendly UI  No
Reverse DNS  Yes
Accepted Forms of Payment  Credit cards, Paypal, bank transfers, Skrilla
Hidden CPU Model  No
Affiliate Program  Yes
Firewall  No
Shelving  No
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Pros and Cons

Strengths

  • Modern EPYC CPUs in all VDS servers.

Weaknesses

  • Setup fee on all new instances.
  • Management UI has the minimum set of features.

Contabo Extra Services

In addition to features included in VPS plans, Contabo also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):

Backups   Block storage Object storage Load balancer Floating IP addresses
Team Management Managed databases Serverless DDoS protection   Kubernetes
GPU instances Private network

VPS Instance Provisioning Time

For each Contabo VPS trial, we measured how long it took to provision the server from the moment it was ordered to the moment it accepted SSH connections.

See also VPS provisioning times for all providers.

Average Provisioning Time Min Provisioning Time Max Provisioning Time Number of VPS Samples
980s 120s 1920s 9

Admin UI Screenshots


Contabo Plans

Screen all Contabo VPS Plans


HDD disk. Each new VPS is charged a 5€ setup fee if billed monthly.

Plan Specifications

URL https://contabo.com/?show=vps
Price per month 3.99€ ($4.55)
Discount or Surcharge for
long or short term use		 No
Disk GB 300
Num Cores 2
Memory GB 4.0
Hourly Billing No
Virtualization KVM
Data Transfer GB Unlimited
Burstable CPU No
Dedicated CPU No

Plan Grades

Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.

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

More details about grades calculation

Overall Score: 35

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
F D C D E
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.


Performance Test Results

We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Contabo - VPS 300. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.

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Performance trials run on the VPS 300 plan

This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VPS 300 plan with its grade and CPU type.

Start of Trial CPU Datacenter Overall Grade
Sep 03 2019 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v2 @ 2.10GHz Germany D

Each new VPS is charged a 5€ setup fee if billed monthly.

Plan Specifications

URL https://contabo.com/?show=configurator&vserver_id=221
Price per month 4.99€ ($5.69)
Discount or Surcharge for
long or short term use		 No
Disk GB 200
Num Cores 4
Memory GB 8.0
Hourly Billing No
Virtualization KVM
Data Transfer GB Unlimited
Maximum Network Speed 200 Mbps
Burstable CPU No
Dedicated CPU No

Plan Grades

Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.

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

More details about grades calculation

Overall Score: 36

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
E C F D D
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.


Performance Test Results

We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Contabo - VPS S SSD. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.

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Performance trials run on the VPS S SSD plan

This plan was tested 3 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VPS S SSD plan with its grade and CPU type.

Start of Trial CPU Datacenter Overall Grade
Apr 16 2021 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v4 @ 2.20GHz Nuremberg, Germany D
Apr 21 2020 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v4 @ 2.20GHz Nuremberg, Germany D
May 07 2019 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v3 @ 2.40GHz Germany E

Each new VPS is charged a 5€ setup fee if billed monthly.

Plan Specifications

URL https://contabo.com/?show=vps
Price per month 8.99€ ($10.25)
Discount or Surcharge for
long or short term use		 No
Disk GB 400
Num Cores 6
Memory GB 16.0
Hourly Billing No
Virtualization KVM
Data Transfer GB Unlimited
Maximum Network Speed 400 Mbps
Burstable CPU No
Dedicated CPU No

Plan Grades

Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.

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

More details about grades calculation

Overall Score: 51

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
D A E C C
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.


Performance Test Results

We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Contabo - VPS M SSD. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.

Web Runs Network Transfers Sysbench Endurance
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Performance trials run on the VPS M SSD plan

This plan was tested 3 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VPS M SSD plan with its grade and CPU type.

Start of Trial CPU Datacenter Overall Grade
Jul 16 2021 AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor Düsseldorf, Germany C
Aug 24 2020 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v4 @ 2.20GHz Nuremberg, Germany D
Jan 31 2020 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v4 @ 2.20GHz Germany C

4.99€ one time setup fee.

Plan Specifications

URL https://contabo.com/en/vps/
Price per month 8.99€ ($10.25)
Discount or Surcharge for
long or short term use		 No
Disk GB 100
Num Cores 6
Memory GB 16.0
Hourly Billing No
Virtualization KVM
Data Transfer GB 32000
Maximum Network Speed 400 Mbps
Burstable CPU No
Dedicated CPU No

Plan Grades

Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.

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

More details about grades calculation

Overall Score: 71

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
A A C B D
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.


Performance Test Results

We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Contabo - VPS M NVMe (Preview). Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.

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Performance trials run on the VPS M NVMe (Preview) plan

This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VPS M NVMe (Preview) plan with its grade and CPU type.

Start of Trial CPU Datacenter Overall Grade
Aug 18 2021 AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor New York, USA B

4.99€ is added to the first month as one-time setup fee.

Plan Specifications

URL https://contabo.com/?show=vps
Price per month 14.99€ ($17.09)
Discount or Surcharge for
long or short term use		 No
Disk GB 800
Num Cores 8
Memory GB 30.0
Hourly Billing No
Virtualization KVM
Data Transfer GB Unlimited
Maximum Network Speed 600 Mbps
Burstable CPU No
Dedicated CPU No

Plan Grades

Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.

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

More details about grades calculation

Overall Score: 44

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
D A E D E
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.


Performance Test Results

We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Contabo - VPS L SSD. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.

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Performance trials run on the VPS L SSD plan

This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VPS L SSD plan with its grade and CPU type.

Start of Trial CPU Datacenter Overall Grade
Nov 23 2020 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v4 @ 2.20GHz Nuremberg, Germany D

4.99€ one-time setup fee.

Plan Specifications

URL https://contabo.com/en/vps/
Price per month 14.99€ ($17.09)
Discount or Surcharge for
long or short term use		 No
Disk GB 200
Num Cores 8
Memory GB 30.0
Hourly Billing No
Virtualization KVM
Data Transfer GB Unlimited
Burstable CPU No
Dedicated CPU No

Plan Grades

Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.

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

More details about grades calculation

Overall Score: 62

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
C A D B C
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Note: A low grade on a low price VPS does not necessarily mean the VPS is underperforming, the server may still perform better than other servers at the same price. Use the Price Weighted Grades or the Best VPS 2022 rankings to find the best VPS in each price range.


Performance Test Results

We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Contabo - VPS L NVMe. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.

Web Runs Network Transfers Sysbench Endurance
Review Review Review Review
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Performance trials run on the VPS L NVMe plan

This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VPS L NVMe plan with its grade and CPU type.

Start of Trial CPU Datacenter Overall Grade
Oct 17 2021 AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor Munich, Germany C

4.99€ one-time setup fee.

Plan Specifications

URL https://contabo.com/en/vps/
Price per month 26.99€ ($30.77)
Discount or Surcharge for
long or short term use		 No
Disk GB 1600
Num Cores 10
Memory GB 60.0
Hourly Billing No
Virtualization KVM
Data Transfer GB Unlimited
Maximum Network Speed 1000 Mbps
Burstable CPU No
Dedicated CPU No

Plan Grades

Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.

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

More details about grades calculation

Overall Score: 48

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
D B F C C
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Performance Test Results

We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Contabo - VPS XL SSD. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.

Web Runs Network Transfers Sysbench Endurance
Review Review Review Review
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Performance trials run on the VPS XL SSD plan

This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VPS XL SSD plan with its grade and CPU type.

Start of Trial CPU Datacenter Overall Grade
Jan 12 2021 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v4 @ 2.20GHz Nuremberg, Germany D

A one-time €4.99 is added to the first month invoice.

Plan Specifications

URL https://contabo.com/en/vps/
Price per month 26.99€ ($30.77)
Discount or Surcharge for
long or short term use		 No
Disk GB 400
Num Cores 9
Memory GB 60.0
Hourly Billing No
Virtualization KVM
Data Transfer GB Unlimited
Maximum Network Speed 1000 Mbps
Burstable CPU No
Dedicated CPU No

Plan Grades

Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.

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

More details about grades calculation

Overall Score: 46

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
D B F D C
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Performance Test Results

We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Contabo - VPS XL NVMe. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.

Web Runs Network Transfers Sysbench Endurance
Review Review Review Review
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Performance trials run on the VPS XL NVMe plan

This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VPS XL NVMe plan with its grade and CPU type.

Start of Trial CPU Datacenter Overall Grade
Dec 07 2021 AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor Düsseldorf, Germany D

A one time setup fee equal to 1 month payment is applied if billed monthly.

Plan Specifications

URL https://contabo.com
Price per month 36.99€ ($42.17)
Discount or Surcharge for
long or short term use		 No
Disk GB 180
Num Cores 6
Memory GB 24.0
Hourly Billing No
Virtualization KVM
Data Transfer GB 32000
Maximum Network Speed 250 Mbps
Burstable CPU No
Dedicated CPU Yes

Plan Grades

Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.

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

More details about grades calculation

Overall Score: 64

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
B B C A E
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Performance Test Results

We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Contabo - VDS S. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.

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Performance trials run on the VDS S plan

This plan was tested 4 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VDS S plan with its grade and CPU type.

Start of Trial CPU Datacenter Overall Grade
Jan 22 2022 AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor Munich, Germany C
Mar 02 2021 AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor Munich, Germany B
May 27 2020 AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor Nuremberg, Germany B
May 13 2020 AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor Munich, Germany B

4 physical cores, 8 logical cores. A one time 19.99€ setup fee is applied if billed monthly.

Plan Specifications

URL https://contabo.com/?show=vds
Price per month 47.99€ ($54.71)
Discount or Surcharge for
long or short term use		 No
Disk GB 240
Num Cores 8
Memory GB 32.0
Hourly Billing No
Virtualization KVM
Data Transfer GB 32000
Maximum Network Speed 500 Mbps
Burstable CPU No
Dedicated CPU Yes

Plan Grades

Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.

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

More details about grades calculation

Overall Score: 73

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
B A C A C
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Performance Test Results

We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Contabo - VDS M. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.

Web Runs Network Transfers Sysbench Endurance
Review Review Review Review
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Performance trials run on the VDS M plan

This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VDS M plan with its grade and CPU type.

Start of Trial CPU Datacenter Overall Grade
Jun 01 2021 AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor Nuremberg, Germany B
Jul 07 2020 AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor Nuremberg, Germany B

A one time 19.99€ setup fee is charged when the server is setup for the first time.

Plan Specifications

URL https://contabo.com/en/vds/
Price per month 64.99€ ($74.09)
Discount or Surcharge for
long or short term use		 No
Disk GB 240
Num Cores 4
Memory GB 32.0
Hourly Billing No
Virtualization KVM
Data Transfer GB Unlimited
Maximum Network Speed 500 Mbps
Burstable CPU No
Dedicated CPU Yes

Plan Grades

Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.

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

More details about grades calculation

Overall Score: 79

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
A A B A C
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Performance Test Results

We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Contabo - VDS M Singapore. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.

Web Runs Network Transfers Sysbench Endurance
Review Review Review Review
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Performance trials run on the VDS M Singapore plan

This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VDS M Singapore plan with its grade and CPU type.

Start of Trial CPU Datacenter Overall Grade
Apr 21 2021 AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor Singapore B

6 physical cores, 12 logical cores. A one time 19.99€ setup fee is applied if billed monthly.

Plan Specifications

URL https://contabo.com/en/vds/
Price per month 68.99€ ($78.65)
Discount or Surcharge for
long or short term use		 No
Disk GB 360
Num Cores 12
Memory GB 48.0
Hourly Billing No
Virtualization KVM
Data Transfer GB 32000
Maximum Network Speed 750 Mbps
Burstable CPU No
Dedicated CPU Yes

Plan Grades

Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.

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

More details about grades calculation

Overall Score: 75

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
B A B A C
Show Price Weighted Grades   

Performance Test Results

We conducted 4 different types of tests during the latest trial for Contabo - VDS L. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.

Web Runs Network Transfers Sysbench Endurance
Review Review Review Review
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Performance trials run on the VDS L plan

This plan was tested 3 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the VDS L plan with its grade and CPU type.

Start of Trial CPU Datacenter Overall Grade
Sep 01 2021 AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor Munich, Germany B
Oct 10 2020 AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor Nuremberg, Germany B
May 19 2020 AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor B

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