Contabo alternatives

VPS and cloud · 15 alternatives · Contabo iScore 57 (#9/16)

Every VPS and cloud provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers Contabo's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from Contabo's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.

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Oracle CloudDocker deployment: Supported vs Limited · Containers: Supported vs Limited66#1/16
DigitalOceanDocker deployment: Supported vs Limited · Containers: Supported vs Limited65#2/16
HetznerEntry paid plan: €5.99/month for the CX23 (2 vCPU, 4 GB, 40 GB NVMe), including a primary IPv4 address, or…61#3/16
netcupEntry paid plan: €2.21/month for VPS pico G11.5s (1 vCore, 1 GB RAM, 30 GB SSD, IPv4 + IPv6), on a 12-mont…59#4/16
Alibaba CloudDocker deployment: Supported vs Limited · Containers: Supported vs Limited58#5/16
OVHcloudEntry paid plan: $5.35/month for VPS-1 (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe) with no commitment, excluding tax, o…58#6/16
LeasewebContainers: Supported vs Limited58#7/16
KamateraManaged databases: Limited vs Not supported57#8/16
CivoManaged databases: Supported vs Not supported57#10/16
Linode (Akamai Cloud)Containers: Supported vs Limited · Managed databases: Supported vs Not supported56#11/16
VultrContainers: Supported vs Limited · Managed databases: Supported vs Not supported56#12/16
UpCloudContainers: Supported vs Limited · Managed databases: Supported vs Not supported56#13/16
IONOS VPSEntry paid plan: $6/month for VPS S+ (1 vCore, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe), the regular price the plan card show…55#14/16
Hostinger VPSDocker deployment: Supported vs Limited · Containers: Supported vs Limited53#15/16
RackNerdEntry paid plan: $17.99/month for the 1 GB KVM plan (2 vCore, 50 GB SSD), the cheapest plan billed monthly…52#16/16

Where Contabo stands against these 15

Contabo's own sourced figures, placed among the alternatives above that document the same thing in the same unit. A rank here is one criterion, not a verdict; the iScore above weighs all of them.

Entry paid plan: €5.50/month for Cloud VPS 4 (4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD) on a one-month term, with no setup fee, in the…12th cheapest of the 15 that document it. Cheapest: Vultr — $2.50/month for vc2-1c-0.5gb-v6: 1 vCPU, 512 MB memory, 10 GB SSD, 512 GB bandwidth, IPv6 only — and…
Storage (entry plan): 100 GB SSD on Cloud VPS 4, the smallest plan in the Core VPS line; a paid Storage Extension doubles itJoint highest of the 15 that document it. Level with: Leaseweb — 100 GB local NVMe on Leaseweb VPS 1, the smallest plan; up to 1 TB more can be added as a disk add-on.
Memory (entry plan): 8 GB RAM on Cloud VPS 4, the smallest plan in the Core VPS lineHighest of the 15 that document it. Next: Leaseweb — 6 GB on Leaseweb VPS 1, the smallest plan (the configurator shows it as 6 GiB).
Regions: European Union (5 data centers in Germany); US East (New York); US West (Seattle); US Central (StJoint 10th highest of the 14 that document it. Highest: Oracle Cloud — 45 regions in the commercial-realm table of Oracle's Regions and Availability Domains page on 2026-09-25: 44…
Uptime SLA: 99.9% annual average availability of physical connectivity for VPS, VDS, dedicated servers and object…Joint 7th highest of the 11 that document it. Highest: RackNerd — 99.999% for network transit and for electricity, measured monthly.

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