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Contabo pricing
Contabo publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Contabo pricing is €4.5/month across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- €4.5/month
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Contabo plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud VPS | €4.5/month | 3 | Entry tier |
| Cloud VDS | €39/month | 3 | +$34.5/month, 3 more features |
| Dedicated Server | €149/month | 3 | +$110/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Cloud VPS
€4.5/monthThe entry tier. It covers 4 vcpu, 8 gb ram, 100 gb ssd.
Cloud VDS
€39/monthOver Cloud VPS, this tier adds:
- Dedicated cores
- 24 GB RAM
- 180 GB NVMe
Dedicated Server
€149/monthOver Cloud VDS, this tier adds:
- AMD CPU
- 64 GB RAM
- 1 TB NVMe
What the product covers
The full Contabo feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- VPS Hosting
- Dedicated Servers
- Object Storage
- Snapshots
- DDoS Protection
- Custom ISO
- Multiple Locations
- SSD Storage
Integrations
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- cPanel
- Plesk
Security
- DDoS Protection
- Firewall
- Encryption
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Api support
People bring Contabo in for web hosting, game servers, development environments, vpn servers. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Contabo are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Cloud
Across the 3 cloud tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $5/month. Contabo starts at €4.5/month, which puts it in line with the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contabo (this page) | €4.5/month | - | - | |
| Rook | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Contabo |
| OpenEBS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Contabo |
| Portworx | $0.33/node hour | Per node hour | - | vs Contabo |
| Longhorn | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Contabo |
| Qovery | On request | quote | - | vs Contabo |
| Dokku | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Contabo |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Contabo badges page.
Before you pay for Contabo
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between €4.5/month and €149/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Contabo against the tools that do have one before committing.
Contabo runs on linux, windows, and is published by Contabo GmbH of Munich, Germany. The full record is on the Contabo review, and the rest of the category is under best cloud tools.
Contabo pricing questions
- How much does Contabo cost?
- Contabo publishes 3 tiers, from €4.5/month for Cloud VPS up to €149/month for Dedicated Server. The cheapest paid tier is €4.5/month.
- Does Contabo have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Cloud VPS and Cloud VDS on Contabo?
- Cloud VDS costs €39/month against €4.5/month, and adds dedicated cores, 24 gb ram, 180 gb nvme.
- Is the Dedicated Server plan on Contabo worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is amd cpu, 64 gb ram, 1 tb nvme. It costs €149/month against €4.5/month for Cloud VPS. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Contabo expensive for a cloud tool?
- It starts in line with the middle of its category. Across the 3 cloud tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $5/month; Contabo starts at €4.5/month.
- Which cloud tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 cloud tools listed alongside Contabo have a free tier: Rook, OpenEBS, Longhorn, Dokku, Coolify.
- What am I actually paying for with Contabo?
- The record lists 18 features across 5 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform. In practice it is brought in for web hosting, game servers, development environments.
- Does Contabo charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Contabo prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Contabo against before paying?
- The closest cloud tools in this directory are Rook, OpenEBS, Portworx, Longhorn. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Contabo covering price, platforms and features.