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Home of the Best Value VPS on Earth
- More performance for the price than anywhere else - no matter which VPS you choose
- Unbeatable VPS prices starting at just €4.50
- Global Availability - 9 Regions, 12 Locations
- 99.996% uptime over the last 12 months
- Over 20 years of cloud hosting experience
- Award Winning Support from an actual person
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Three strategic locations across the USA guarantee low latency from coast to coast. Other locations around the world are available.Our Awards Speak for Themselves
We're Proud of Our Award-Winning Excellence in Data Centers & Support
DevOps Features: Automation & Flexiblity
With Contabo DevOps Features you can manage cloud infrastructure straight from code, integrate deployment pipelines and much more
Deploy Your Perfect Image. Instantly. Anywhere
With Custom Images you can instantly deploy your .iso or .qcow2 images and spin up cloud VPS and VDS compute instances via web interface or API.
API to Automate Cloud Provisioning & Management
Get full programmatic access to your cloud resources with the Contabo API. Integrate with your your own scripts and DevOps tools to create seamless & efficient workflows.
Manage Your Servers Directly From the Command Line
Use any of the Contabo API features from your terminal. The Contabo CLI has an easy to use natural syntax and is available on Windows, Linux and MacOS.
Secure with SSH Keys Customize with cloud-init Scripts
Customize and secure your deployments with cloud-init scripts and SSH keys via the API or web interface.
Learn more about cloud-init
4 Reasons Behind Contabo's Low Prices
Keeping prices low is deep in Contabo DNARight Hardware
At Contabo, we always carefully check not only the relationship between the purchase price and performance offered (CPU Performance per EUR), but we also look at the energy efficiency (CPU Performance per Watt) and durability of each hardware component. This way, we can be sure that purchased hardware will be long-lasting and inexpensive to operate, which translates directly into our ability to offer low prices.
Scale & Standardization
Our prices are low because of the effects of scale. Of course, companies like AWS are bigger than us, but unlike most of our competitors, we have a fully unified hardware platform in all of our Data Centers around the world. Thanks to that, we not only get better discounts on purchase prices (which we then can pass on to our customers), but we also save money and time on maintenance.
Optimization
We use proprietary optimization scripts to manage load on our servers. This way, we are able to offer stable performance for all our customers at a great price point. Also, our logistics and warehouse management are optimized to reduce waste and thus give us space to offer even better prices.
Lean Culture
Germans are known for looking at every euro twice before spending it. And we are no different. We don't invest in premium office locations or expensive company cars. Even our CEO shares the room with 3 other people. Thanks to this lean approach, even with our low prices, we are profitable.
To Be the Best, You Need to Work with the Best
Our servers are built in partnership with the world leaders in cloud innovation.
First-class Customer Support
A Premium Support Experience for every customer is one of our cornerstones at Contabo. 64 highly-trained support specialists are here to assist you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Don't take our word for it! The quality of our support has been recognized year after year by experts from CHIP Hotline Test, the gold standard for customer support testing in Germany. Thousands of customers mention support in their 5-star reviews of Contabo.
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Don't Take Our Word For It
Your Security Is Our Priority
In Contabo we take security very seriously . Not only do we follow strict procedures and our team undergoes extensive security training, but we also review the physical security of our Data Centers on a regular basis, making sure we embrace the highest standards of hosting and cloud industry.
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Contabo FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions about our VPS and Dedicated ServersWe offer different payment methods depending on the currency. Go to Contabo Docs and learn more about it.
For all payment methods other than Credit Card, the first payment after you have submitted an order has to be done manually. Please use the payment information provided after the order process. Once you have your access to Customer Control Panel, you can manage your payment methods and send manual payments in a convenient way.
The Port speed (for example 1 Gbit/s) defines the maximum speed you can use for transferring data to and from your server. This is basically how fast the Network Interface Card in your Dedicated Server (or virtualized part of it in VPS and VDS) can transfer data. This should not be confused with a Unlimited Bandwidth. Should you require that, please check our Networking Add-Ons. By default, we guarantee Unlimited Traffic at an average of 100 Mbit/s to and from your server. For more details, please have a look at the specific terms of our offers.
Yes, we manage our Data Centers in nine regions across the European Union, United States (East, Central, and West), Asia (India, Singapore and Japan), the UK, and Australia.
As demand for our cloud hosting services grows, we are planning to expand further.
Should you have any pre-sales inquiry about our products or if you face an issue with your Contabo server, you can contact our Customer Support via e-mail and phone . 64 highly trained individuals are waiting for your contact. We offer telephone support 365 days a year from 8 am to 11 pm German local time and our agents monitor our support tickets 24 hours a day. We kindly ask for your understanding that we do not offer live chat support as of now.
We offer an Affiliate Program at Commission Junction and Awin (for Germany). You can earn up to €150 for every new customer you refer to us. Currently we do not offer any other internal referral program with free months or financial rewards credited directly to your Contabo customer account.
We try to set up your order as quickly as possible, but it depends on the payment method and the software image chosen. Choosing Credit Card or PayPal let us start provisioning instantly. VPS, Virtual Dedicated Servers and Webspace plans are usually set up within minutes, but it may take up to 3 hours in case of some software images. The setup of Dedicated Servers can take up to 48 hours (on workdays), depending on your individual configuration and hardware availability.
Choosing "Fast-track Setup" Add-On will fast track your provisioning process especially if manual assembly is required.
Please note: No matter which product you purchase, the setup process will only start after we receive the initial payment from you.
In addition to that, you can also track the status of your order on our website.
Domain registrations are done immediately in general, but it can take up to 24 hours until the DNS is propagated globally and the Domain is ready for use in the Internet. A Domain transfer can take up to seven days, depending on the top-level Domain (TLD).
In Contabo we will never charge you extra for your traffic. The traffic package is already included in your server. Generally the full port speed is provided to you anytime. In case your server has an uplink faster than 100 Mbit/s and the average traffic consumption continuously exceeds 100 Mbit/s over a timespan of at least 10 days the connection is switched to 100 Mbit/s to make sure you will stay within your traffic package and will not incur any fees.
For Virtual Dedicated Servers and Dedicated Servers you can purchase additional bandwidth as needed.
You can inform yourself about the current status of our Data Centers on the website https://www.contabo-status.com . We are working hard to avoid any kind of interruptions and to ensure that you do not have to face any issues. Should there, however, be some interference in one of our Data Centers or should a maintenance be required, we will be posting updates about the current status/progress on the aforementioned website.
Yes. All our Servers are provided with a DDoS Protection by default. Our customers don't have to take any actions in order to benefit from it - the Contabo DDoS Protection is activated for all of our customers automatically and free of charge. We work continuously on further improving so our protection system can repel many different attacks. However, like any other DDoS protection, our protection system cannot provide a guarantee that any DDoS attack imaginable will be repelled. More information about our DDoS Protection can be found here .