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Paperclip, Dokploy, and Hermes Agent have joined the Contabo 1-Click App list, installable from the configurator when you order a VPS or VDS or through Reinstall on a server you already run. Coolify and ZeroClaw are now supported too, each with its own setup guide.
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AWS bills usually spike from egress fees and managed-service markup (RDS, managed Kubernetes) rather than raw compute cost — and reserved instances or savings plans create a false sense of predictability that unravels the moment usage patterns change. How smooth a migration off AWS actually is depends almost entirely on one thing: how much of
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A self-hosted LLM gateway puts one authenticated endpoint in front of your MCP tool servers and your LLM providers, so API keys never touch agent code and traffic stays on your VPS. This guide sets one up in two parts: docker-mcp-gateway for tool access and LiteLLM as the LLM router with automatic fallback, both as Docker containers on a single Contabo Cloud VPS.
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The best WordPress or web hosting provider depends on one decision more than any other: managed or self-managed. Bluehost, Hostinger, IONOS, and Liquid Web handle server administration for you at a managed-hosting price; DigitalOcean, Vultr, and Contabo hand you a self-managed VPS with full root access at a lower cost per resource, in exchange for
The best web hosting for a small business isn’t always the cheapest sticker price — it’s whichever option matches the resources a site actually needs without a surprise cost later, whether that’s a steep renewal-price jump, a resource ceiling, or a slow support ticket. VPS hosting is often the better value once a site needs
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VPS hosting is worth the move once a WordPress site consistently maxes out shared hosting’s CPU or memory limits, slows down at the same time every day regardless of your own traffic, or needs root access for server-level caching, custom PHP settings, or running multiple sites on one machine. Below that point, shared or managed
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Orca is an open-source agentic IDE for running parallel coding agents across isolated git worktrees. This guide walks you through deploying Orca on a Contabo VPS using the official headless Linux server setup, from provisioning to your first agent fleet.
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Open-Kritt is an open-source AI agent platform that orchestrates agents to find real vulnerabilities in your code. Learn how to self-host it on a Contabo VPS with Docker.
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For European developers and businesses, the VPS decision has two dimensions: how much compute you get per euro, and where your data is hosted. GDPR compliance requires EU data residency; value requires comparing RAM, storage, and CPU across providers honestly. This guide covers both — which EU providers give the most RAM per euro, and
Best Value EU VPS with High RAM: Providers Compared (2026) Read More »
Running Remote Desktop applications, trading bots, automation software, or QuickBooks on a Windows VPS does not require enterprise pricing. In 2026, reliable Windows VPS plans with RDP access start from around $10–20/month from providers who include the Windows licence, or slightly less from those who charge it separately. This guide covers what to look for,
Windows VPS with RDP: Affordable Providers Compared for 2026 Read More »
A VPS with genuine 1 TB of included SSD storage costs €13.33–€23.80/month in 2026 from value-focused providers — not the $35–80 that managed cloud VPS tiers charge. Contabo’s Storage VPS 3 (6 vCPU, 18 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD) is the clearest example at €13.33/mo. Alternatively, combining a small compute VPS with separate S3 object
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A polished control panel makes server management more pleasant. It does nothing to keep your server online during a DDoS attack or hardware failure. If uptime and DDoS resilience are your top priorities — for a public API, a game server, an e-commerce store, or any service that costs real money when it goes down
VPS with DDoS Protection: Uptime-First Providers Compared Read More »
Experienced sysadmins rarely frame this as a technical question. The real question is: who handles the 3am outage? Managed VPS means the provider does. Unmanaged VPS means your team does. Everything else — cost, control, configuration — follows from that answer. This guide walks through the decision framework that production teams actually use. The Core
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Where your server is located determines the latency your users experience. For EU-based applications and GDPR-regulated data, it also determines which legal jurisdiction your data sits in. This page covers Contabo’s European data center locations, what the infrastructure looks like, and how to choose the right location for your workload. Contabo’s EU Data Center: Lauterbourg,
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OpenClaw handles business automation via natural language commands in Slack, WhatsApp, or Teams. Send it a task — scrape competitors, sync CRM data, route DevOps alerts, compile analytics reports, schedule social posts, process orders — it executes and replies with the result. Runs on your own VPS with one flat monthly cost. The official page
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