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We’ve Added Three New 1-Click Apps to Contabo VPS and VDS
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…
Moving Off AWS: A Cost and Migration Guide for European Teams
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…
How to Self-Host an LLM Gateway for AI Agents on a VPS
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…
Best WordPress & Web Hosting Providers in 2026
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…
Affordable VPS Hosting for a Small or New Business Website
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…
Is VPS Hosting Right for Your Growing WordPress Site?
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…
How to Self-Host Orca on a VPS: Step-by-Step Setup
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…
How to Self-Host Open-Kritt: AI Security Scanning on a VPS
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.