Cloud VPS and Bare Metal Servers for Less

Contabo's high performance, but cheap, cloud infrastructure gives you more RAM, CPU, and traffic for less compared to other cloud hosting providers.
Illustration showing Contabo's Cloud VPS network running worldwide.
Cloud VPS for Less

Fast & Flexible Cloud VPS Instances

We offer high quality Virtual Private Servers with the best price-to-performance ratio (featuring AMD EPYC™ 7282 CPUs, NVMe SSDs, and a truckload of RAM and traffic) so you can build more for less.

50% Off Storage Extension
Cloud VPS S
€5.99 / month
4 vCPU Cores
8 GB RAM
50 GB NVMe or 200 GB SSD
1 Snapshot
32 TB Traffic* Unlimited Incoming
50% Off Storage Extension
Cloud VPS L
€17.49 / month
8 vCPU Cores
30 GB RAM
200 GB NVMe or 800 GB SSD
3 Snapshots
32 TB Traffic* Unlimited Incoming
50% Off Storage Extension
Cloud VPS XL
€31.49 / month
10 vCPU Cores
60 GB RAM
400 GB NVMe or 1.6 TB SSD
4 Snapshots
32 TB Traffic* Unlimited Incoming

The Contabo Difference

Contabo has been providing high quality cloud server hosting at a value for everyone since 2003.
German Quality, Always

We’ve been committed to providing German quality since our founding in 2003. For us, it’s not only a part of our ethos, but it reflects our desire to provide high quality server hosting at a value for everyone.

Contabo's 10 data centers in the EU, USA, Singapore, and the UK give you reliable service with minimal latency and SLA-backed server availability.
Global Availability

Our hosting solutions meet the needs of even the most demanding business applications. Whether you’re running services and apps in staging or production environments, our eight global Regions give you reliable service with minimal latency and SLA-backed availability.

Contabo has the best cloud server price-to-performance because of how we select hardware, get nice discounts on purchase prices, and manage our data centers efficiently.
Best Price-Performance Ratio

We always strive to pass on low prices and discounts to our customers. We’re able to provide high quality servers at a value to our customers through a combination of using brand new components from Intel, AMD, Dell, HP, and Samsung that we buy at a solid discount, optimizing server loads, and managing our data centers efficiently (we own our data centers and all of our hardware).

Contabo's award-winning customer support team always strives for continuous improvement and efficiency.
Year-round Support

Our award-winning customer support team is here for you via phone and or email. Industry-leading publications and customers have praised our team for the work they’ve done in resolving issues quickly. Fortunately, the support team isn’t one to rest on their laurels, and they always strive to improve their craft.

Contabo maintains the highest of security precautions for each of our customers with strict RBAC rules across the entire company.
Security at Our Core

To quote one of our co-founders, "We are obsessed with security." We maintain strict role-based access (RBAC) rules across the entire company, especially when it comes to our data centers (all of them have 24/7 surveillance and layers of security measures). And, we have thorough processes that ensure we maintain the highest of security precautions for each of our customers.

Hosting Advice and CHIP Online have repeatedly recognized Contabo's excellent customer service, great uptime, and data centers’ energy efficiency.
Awards and Recognitions

Hosting Advice and CHIP Online are some of the industry experts who have repeatedly recognized our excellent customer service, great uptime, and data centers’ energy efficiency. You can check out the full list of awards we’ve won.

Operating Systems, Apps, and Deployment Options for Your Virtual Private Server

Ubuntu
Windows
CentOS
FreeBSD
Debian
openSUSE
AlmaLinux
Rockylinux

What You Get with Your Cloud VPS Server

With AMD EPYC processors and brand new hardware from Dell, HP Enterprise, Intel, and Samsung, Contabo's servers give you reliable performance.
Performance You Can Rely On

Fast and responsive AMD EPYC™ 7282 16-core processors that handle intensive workloads and meet your application and project needs. We use optimized hardware from Dell, HP Enterprise, Samsung, AMD, and Intel to ensure stable performance.

Other vendors claim "unlimited" traffic, but only Contabo has a generous 32TB of outgoing and unlimited inbound data transfer.
Whole Lotta Traffic

32 TB of outgoing, and unlimited inbound data transfer with a connection speed between 200 Mbit/s and 1 Gbit/s. Note that in Australia and Japan, we offer 10 TB of outgoing, and unlimited inbound data transfer at the same great performance.

We offer the latest NVMe drives in all of our cloud server products from virtual private and virtual dedicated servers to bare metal.
Lightning-Fast Storage

Choose either SSD or Gen 4 PCIe NVMe SSD (at no extra cost), with the option to scale capacity.

Contabo's private networking lets you create robust virtual private clouds with unlimited, secure, and isolated traffic in Cloud VPS, Cloud VDS, and Storage VPS.
Private Networking New

Create private networks to run your services and applications in isolation on high-speed virtual private clouds. Note that traffic in a virtual private cloud is unlimited and unmetered.

Always-on DDoS mitigation protects Contabo’s global network at the network level by . We automatically detect and mitigate DDoS attacks on your infrastructure.
Always-On DDoS Protection

Contabo’s global network is protected at the network level by always-on DDoS mitigation. We automatically detect and mitigate DDoS attacks on your infrastructure.

Provision any cloud server in minutes through the Contabo API or CLI.
Provisioning in Minutes

Get your virtual private servers provisioned in minutes every time you need them. You can provision and manage Cloud VPS resources via Contabo API or CLI.

From VPS to private networking, each of our servers can fit your networking needs.
IPv4 and IPv6 Addresses

Each server comes with dedicated IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, and you can buy and configure additional IP addresses if you need more.

The Contabo API makes it easy to manage all of your cloud hosting resources via HTTP requests.
API & CLI

Automate and manage cloud resources via API or directly from a terminal using the Contabo CLI.

You can buy domains from Contabo, or bring your own when you buy a VPS plan.
DNS Management

You can manage your DNS via the Contabo Customer Control Panel. You can also buy domains from us, or bring your own.

Snapshots in Contabo VPS let you capture a copy of your virtual server at any point in time, and save and store it as a backup option.
Backup with Snapshots

You can capture a copy of your virtual server via the Contabo Customer Control Panel at its current status before running a major update. This comes in handy if your system runs into issues after an update or new software installation goes awry. That way, you can restore to
the previous state with a simple click.

DevOps functionality like custom images, cloud-init, and SSH keys let you deploy efficiently.
DevOps Features

Deploy efficiently and quickly with custom images, cloud-init, and SSH keys.

Our web UI makes managing your Contabo cloud hosting services easy.
Web UI for Easy Management

The web UI makes cloud services and account management easy with a few clicks and drag-and-drop functionality.

Trusted by Thousands Worldwide

190 Countries Served
160,000+ Customers Worldwide
315,000+ Servers Running
19 Years In Business

See Why Customers Love Contabo

"I've tried over a dozen lower-cost VPS providers over the last 12-18 months and Contabo is easily in the top 2-3 for reliability & performance. I still have active VPS plans through InterServer, Hostens, Vultr, MilesWeb & WizzHosting - and out of them all...Contabo definitely ranks #1 for overall value."

JP Hurley, USA
us

Get More Done for Much Less with Contabo Cloud VPS

For more power and speed, check out our virtual dedicated servers (Cloud VDS) – you don’t share any processors and you have full control and customization.
Contabo
€5.99 / month
Cloud VPS S – 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB NVMe or 200 GB SSD, 32 TB Traffic
Cloud VPS S – 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB NVMe or 200 GB SSD, 32 TB Traffic
Layer 1
Vultr
€35.00 / month
Cloud Compute – 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 180 GB NVMe SSD, 6 TB Traffic
Cloud Compute – 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 180 GB NVMe SSD, 6 TB Traffic
Layer 1
Linode
€35.00 / month
Shared CPU – 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 160 GB SSD, 5 TB Traffic
Shared CPU – 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 160 GB SSD, 5 TB Traffic
Layer 1
DigitalOcean
€42.00 / month
Basic Droplet – 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 160 GB SSD, 5 TB Traffic
Basic Droplet – 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 160 GB SSD, 5 TB Traffic

Who We Work With to Build Our Servers

Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, AMD, and Samsung have partnered with Contabo to build servers using the latest technology.

Tested and Validated by Industry Experts

Cloud7 News award badge to Contabo for best VPS hosting in the category of "Best VPS Hosting in 2022".
VPSBenchmarks award badge to Contabo for 2nd place in the category of "Best Value VPS March 2022".
VPSBenchmarks award badge to Contabo for 3rd place in the category of "Best VPS January 2022".
VPSBenchmarks award badge to Contabo for 1st place in the category of "Best VPS March 2021".
50% Off Storage Extension
Cloud VPS S
€5.99 / month
4 vCPU Cores
8 GB RAM
50 GB NVMe or 200 GB SSD
1 Snapshot
32 TB Traffic* Unlimited Incoming
50% Off Storage Extension
Cloud VPS L
€17.49 / month
8 vCPU Cores
30 GB RAM
200 GB NVMe or 800 GB SSD
3 Snapshots
32 TB Traffic* Unlimited Incoming
50% Off Storage Extension
Cloud VPS XL
€31.49 / month
10 vCPU Cores
60 GB RAM
400 GB NVMe or 1.6 TB SSD
4 Snapshots
32 TB Traffic* Unlimited Incoming

* In Australia and Japan, we offer 10 TB of outgoing, and unlimited inbound data transfer at the same great performance.

Minimum initial contract length:
1 month

Minimum following contract length:
Equal to the initial contract length

Minimum cancellation notice:
None (pre-paid) or 4 weeks (post-paid)