VPS and app hosting
Contabo
Best for: the most CPU and RAM per dollar, on a long term.
- From
- See site
- Free plan or trial
- No
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
Overview
- Compared on: VPS and app hosting
What's good
- Unlimited inbound and outbound traffic, under a fair usage policy
- Free firewall, DDoS protection, IPv4 and IPv6 on every plan
- n8n is among its one-click apps
Watch out for
- $5.28 needs a 24-month term and excludes VAT; shorter terms cost more
- The cheapest plan has a 200 Mbit/s port, and some regions cost extra
Where we compare it
- DigitalOcean alternatives$5.28/month before VAT for the first 24 months (Cloud VPS 4: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD)
Contabo pricing
- $5.28/month before VAT for the first 24 months (Cloud VPS 4: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD)from DigitalOcean alternatives, checked Oct 18, 2026
Prices in US dollars from Contabo's own site, checked Oct 18, 2026: contabo.com/en-us/vps, contabo.com/en-us/vps/cloud-vps-core-4
Free plan
No free tier or trial; no setup fee on 1-, 12- or 24-month terms
Contabo alternatives
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ElestioFAQ
How much does Contabo cost?
$5.28/month before VAT for the first 24 months (Cloud VPS 4: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD) (checked Oct 18, 2026 on Contabo's own site).
Does Contabo have a free plan?
No free tier or trial; no setup fee on 1-, 12- or 24-month terms.
What are the best alternatives to Contabo?
Other VPS and app hosting options we've checked: Akamai Cloud (Linode) ($5/mo), AWS Amplify Hosting (See site), AWS Lightsail ($5/mo), Cloudflare Workers & Pages ($5/mo).
This page is built from the prices and facts we checked on each tool's own site. We haven't tested Contabo hands-on.How we work