Contabo

Entry plans and the real monthly bill

In euros, per month, as listed by Contabo (European Union (Germany)). IPv4 added where it's charged separately.

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Where Contabo has datacenters

9 in 7 countries, as listed by Contabo.

Where it stands among 43

Each fact with every host's answer. Contabo is outlined.

Add-ons and extra charges

Public IPv4

Included One static IPv4 per VPS; one additional IPv4 costs €3.50/month plus tax

Automatic backups

Not stated Off-server backups for the past 10 days

Snapshots

Included 1 to 3 snapshots by plan, kept 30 days, not counted against disk space

Extra traffic

Unmetered Fair use; exceptional or disruptive use may be throttled

How you pay

Hourly billing

NoNo Monthly subscriptions, minimum 1 month

Minimum term

1 month; the listed prices need 24 months Following term equals the initial term; prepaid needs no cancellation notice, postpaid 4 weeks

Setup fee

None Setup fee waived on all VPS plans

Always-free server

None Only paid plans on the price list

New-account credit

Not stated No trial credit stated

Payment methods

Card, PayPal, Bank transfer, SEPA debit EUR accounts: card, PayPal, Skrill, bank transfer, direct debit for qualifying customers; no crypto

Signup checks

Orders may need manual verification: name, address, phone and an ID or utility-bill scan

Refunds

14 days from the start of the contract; 72 hours after an automatic renewal (not in Germany)

What you get

Processors

AMD EPYC Exact generation not stated

ARM servers

Not statedNot stated No Arm option stated

IPv6 included

YesYes /64 subnet per server, activated in the OS

What comes with it

Block storage

YesYes Extra SSD/NVMe storage can be added; price not stated

Object storage

YesYes S3-compatible, €2.49/month per 250 GB with traffic included

Private network

YesYes Add-on per instance; price not stated

Cloud firewall

YesYes Free built-in firewall

Load balancers

Not statedNot stated Not stated

DDoS protection included

YesYes Always-on, no extra cost

Managed databases

Not stated Not stated; Contabo describes its hosting as unmanaged

Managed Kubernetes

Not statedNot stated Not stated

API

YesYes

Terraform provider

YesYes

Custom ISO

YesYes Custom .iso or .qcow2 images via web UI or API

Windows

Extra licence fee Advertised from €4.99/month; the fee depends on VPS size

Who you're renting from

Company

Contabo GmbH

Owned by

Not stated No parent company named on Contabo's pages

Based in

Germany Munich, Germany

Founded

2003 Company established spring 2003 in Munich (then Giga-International)

Support

Chat and tickets; email and phone 8:00-23:00 European time, every day

Certifications

Not stated ISO 27001, PCI DSS and SOC 1 are stated only for the India data center; none stated for the others

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