Aruba Cloud vs Contabo.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026 · Contabo as of 6 Sept 2026

On today's data, Contabo undercuts Aruba Cloud on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.19/GB against $1.76/GB. The cheapest way in is Aruba Cloud at $2.87/mo (VPS O1I1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Contabo counters with broader reach: 9 locations vs 1.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Contabo Cloud VPS 4 at $6.35/mo, against Aruba Cloud at $7.26/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Aruba Cloudall plans →

• Cheapest

  VPS O1I1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 20 GB NVMe

  $2.87/moView at Aruba Cloud ↗
• Best value

  VPS O2A4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe

  $7.26/moView at Aruba Cloud ↗

Contaboall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Cloud VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

  4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB SSD

  $6.35/mochecked 10 days agoView at Contabo ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricAruba CloudContabo

Plans tracked611

Cheapest plan$2.87/mo$6.35/mo

Median $/GB RAM$1.76/GB$1.19/GB

Avg value score90/10092/100

Locations19

Dedicated-vCPU plans00

NVMe share100%55%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Aruba Cloudwins

VPS O1I2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB NVMe · $5.18/mo

Contabo

Cloud VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB SSD · $6.35/mo checked 10 days ago

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Aruba Cloud

VPS O2A4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe · $7.26/mo

Contabowins

Cloud VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB SSD · $6.35/mo checked 10 days ago

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Aruba Cloud

VPS O4A8 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 80 GB NVMe · $13.60/mo

Contabowins

Cloud VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB SSD · $6.35/mo checked 10 days ago

Top value plans from each

Aruba Cloud

• VPS O2A4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 94/100$7.26
• VPS O8A16 · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 92/100$22.95
• VPS O4A8 · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 91/100$13.60
• VPS O16A32 · 16 vCPU · 32 GBvalue 91/100$44.89
• VPS O1I1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 87/100$2.87

Contabo

• Cloud VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 99/100$6.35
• Cloud VPS 6 · 6 vCPU · 12 GBvalue 99/100$8.65
• Cloud VPS 8 · 8 vCPU · 24 GBvalue 99/100$16.15
• Cloud VPS 12 · 12 vCPU · 48 GBvalue 98/100$28.85
• Cloud VPS 16 · 16 vCPU · 64 GBvalue 97/100$42.69

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Aruba Cloud data: Live web · Cloud VPS OpenStack price table on arubacloud.com (EUR + VAT, IPv4 rows). Contabo data: Live web — server-rendered plan cards on contabo.com/en/vps/ + /en/vps-performance/.