Binary Lane vs Contabo.

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

On today's data, Contabo undercuts Binary Lane on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.19/GB against $6.41/GB. The cheapest way in is Binary Lane at $3.49/mo (Standard std-min · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Contabo counters with broader reach: 9 locations vs 6.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Contabo Cloud VPS 4 at $6.35/mo, against Binary Lane at $13.97/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Binary Laneall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Standard std-min · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 20 GB

  $3.49/moView at Binary Lane ↗

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 →

MetricBinary LaneContabo

Plans tracked1811

Cheapest plan$3.49/mo$6.35/mo

Median $/GB RAM$6.41/GB$1.19/GB

Avg value score53/10092/100

Locations69

Dedicated-vCPU plans60

NVMe share33%55%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Binary Lane

Standard std-1vcpu · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB · $6.98/mo

Contabowins

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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Binary Lane

Standard std-2vcpu · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 60 GB · $13.97/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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Binary Lane

Standard std-4vcpu · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB · $27.93/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

Binary Lane

• Standard std-min · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 81/100$3.49
• Storage hdd-500gb · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 78/100$14.25
• Standard std-1vcpu · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 77/100$6.98
• Standard std-2vcpu · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 75/100$13.97
• Standard std-4vcpu · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 74/100$27.93

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. Binary Lane data: Public API · api.binarylane.com.au/v2/sizes + /regions (AUD). Contabo data: Live web — server-rendered plan cards on contabo.com/en/vps/ + /en/vps-performance/.