BuyVM vs Contabo.

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

On today's data, Contabo undercuts BuyVM on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.19/GB against $3.75/GB. The cheapest way in is BuyVM at $2/mo (Slice 512 · 1 vCPU · 0.5 GB). Contabo counters with broader reach: 9 locations vs 3.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Contabo Cloud VPS 4 at $6.35/mo, against BuyVM at $15/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

BuyVMall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Slice 512 · 1 vCPU · 0.5 GB

  1 vCPU · 512 MB · 10 GB SSD

  $2/moView at BuyVM ↗

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 →

MetricBuyVMContabo

Plans tracked1011

Cheapest plan$2/mo$6.35/mo

Median $/GB RAM$3.75/GB$1.19/GB

Avg value score77/10092/100

Locations39

Dedicated-vCPU plans70

NVMe share0%55%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans100% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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BuyVM

Slice 2048 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB SSD · $7/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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BuyVM

Slice 4096 · 1 vCPU · 4 GB

1 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $15/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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BuyVM

High Volume 2 core · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $30/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

BuyVM

• Slice 512 · 1 vCPU · 0.5 GBvalue 98/100$2
• Slice 1024 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 92/100$3.50
• Slice 2048 · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 84/100$7
• Slice 4096 · 1 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 76/100$15
• High Volume 2 core · 2 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 73/100$30

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. BuyVM data: Live web · KVM Slice and High Volume plan text on buyvm.net (flat list prices). Contabo data: Live web — server-rendered plan cards on contabo.com/en/vps/ + /en/vps-performance/.