Civo vs Contabo.

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

On today's data, Contabo undercuts Civo on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.19/GB against $5.43/GB. The cheapest way in is Civo at $5.43/mo (Standard xSmall · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Contabo counters with broader reach: 9 locations vs 5.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Contabo Cloud VPS 4 at $6.35/mo, against Civo at $21.73/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Civoall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Standard xSmall · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 25 GB NVMe

  $5.43/moView at Civo ↗

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 →

MetricCivoContabo

Plans tracked1111

Cheapest plan$5.43/mo$6.35/mo

Median $/GB RAM$5.43/GB$1.19/GB

Avg value score44/10092/100

Locations59

Dedicated-vCPU plans00

NVMe share100%55%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans100% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Civo

Standard Small · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 25 GB NVMe · $10.86/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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Civo

Standard Medium · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GB NVMe · $21.73/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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Civo

Standard Large · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $43.45/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

Civo

• Standard xSmall · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 84/100$5.43
• Standard Small · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 75/100$10.86
• Standard Medium · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 68/100$21.73
• Standard Large · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 59/100$43.45
• Standard Extra Large · 6 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 42/100$86.91

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. Civo data: Live web · compute instance tables on civo.com/pricing (USD, all regions). Contabo data: Live web — server-rendered plan cards on contabo.com/en/vps/ + /en/vps-performance/.