Contabo vs HOSTKEY.

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

On today's data, Contabo undercuts HOSTKEY on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.19/GB against $2.01/GB. The cheapest way in is HOSTKEY at $2.84/mo (vm.pico · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Contabo counters with broader reach: 9 locations vs 1.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is HOSTKEY vm.mini at $5.93/mo, against Contabo at $6.35/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

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 ↗

HOSTKEYall plans →

• Cheapest

  vm.pico · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 40 GB SSD

  $2.84/moView at HOSTKEY ↗
• Best value

  vm.mini · 4 vCPU · 6 GB

  4 vCPU · 6 GB · 120 GB SSD

  $5.93/moView at HOSTKEY ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricContaboHOSTKEY

Plans tracked1121

Cheapest plan$6.35/mo$2.84/mo

Median $/GB RAM$1.19/GB$2.01/GB

Avg value score92/10081/100

Locations91

Dedicated-vCPU plans03

NVMe share55%67%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Contabo

Cloud VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

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

HOSTKEYwins

vm.nano · 2 vCPU · 2 GB

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB SSD · $3.55/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Contabo

Cloud VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

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

HOSTKEYwins

vm.mini · 4 vCPU · 6 GB

4 vCPU · 6 GB · 120 GB SSD · $5.93/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Contabowins

Cloud VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

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

HOSTKEY

vm.v2-mini · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $7.58/mo

Top value plans from each

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

HOSTKEY

• vm.mini · 4 vCPU · 6 GBvalue 98/100$5.93
• vm.v2-mini · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 97/100$7.58
• vm.medium · 6 vCPU · 12 GBvalue 96/100$11.70
• vm.nano · 2 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 95/100$3.55
• vm.v2-medium · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 95/100$16.15

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Contabo data: Live web — server-rendered plan cards on contabo.com/en/vps/ + /en/vps-performance/. HOSTKEY data: Live web · preconfigured VPS/VDS cards on hostkey.com (Amsterdam price list, net).