Contabo vs netcup.

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

On today's data, Contabo undercuts netcup on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.19/GB against $1.21/GB. The cheapest way in is netcup at $5.73/mo (VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB). Contabo counters with broader reach: 9 locations vs 5.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is netcup VPS 500 G12 at $5.73/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 ↗

netcupall plans →

• Cheapest

  VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe

  $5.73/moView at netcup ↗
• Best value

  VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GB

  4 vCPU · 8 GB · 256 GB NVMe

  $10.05/moView at netcup ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricContabonetcup

Plans tracked119

Cheapest plan$6.35/mo$5.73/mo

Median $/GB RAM$1.19/GB$1.21/GB

Avg value score92/10095/100

Locations95

Dedicated-vCPU plans04

NVMe share55%100%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans100% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)50

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

full comparison →

Contabo

Cloud VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

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

netcupwins

VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe · $5.73/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

full comparison →

Contabo

Cloud VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

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

netcupwins

VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe · $5.73/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

full comparison →

Contabowins

Cloud VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

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

netcup

VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 256 GB NVMe · $10.05/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

netcup

• VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GBvalue 98/100$10.05
• VPS 2000 G12 · 8 vCore · 16 GBvalue 98/100$18.67
• VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GBvalue 97/100$5.73
• RS 2000 G12 · 8 dedicated cores · 16 GBvalue 97/100$20.78
• VPS 4000 G12 · 12 vCore · 32 GBvalue 96/100$31.43

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/. netcup data: Live web · server-rendered plan cards on netcup.com/en/server/vps + /en/server/root-server.