Contabo vs Vultr.

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

On today's data, Contabo undercuts Vultr on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.19/GB against $6/GB. The cheapest way in is Vultr at $2.50/mo (Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GB). Vultr counters with broader reach: 33 locations vs 9.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Contabo Cloud VPS 4 at $6.35/mo, against Vultr at $20/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 ↗

Vultrall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GB

  1 vCPU · 512 MB · 10 GB SSD

  $2.50/moView at Vultr ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricContaboVultr

Plans tracked1166

Cheapest plan$6.35/mo$2.50/mo

Median $/GB RAM$1.19/GB$6/GB

Avg value score92/10040/100

Locations933

Dedicated-vCPU plans022

NVMe share55%70%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans0% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)57

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 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

Vultr

Cloud Compute 1C · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 55 GB SSD · $10/mo

≥ 4 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

Vultr

Cloud Compute 2C · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $20/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

Vultr

Cloud Compute 4C · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $40/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

Vultr

• Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GBvalue 82/100$2.50
• Cloud Compute 1C · 1 GBvalue 76/100$5
• Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GBvalue 75/100$3.50
• High Performance 1C · 1 GBvalue 75/100$6
• High Frequency 1C · 1 GBvalue 74/100$6

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/. Vultr data: Public API · api.vultr.com/v2/plans.