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Contabo
Contabo is a Germany-based cloud hosting provider founded in 2003, specialising in high-spec VPS and dedicated servers at budget-friendly prices. With data centres across Europe (including the UK), the US, and Asia-Pacific, they are known for offering generous CPU, RAM, and storage allocations at significantly lower costs than competitors.
Developers, sysadmins, and technical users who need powerful VPS or dedicated servers at competitive prices and are comfortable managing their own infrastructure.
Pros
- Exceptional value — more CPU, RAM, and storage per pound than almost any competitor
- UK data centre in Portsmouth with ISO 27001 certification
- Unlimited incoming traffic and generous 32TB outgoing on VPS plans
- KVM virtualisation ensures dedicated resources with no noisy-neighbour issues
- Full root access with choice of Linux distros and Windows Server
- NVMe SSD storage available across all VPS tiers
Cons
- No shared hosting or managed WordPress plans — VPS and dedicated only
- Unmanaged service requires technical expertise for server administration
- Support is ticket/email only — no live chat or phone support
- No formal uptime SLA with financial compensation
- Non-German data centres (including UK) incur a location surcharge
- Control panels (cPanel, Plesk) are paid add-ons
Pricing Plans
VPS Hosting
4 plansCloud VPS 10
£3.78
/month
Websites:Unlimited
Storage:75
Traffic:Unlimited
Node.js:Yes
Databases:Unlimited
RAM:8 GB
CPU Cores:4
Email Accounts:0
Daily Backups:No
Additional Features:
- NVMe SSD
- DDoS Protection
- Free Snapshots
- Full Root Access
- KVM Virtualisation
- 200 Mbit/s Port
Cloud VPS 20
£5.88
/month
Websites:Unlimited
Storage:100
Traffic:Unlimited
Node.js:Yes
Databases:Unlimited
RAM:12 GB
CPU Cores:6
Email Accounts:0
Daily Backups:No
Additional Features:
- NVMe SSD
- DDoS Protection
- Free Snapshots
- Full Root Access
- KVM Virtualisation
- 300 Mbit/s Port
Cloud VPS 30
£11.76
/month
Websites:Unlimited
Storage:200
Traffic:Unlimited
Node.js:Yes
Databases:Unlimited
RAM:24 GB
CPU Cores:8
Email Accounts:0
Daily Backups:No
Additional Features:
- NVMe SSD
- DDoS Protection
- Free Snapshots
- Full Root Access
- KVM Virtualisation
- 600 Mbit/s Port
Cloud VPS 40
£21.00
/month
Websites:Unlimited
Storage:250
Traffic:Unlimited
Node.js:Yes
Databases:Unlimited
RAM:48 GB
CPU Cores:12
Email Accounts:0
Daily Backups:No
Additional Features:
- NVMe SSD
- DDoS Protection
- Free Snapshots
- Full Root Access
- KVM Virtualisation
- 800 Mbit/s Port
Dedicated Servers
2 plansAMD Ryzen 12 Cores
£80.64
/month
Websites:Unlimited
Storage:1000
Traffic:Unlimited
Node.js:Yes
Databases:Unlimited
RAM:64 GB
CPU Cores:12
Email Accounts:0
Daily Backups:No
Additional Features:
- NVMe SSD
- DDoS Protection
- IPMI Access
- Full Root Access
- 1 Gbit/s Port
- AMD Ryzen 9 7900
AMD Genoa 24 Cores
£141.96
/month
Websites:Unlimited
Storage:2000
Traffic:Unlimited
Node.js:Yes
Databases:Unlimited
RAM:128 GB
CPU Cores:24
Email Accounts:0
Daily Backups:No
Additional Features:
- SSD RAID
- DDoS Protection
- IPMI Access
- Full Root Access
- 1 Gbit/s Port
- AMD EPYC 9224
- ECC RAM