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Hetzner vs Contabo
Side by side — pricing, features, pros and cons.
Provider
H
Hetzner
Affordable European VPS and dedicated servers
⭐ Top Pick
C
Contabo
Huge resources at rock-bottom prices
Metric
Hetzner
Contabo
Rating
4.7
3.9
Starting price
€4.15/mo
€5.50/mo
Renewal hike
No
No
Regions
EU, US, APAC
EU, US, APAC
Verified
Hetzner
Exceptional price-to-performance ratio
Transparent renewal pricing — no surprise hikes
High-quality dedicated hardware
Multiple EU datacentre locations (Germany, Finland)
US locations available (Virginia, Oregon)
Fast NVMe SSD storage across all plans
Large active community and good documentation
Generous included traffic allowances
Support is slower compared to larger providers
US locations have fewer products than EU
No 24/7 phone support
No managed hosting options
Control panel (Hetzner Cloud Console) is functional but basic compared to AWS/GCP
Not ideal for beginners — more suited to developers
No Windows Server on Cloud plans (only dedicated)
Contabo
Extremely cheap — some of the lowest prices in the market
Generous RAM and storage allocations for the price
Dedicated and shared hosting options available
Multiple datacentre locations (EU, US, Asia, Australia)
No renewal price hikes
Good for high-storage workloads
Object storage available at very low cost
Snapshots and backups available
Good for dev/test environments on a budget
Performance inconsistent — shared resources can bottleneck
Support is slow and often unhelpful
Control panel is outdated and clunky
Network speeds can be poor compared to premium providers
No SLA guarantees on cheaper plans
Not suitable for production workloads requiring reliability
Setup fees on some plans
Limited managed services
Community and documentation very thin
Not beginner friendly — bare bones experience
Reputation for overselling resources
Verdict
Hetzner comes out ahead with a rating of 4.7. Hetzner is also the cheaper option starting at €4.15/mo. Watch out for renewal hikes — increases prices on renewal.