Contabo

Contabo: VPS and bare metal servers across nine regions

Contabo is a hosting infrastructure provider that offers virtual private servers (VPS) and bare metal dedicated servers, as well as specialized solutions for GPU workloads. The company presents its offering as a budget-friendly alternative without compromising performance, positioning itself between low-end options and high-end dedicated servers.

According to data published on its website, the company operates in nine regions and twelve locations, and reports 99.996% availability over the last twelve months. Its marketing emphasizes two key differentiators: competitive pricing and technical support handled by people rather than automated systems.

Virtual server catalog

The virtualization offering is organized into several lines based on intended use:

• Core VPS: affordable virtual private servers, aimed at projects seeking low cost.
• Performance VPS: high-performance virtual machines ready for AI workloads.
• Max Performance VPS: virtual dedicated servers with full resource separation.
• Storage VPS: instances with large SSD storage capacity.
• Windows VPS: virtual servers with the Windows operating system.

Dedicated servers and GPU

In the physical server category, Contabo offers bare metal dedicated servers with raw computing power without virtualization, along with a section of discounted dedicated server deals. The company also offers VPS with dedicated NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPUs, designed for AI model training and inference, video rendering — with ISV certification and no render queue — and scientific and high-performance computing, with CFD, MD, and FEM simulation use cases on a single node. For multi-GPU clusters, the company refers to a managed service provided by vshosting.

Deployable applications and panels

The catalog includes the deployment of applications and control panels on its servers. Applications include AI assistants and agents such as OpenClaw, Hermes AI, and Paperclip AI; automation tools like n8n; collaboration and storage platforms like Nextcloud; private networking solutions like WireGuard; development environments like GitLab CE; container deployment tools like Dokploy and Coolify; and models like DeepSeek. In the control panel area, the company offers Plesk and cPanel.

Additional platform features

Alongside server plans, Contabo provides customers with a set of complementary features: automatic backups, private networking, custom images, its own API and CLI, Cloud Init initialization, and firewall. It also offers blockchain solutions, domain registration, CDN to accelerate website loading, and GPU services.

Support and geographic reach

The company maintains a help center, contact channels for technical support and sales, and status pages to check server and order status. It also publishes tutorials and a blog. Its coverage is organized into regions including the European Union, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, India, and Australia.