Hetzner vs Contabo
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Entry pricing: Hetzner from €5.99/mo (CX23) vs Contabo from €5.50/mo (Cloud VPS 4).
Entry plans at a glance
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Hetzner plans
Prices last verified: July 20, 2026Contabo plans
Prices last verified: July 20, 2026Pros & cons
The default recommendation for EU-based workloads: nothing else touches its specs-per-euro, and the 20 TB traffic allowance makes egress a non-issue for most projects.
Unbeatable on paper specs per euro; pick it for bulk RAM/storage workloads where consistent CPU performance is not critical.
Frequently asked questions
Contabo has the cheaper entry plan: €5.50/month vs €5.99/month (CX23 vs Cloud VPS 4, verified against official pricing pages).
Hetzner includes up to 20 TB of traffic on the plans we track; Contabo offers unmetered outbound traffic under a fair-use policy.
Hetzner: Falkenstein, Nuremberg, Helsinki, Ashburn, Hillsboro, Singapore. Contabo: Germany, UK, USA, Singapore, Japan, Australia.
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