DigitalOcean vs Contabo
Contabo comes out ahead of DigitalOcean on 5 of the 8 things that decide this, going by what each company publishes and what independent review sites report. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
Contabo takes it, 5–2 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, Contabo takes 5 of 8 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose DigitalOcean if…
- • You want DigitalOcean's edge on the uptime promise and whether you can pay by the hour
Choose Contabo if…
- • You want Contabo's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move
Round by round
- Round 1What the entry plan includesContabo winsDigitalOcean5/10
512 MiB RAM
the $4 Droplet, one vCPU
- 512 MiB RAM, against 8 GB RAM
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Contabo wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2How much data you can moveContabo winsDigitalOcean5/10
500 GiB
included outbound transfer on the $4 Droplet
- 500 GiB, against 32 TB
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Contabo8/10Unlimited (fair usage applies)
Outgoing traffic limit
- outgoing traffic included, incoming unlimited
Source: contabo.com ↗
Contabo wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3The uptime promiseDigitalOcean wins
DigitalOcean wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4Who picks up when the server is downContabo winsDigitalOcean5/10
Free 24/7 tickets, answered within 24 hours
the free Starter plan; faster response is paid
- Free 24/7 tickets, answered within 24 hours, against 24/7 phone support
Source: docs.digitalocean.com ↗
Contabo8/1024/7 phone support
round-the-clock phone support with native English speakers
Source: contabo.com ↗
Contabo wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5What customers say on TrustpilotTie
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 6How many CPU cores you getContabo winsDigitalOcean5/10
1 vCPU
Basic Droplet (Regular, 512 MiB)
- 1 vCPU, against 4 vCPU cores
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Contabo wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 7How much disk space you getContabo winsDigitalOcean5/10
10 GiB SSD
Basic Droplet (Regular, 512 MiB)
- 10 GiB SSD, against 100 GB SSD
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Contabo wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 8Whether you can pay by the hourDigitalOcean winsContabo5/10
1-month minimum contract
Cloud VPS 4
- 1-month minimum contract, against Per-second billing
Source: contabo.com ↗
DigitalOcean wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- TrustScore from 2,584 reviews on Trustpilot
- Cloud VPS 10, with 75 GB NVMe
- outgoing traffic included, incoming unlimited
- 8 GB RAM for €4.50 a month
- 512 MiB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 500 GiB, against 20 TB
- 1 vCPU, against 2 vCPU (AMD)
- 10 GiB SSD, against 40 GB NVMe
- 99.9%, against 99.99%
- 1-month minimum contract, against Per-second billing
- €4.50, against €3.49
- 99.9%, against 100%