The verdict
Contabo takes it, 7–1 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, Contabo takes 7 of 8 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose Hetzner if…
- • You want Hetzner's edge on what the cheapest plan costs
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 cheapest plan costsHetzner winsHetzner8/10
€3.79 per month
Price of the smallest plan (CX22)
- CX23 cloud server: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB
Source: hetzner.com ↗
Contabo5/10$6.60
Cloud VPS 4 (the entry plan), US price per month
- €4.50, against €3.49
Source: contabo.com ↗
Hetzner wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2What the entry plan includesContabo wins
Contabo wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How much data you can moveContabo winsContabo8/10
unlimited inbound and outbound
Traffic limit
- outgoing traffic included, incoming unlimited
Source: contabo.com ↗
Contabo wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4Who picks up when the server is downContabo winsHetzner5/10
24/7 email and tickets
support by its own technicians in Germany
- 24/7 email and tickets, against 24/7 phone support
Source: hetzner.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 5How much memory a dollar buysContabo winsHetzner5/10
€3.79 per month
Price for 4 GB RAM
- 1.15 GB per €1, against 1.78 GB per €1
Source: hetzner.com ↗
Contabo8/101.52 GB per $1
8 GB RAM for $5.28 a month (first 24 months)
- 8 GB RAM for €4.50 a month
Source: contabo.com ↗
Contabo wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6What customers say on TrustpilotContabo winsHetzner5/10
3.0 out of 5
TrustScore from 2,987 reviews on Trustpilot
- 3.0 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
Contabo wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 7How many CPU cores you getContabo wins
Contabo wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 8How much disk space you getContabo wins
Contabo wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- the CX23 cloud server, two shared vCPUs
- CX23 cloud server: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB
- Cloud VPS 10, with 75 GB NVMe
- outgoing traffic included, incoming unlimited
- 8 GB RAM for €4.50 a month
- 99.9%, against 99.99%
- 3.0 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
- 99.9%, against 100%
- 6 locations, against 33 regions
- 99.9%, against 99.99%
- 1-month minimum contract, against Per-second billing
- €4.50, against €3.49
- 99.9%, against 100%