Hostinger vs Contabo

Round by round

1. Round 1What the entry plan includesContabo wins
   Hostinger5/10

   4 GB RAM

   KVM 1, one vCPU and 50 GB NVMe

   • 4 GB RAM, against 8 GB RAM

   Source: hostinger.com ↗

   Contabo8/10

   100 GB SSD

   Storage

   • Cloud VPS 10, with 75 GB NVMe

   Source: contabo.com ↗

   Contabo wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

2. Round 2How much data you can moveContabo wins
   Hostinger5/10

   4 TB

   included bandwidth on KVM 1

   • 4 TB, against 32 TB

   Source: hostinger.com ↗

   Contabo8/10

   Unlimited inbound and outbound

   Traffic Limit

   • outgoing traffic included, incoming unlimited

   Source: contabo.com ↗

   Contabo wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

3. Round 3Who picks up when the server is downContabo wins
   Hostinger5/10

   24/7 live chat

   the Customer Success team around the clock

   • 24/7 live chat, against 24/7 phone support

   Source: hostinger.com ↗

   Contabo8/10

   24/7 phone support

   round-the-clock phone support with native English speakers

   Source: contabo.com ↗

   Contabo wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

4. Round 4How long you can get your money backHostinger wins
   Hostinger8/10

   30 days

   money-back guarantee on VPS plans

   Source: hostinger.com ↗

   Contabo5/10

   14 days

   refund window on a new contract

   • 14 days, against 30 days

   Source: help.contabo.com ↗

   Hostinger wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

5. Round 5The uptime promiseTie
   Hostinger7/10

   99.9%

   uptime commitment

   Source: hostinger.com ↗

   Contabo7/10

   99.9%

   uptime on the Core VPS

   Source: contabo.com ↗

   Nothing to separate them here.

6. Round 6How many CPU cores you getContabo wins
   Hostinger5/10

   1 vCPU core

   KVM 1

   • 1 vCPU core, against 4 vCPU cores

   Source: hostinger.com ↗

   Contabo8/10

   4 vCPU cores

   Cloud VPS 4

   Source: contabo.com ↗

   Contabo wins this round on what the published sources say.

7. Round 7How much disk space you getContabo wins
   Hostinger5/10

   50 GB NVMe

   KVM 1

   • 50 GB NVMe, against 100 GB SSD

   Source: hostinger.com ↗

   Contabo8/10

   100 GB SSD

   Cloud VPS 4

   Source: contabo.com ↗

   Contabo wins this round on what the published sources say.

8. Round 8Whether the disk is fast NVMeHostinger wins
   Hostinger8/10

   NVMe storage

   KVM 1

   Source: hostinger.com ↗

   Contabo5/10

   SSD (NVMe on larger plans)

   Cloud VPS 4

   • SSD (NVMe on larger plans), against NVMe storage

   Source: contabo.com ↗

   Hostinger wins this round on what the published sources say.

Side by side

Best for how much disk space you getHostinger

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Best for what the entry plan includesContabo

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Overall score

6.8

7.1

Best

Price

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What the entry plan includes

7.2

8.0

How much data you can move

6.5

7.5

How much disk space you get

7.5

8.0

What customers say on Trustpilot

8.0

7.8

The uptime promise

5.8

5.8

Head-to-head findings

What the entry plan includes

4 GB RAM

100 GB SSD

How much data you can move

4 TB

Unlimited (fair usage applies)

How much disk space you get

50 GB NVMe

100 GB SSD

What customers say on Trustpilot

4.6 out of 5

4.6 out of 5

The uptime promise

99.9%

99.9%

How many CPU cores you get

1 vCPU core

4 vCPU cores

What the cheapest plan costs

$6.49

$6.60

How much memory a dollar buys

0.62 GB per $1

1.52 GB per $1

Record

Head-to-head record

4–2

6–0

Head-to-heads won

67 %

100 %

Rounds won

54 %

67 %

Pros

• Cloud VPS 10, with 75 GB NVMe
• outgoing traffic included, incoming unlimited
• 8 GB RAM for €4.50 a month

Cons

• $6.49, against $4
• 99.9%, against 99.99%
• 4 TB, against 20 TB
• 1 vCPU core, against 2 vCPU (AMD)

• 99.9%, against 99.99%
• 1-month minimum contract, against Per-second billing
• €4.50, against €3.49
• 99.9%, against 100%

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