OVHcloud vs Contabo

Round by round

1. Round 1What the entry plan includesContabo wins
   OVHcloud5/10

   4 GB RAM

   VPS-1, two vCores

   • 4 GB RAM, against 8 GB RAM

   Source: ovhcloud.com ↗

   Contabo8/10

   100 GB SSD

   Entry plan 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 moveOVHcloud wins
   OVHcloud8/10

   Unlimited traffic

   unlimited traffic at up to 3 Gbps

   Source: ovhcloud.com ↗

   Contabo5/10

   Unlimited inbound and outbound

   Traffic

   • 32 TB, against Unlimited traffic

   Source: contabo.com ↗

   OVHcloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

3. Round 3Where you can deployOVHcloud wins
   OVHcloud8/10

   28 cities

   locations the VPS range can be deployed in

   • datacentres the VPS range can be placed in

   Source: ovhcloud.com ↗

   Contabo5/10

   11 data centers

   across the US, Europe and Asia

   • 11 data centers, against 30 datacentres

   Source: contabo.com ↗

   OVHcloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

4. Round 4What customers say on TrustpilotContabo wins
   OVHcloud5/10

   3.8 out of 5

   TrustScore from 8,748 reviews on Trustpilot

   • 3.8 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5

   Source: trustpilot.com ↗

   Contabo8/10

   4.6 out of 5

   TrustScore from 11,301 reviews on Trustpilot

   Source: trustpilot.com ↗

   Contabo wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.

5. Round 5The uptime promiseTie
   OVHcloud7/10

   99.9%

   service level agreement for VPS hardware availability

   Source: ovhcloud.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
   OVHcloud5/10

   2 vCores

   VPS-1

   • 2 vCores, against 4 vCPU cores

   Source: us.ovhcloud.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
   OVHcloud5/10

   40 GB NVMe

   VPS-1

   • 40 GB NVMe, against 100 GB SSD

   Source: us.ovhcloud.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 NVMeOVHcloud wins
   OVHcloud8/10

   NVMe storage

   VPS-1

   Source: us.ovhcloud.com ↗

   Contabo5/10

   SSD (NVMe on larger plans)

   Cloud VPS 4

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

   Source: contabo.com ↗

   OVHcloud wins this round on what the published sources say.

Side by side

Best for how much data you can moveOVHcloud

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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

7.3

8.0

How much data you can move

8.0

7.5

How much disk space you get

6.5

8.0

What customers say on Trustpilot

6.3

7.8

The uptime promise

5.7

5.8

Head-to-head findings

What the entry plan includes

4 GB RAM

100 GB SSD

How much data you can move

Unlimited traffic

Unlimited (fair usage applies)

How much disk space you get

40 GB NVMe

100 GB SSD

What customers say on Trustpilot

3.8 out of 5

4.6 out of 5

The uptime promise

99.9%

99.9%

How many CPU cores you get

2 vCores

4 vCPU cores

What the cheapest plan costs

$4.54

$6.60

How much memory a dollar buys

0.88 GB per $1

1.52 GB per $1

Record

Head-to-head record

5–2

6–0

Head-to-heads won

71 %

100 %

Rounds won

56 %

67 %

Pros

• datacentres the VPS range can be placed in

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

Cons

• $4.54, against $4
• 99.9%, against 99.99%
• 3.8 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
• $4.54, against $3.50

• 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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