Civo
vs
Contabo
What's good about each
- Free egress and ingress
- Kubernetes control plane at no cost
- Deploy to locations in Europe and Asia
- GPUs from L40S to B300, reservable for up to 36 months
- API serving open models from the UK
- Low-cost VPS and dedicated servers
- Offers GPUs and object storage too
- Available in 9 regions around the world
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Civo | Contabo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | $6.21 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 4) | 13% cheaper on Civo |
| Medium VM | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $8.47 /mo 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 6) | 81% cheaper on Contabo |
| Large VM | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | $15.82 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 8) | 89% cheaper on Contabo |
| Block storage | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | $11.25 /mo 1 TB | Within 5% |
| PostgreSQL | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | Unlimited, fair usage policy applies 200 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s port by plan | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Civo offers 6 GPU models, while Contabo offers 4. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Civo | Contabo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H200
10 configs · 3 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | $2.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Different terms |
|
L40S
20 configs · 2 configs
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | $1.08 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Different terms |
|
H100
10 configs
|
$2.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
B300
4 configs
|
$5.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
$3.79 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
A100
40 configs
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs
|
-- | $2.20 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Contabo only |
|
RTX PRO 5000
2 configs
|
-- | $1.08 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Contabo only |
Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months); Contabo bills reserved (1 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Civo | Contabo |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2003 |
| Headquarters | UK | Germany |
| Locations | 6 | 9 |
| Example customers | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine | -- |
| Website | civo.com | contabo.com |
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Our data for Civo was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Contabo on Sept. 18, 2026.