Cloudflare
vs
Contabo
What's good about each
- Every service runs in every datacenter, 300+ cities
- No egress fees on R2 object storage or Workers
- Free tier covers CDN, DNS, WAF and DDoS mitigation
- One platform for serverless compute, storage, SQL and vector search
- 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 | Cloudflare | Contabo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $6.21 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 4) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $8.47 /mo 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 6) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $15.82 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 8) | |
| Object storage | $15.81 /mo 1 TB (R2 Standard) | $11.25 /mo 1 TB | 29% cheaper on Contabo |
| Serverless | $82.50 /mo 25M invocations, 150 ms CPU time | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | Unlimited, fair usage policy applies 200 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s port by plan | |
| Egress | Free for most services | -- 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
Contabo offers 4 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Cloudflare. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cloudflare | Contabo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs
|
-- | $2.20 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Contabo only |
|
H200
3 configs
|
-- | $2.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Contabo only |
|
L40S
2 configs
|
-- | $1.08 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Contabo only |
|
RTX PRO 5000
2 configs
|
-- | $1.08 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Contabo only |
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.
| Framework | Cloudflare | Contabo |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | Enterprise only | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, some products | -- |
| FedRAMP | High, Cloudflare for Government | -- |
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 | Cloudflare | Contabo |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 | 2003 |
| Headquarters | USA | Germany |
| Locations | 312 | 9 |
| Example customers | Shopify, DoorDash, Discord, Intercom, Zendesk | -- |
| Website | cloudflare.com | contabo.com |
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Our data for Cloudflare was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Contabo on Sept. 18, 2026.