What's good about...

Cloudways logo Cloudways

  • Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
  • Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
  • Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups

Cloudways logo Contabo

  • Low-cost VPS and dedicated servers
  • Offers GPUs and object storage too
  • Available in 9 regions around the world

Price comparison

How do Cloudways's prices compare against Contabo?

Example configuration Cloudways Contabo
VM Small $11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) $5.10 / mo 4 vCPU, 6 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 1)
VM Medium $88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) $10.78 / mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 2)
VM Large $149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) $15.88 / mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 3)
Object Storage -- $11.30 / mo 1 TB
Managed Redis®* Included depending on plan --
Free egress allowance 1 TB - 12 TB / mo included depending on plan 10-324 TB per instance
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider) Free and unlimited 10-324 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth

Contabo GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
L40S 4x L40S 192GB 64 512GB $4.50 Source
H100 4x H100 320GB 64 512GB $11.03 Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Cloudways and Contabo offer:

Service Cloudways Contabo
Block Storage --
Content Delivery Network (CDN) --
GPU-powered Servers --
Managed Containers --
Managed MySQL --
Managed Redis®* --
Object Storage --
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Cloudways
Website www.cloudways.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2012
Data Center Locations --
Example Customers Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko
Contabo
Website contabo.com
Headquarters Germany 🇩🇪
Founded 2003
Data Center Locations 9
Example Customers --

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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on May 5, 2025, and for Contabo on Feb. 14, 2025.