Cloudzy
vs
Contabo
Both sell budget VPS and GPU servers on four continents. Cloudzy bills hourly and rents A100 and RTX 5090 cards, while Contabo charges less for medium VMs and adds object storage.
What's good about each
- 10+ regions across North America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia
- Monthly transfer allowance of 1-16 TB
- 40 Gb/s uplinks and NVMe storage on every plan
- GPU plans use full card passthrough, not vGPU or MIG slices
- 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 | Cloudzy | Contabo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.95 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB NVMe | $6.28 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 4) | 10% cheaper on Contabo |
| Medium VM | $52.95 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 240 GB NVMe | $8.56 /mo 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 6) | 84% cheaper on Contabo |
| Large VM | $99.95 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 350 GB NVMe | $15.98 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 8) | 84% cheaper on Contabo |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $11.37 /mo 1 TB | |
| Egress allowance | 1-16 TB / mo per instance | Unlimited, fair usage policy applies 200 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s port by plan | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited 1-16 TB per instance | -- 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
Cloudzy and Contabo each offer 4 GPU models. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cloudzy | Contabo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs · 2 configs
|
$1.81 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | $2.22 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | 19% cheaper on Cloudzy |
|
RTX 5090
4 configs
|
$1.39 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) · sold out | -- | Cloudzy only |
|
A100
6 configs
|
$1.53 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) · sold out | -- | Cloudzy only |
|
RTX 4090
6 configs
|
$1.08 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) · sold out | -- | Cloudzy only |
|
H200
3 configs
|
-- | $2.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Contabo only |
|
L40S
2 configs
|
-- | $1.09 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Contabo only |
|
RTX PRO 5000
2 configs
|
-- | $1.09 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Contabo only |
Cloudzy bills on-demand and reserved (1 months); Contabo bills reserved (1 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Cloudzy | Contabo |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
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 | Cloudzy | Contabo |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2003 |
| Headquarters | UAE | Germany |
| Locations | 13 | 9 |
| Example customers | University of Toronto, University of Washington, University of Calgary, University of Milan, Politecnico di Milano | -- |
| Website | cloudzy.com | contabo.com |
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Our data for Cloudzy was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Contabo on Sept. 18, 2026.