Contabo
vs
CoreWeave
What's good about each
- Low-cost VPS and dedicated servers
- Offers GPUs and object storage too
- Available in 9 regions around the world
- Nvidia nodes from A100 up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Bare-metal nodes under a managed Kubernetes control plane
- No charge for the Kubernetes control plane or Slurm
- Free egress and no object storage request fees
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Contabo | CoreWeave | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.25 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 4) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $8.52 /mo 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 6) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $15.90 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 8) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Distributed File Storage) | |
| Object storage | $11.31 /mo 1 TB | $61.44 /mo 1 TB (Hot) | 82% cheaper on Contabo |
| Egress allowance | Unlimited, fair usage policy applies 200 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s port by plan | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited |
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, while CoreWeave offers 11. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Contabo | CoreWeave | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs · 3 configs
|
$2.21 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | $1.20 /GPU/hr Spot | Different terms |
|
H200
3 configs · 2 configs
|
$2.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | $2.62 /GPU/hr Spot | Different terms |
|
L40S
2 configs · 2 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | $0.98 /GPU/hr Spot | Different terms |
|
RTX PRO 5000
2 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | -- | Contabo only |
|
H100
2 configs
|
-- | $2.46 /GPU/hr Spot | CoreWeave only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $4.48 /GPU/hr Spot | CoreWeave only |
|
B200
2 configs
|
-- | $4.26 /GPU/hr Spot | CoreWeave only |
|
A100
2 configs
|
-- | $1.21 /GPU/hr Spot | CoreWeave only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | $10.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | CoreWeave only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | CoreWeave only |
Contabo bills reserved (1 months); CoreWeave bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Contabo | CoreWeave |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| 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 | Contabo | CoreWeave |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 | 2017 |
| Headquarters | Germany | USA |
| Locations | 9 | 55 |
| Example customers | -- | OpenAI, Cohere, Mistral AI, NovelAI |
| Website | contabo.com | coreweave.com |
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Our data for Contabo was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for CoreWeave on Oct. 1, 2026.