Contabo
vs
Fly.io
What's good about each
- Low-cost VPS and dedicated servers
- Offers GPUs and object storage too
- Available in 9 regions around the world
- Excellent tooling and developer experience
- Fast deployments, scale to zero, little config needed
- Per-second billing, with a 40% discount for reserved compute blocks
- Anycast networking and global load balancing included at no extra cost
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Contabo | Fly.io | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.21 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 4) | $5.70 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (shared-cpu-1x) | 8% cheaper on Fly.io |
| Medium VM | $8.47 /mo 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 6) | $42.79 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (shared-cpu-4x) | 80% cheaper on Contabo |
| Large VM | $15.82 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 8) | $248.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (performance-8x) | 94% cheaper on Contabo |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $11.25 /mo 1 TB | $20.50 /mo 1 TB (Tigris) | 45% cheaper on Contabo |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $86.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Starter) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $20.00 /mo 1 GB data (Upstash Fixed 1GB) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included with apps | |
| Egress allowance | Unlimited, fair usage policy applies 200 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s port by plan | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (North America and Europe) |
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 Fly.io. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Contabo | Fly.io | 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.
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 | Fly.io |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 | 2017 |
| Headquarters | Germany | USA |
| Locations | 9 | 18 |
| Example customers | -- | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase |
| Website | contabo.com | fly.io |
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Our data for Contabo was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Fly.io on Sept. 18, 2026.