Contabo
vs
Google Cloud
What's good about each
- Low-cost VPS and dedicated servers
- Offers GPUs and object storage too
- Available in 9 regions around the world
- 40+ regions across 26 countries
- BigQuery, GKE and Gemini models on Vertex AI
- TPUs, plus Nvidia T4 up to 8x B200 nodes
- Automatic sustained use discounts on N1 and N2 VMs
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Contabo | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.25 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 4) | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | 8% cheaper on Contabo |
| Medium VM | $8.52 /mo 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 6) | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | 91% cheaper on Contabo |
| Large VM | $15.90 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 8) | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | 93% cheaper on Contabo |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | |
| Object storage | $11.31 /mo 1 TB | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | 73% cheaper on Contabo |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $94.22 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD (Cloud SQL Enterprise) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $22.90 /mo 1.4 GB (Memorystore for Valkey, shared-core-nano) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $29.16 /mo Passthrough Network Load Balancer | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $44.66 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration (Cloud Run functions, 0.333 vCPU) | |
| Egress allowance | Unlimited, fair usage policy applies 200 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s port by plan | 1 GB / mo (Compute Engine), 100 GB / mo (Cloud Storage) | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) |
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 Google Cloud offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Contabo | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs · 16 configs
|
$2.21 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | $1.98 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Different terms |
|
H200
3 configs · 3 configs
|
$2.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | $4.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Different terms |
|
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 |
|
H100
15 configs
|
-- | $4.34 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
-- | $4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
A100
36 configs
|
-- | $1.31 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
|
L4
32 configs
|
-- | $0.32 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
|
V100
36 configs
|
-- | $1.34 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
|
T4
48 configs
|
-- | $0.21 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
Contabo bills reserved (1 months); Google Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 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 | Contabo | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Yes |
| FedRAMP | -- | High |
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 | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Germany | USA |
| Locations | 9 | 40 |
| Example customers | -- | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group |
| Website | contabo.com | cloud.google.com |
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Our data for Contabo was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Google Cloud on Sept. 30, 2026.