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Price comparison
How do Contabo's prices compare against Heroku?
Example configuration |
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VM Small | $4.72 / mo 4 vCPU, 6 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 1) | $50.00 / mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X) |
VM Medium | $9.95 / mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 2) | $250.00 / mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M) |
VM Large | $14.67 / mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 3) | $500.00 / mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L) |
Object Storage | $10.44 / mo 1 TB | -- |
Load Balancer | -- | Included in plan |
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $50.00 / mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage |
Managed Redis®* | -- | $200.00 / mo 1 GB RAM |
Free egress allowance | 10-324 TB per instance | 2 TB / mo per app |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | Free and unlimited 10-324 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth | Not publicly listed Bandwidth is soft limited per app (2 TB / mo) |
Contabo offers GPUs in the following configurations:
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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L40S | 4x L40S | 192GB | 64 | 512GB | $4.16 | Source |
H100 | 4x H100 | 320GB | 64 | 512GB | $10.18 | 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 Contabo and Heroku offer:
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GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
Managed Containers | -- | |
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
Managed Redis®* | -- | |
Object Storage | -- | |
Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
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Website | contabo.com | heroku.com |
Headquarters | Germany 🇩🇪 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2003 | 2007 |
Data Center Locations | 9 | 10 |
Example Customers | -- | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
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Website | contabo.com |
Headquarters | Germany 🇩🇪 |
Founded | 2003 |
Data Center Locations | 9 |
Example Customers | -- |
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Website | heroku.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2007 |
Data Center Locations | 10 |
Example Customers | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
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More comparisonsOur data for Contabo was last updated on Feb. 14, 2025, and for Heroku on Nov. 12, 2024.