What's good about...

Contabo logo Contabo

  • Low-cost VPS and dedicated servers
  • Offers GPUs and object storage too
  • Available in 9 regions around the world

Contabo logo Heroku

  • Fully-managed infra, minimal ops overhead
  • Heroku Postgres is a one-click, battle-tested database
  • Extensive add-on marketplace

Price comparison

How do Contabo's prices compare against Heroku?

Example configuration Contabo Heroku
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
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:

Service Contabo Heroku
GPU-powered Servers --
Managed Containers --
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®* --
Object Storage --
Virtual Private Server (VPS) --

Company details

Contabo
Website contabo.com
Headquarters Germany 🇩🇪
Founded 2003
Data Center Locations 9
Example Customers --
Heroku
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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Our data for Contabo was last updated on Feb. 14, 2025, and for Heroku on Nov. 12, 2024.