Contabo
vs
Hetzner
Both sell budget VPS, object storage and GPUs at near-identical prices. Contabo rents H200 and L40S GPUs on contract, while Hetzner charges less for storage and adds block storage and load balancers.
What's good about each
- Low-cost VPS and dedicated servers
- Offers GPUs and object storage too
- Available in 9 regions around the world
- High performance VPS configurations at affordable prices (shared, high memory, dedicated CPU)
- Easy to use web console & developer tooling (Terraform SDKs, official CLI)
- EU-based company, may simplify GDPR compliance for some
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Contabo | Hetzner | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.30 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 4) | $6.86 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23) | 8% cheaper on Contabo |
| Medium VM | $8.60 /mo 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 6) | $10.30 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33) | 17% cheaper on Contabo |
| Large VM | $16.04 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 8) | $18.90 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43) | 15% cheaper on Contabo |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $5.04 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $11.41 /mo 1 TB | $7.44 /mo 1 TB | 35% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $8.58 /mo LB11 | |
| Egress allowance | Unlimited, fair usage policy applies 200 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s port by plan | 1-60 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $1.15 /TB €1 / TB |
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 Hetzner offers 2. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Contabo | Hetzner | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs · 1 config
|
$2.23 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | $2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
H200
3 configs
|
$2.93 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | -- | Contabo only |
|
L40S
2 configs
|
$1.10 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | -- | Contabo only |
|
RTX PRO 5000
2 configs
|
$1.10 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | -- | Contabo only |
|
RTX 4000 SFF Ada
1 config
|
-- | $0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hetzner only |
Contabo bills reserved (1 months); Hetzner bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Contabo | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Load Balancer | ||
| 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 | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Germany | Germany |
| Locations | 9 | 6 |
| Example customers | -- | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
| Website | contabo.com | hetzner.com |
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Our data for Contabo was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Hetzner on Sept. 18, 2026.