Contabo vs RunPod

How do Contabo's prices compare against RunPod?

Example configuration	Contabo	RunPod
VM Small	$5.11 / mo 4 vCPU, 6 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 1)	$43.20 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
VM Medium	$10.79 / mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 2)	$86.40 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
VM Large	$15.90 / mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 3)	$172.80 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
Block Storage	--	$10.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	$11.31 / mo 1 TB	--
Free egress allowance	10-324 TB per instance	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	Free and unlimited 10-324 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth	Free and unlimited

Contabo GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
L40S	4x L40S	192GB	64	512GB	$4.51	Source
H100	4x H100	320GB	64	512GB	$11.04	Source

RunPod GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
A30	1x A30	24GB	8	31GB	$0.22	Source
RTX A4000	1x A4000	16GB	4	20GB	$0.32	Source
A4500	1x A4500	20GB	4	29GB	$0.34	Source
A5000	1x A5000	24GB	4	24GB	$0.36	Source
A40	1x A40	48GB	9	50GB	$0.39	Source
RTX4090	1x RTX 4090	24GB	5	30GB	$0.69	Source
A6000	1x A6000	48GB	8	62GB	$0.76	Source
L40S	1x L40S	48GB	12	62GB	$0.86	Source
A6000 Ada	1x A6000	48GB	14	58GB	$0.88	Source
RTX 5090	1x RTX 5090	32GB	16	93GB	$0.89	Source
L40	1x L40	48GB	8	94GB	$0.99	Source
A100 PCIe	1x A100	80GB	8	117GB	$1.64	Source
A100 SXM	1x A100	80GB	16	125GB	$1.89	Source
MI250	1x MI250	128GB	--	--	$2.10	Source
H100 PCIe	1x H100	80GB	16	188GB	$2.39	Source
H100 SXM	1x H100	80GB	16	125GB	$2.99	Source
MI300X	1x MI300X	192GB	24	283GB	$2.99	Source
H200 SXM	1x H200	141GB	12	188GB	$3.99	Source
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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.

Here are some managed services that Contabo and RunPod offer:

Service	Contabo	RunPod
Block Storage	--
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers	--
Object Storage		--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

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