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Contabo vs Runpod

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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

Runpod logo Runpod

  • Deploy affordable GPUs in under a minute
  • Scale across 30+ regions worldwide
  • SOC 2 Type II certified, 99.9% uptime SLA
  • Flexible billing: pay by the second, no commitments
  • Multi-node Clusters scale to thousands of GPUs
  • Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring

Price comparison

How do Contabo's prices compare against Runpod?

VM Small

Contabo Contabo
$6.38 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 4)
Runpod Runpod
$43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)

VM Medium

Contabo Contabo
$8.69 /mo 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 6)
Runpod Runpod
$86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)

VM Large

Contabo Contabo
$16.23 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 8)
Runpod Runpod
$172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)

Block Storage

Contabo Contabo
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Runpod Runpod
$10.00 /mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Contabo Contabo
$11.55 /mo 1 TB
Runpod Runpod
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Free egress allowance

Contabo Contabo
Unlimited, fair usage policy applies 200 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s port by plan
Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Contabo Contabo
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Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Contabo Contabo
Reserved (1mo)
Runpod Runpod
On-DemandReservation

Available Models

Contabo offers 4 GPU models, while Runpod offers 35.

Contabo Contabo
H200(3) RTX PRO 6000(2) L40S(2) RTX PRO 5000(2)
Runpod Runpod
H100(10) H200(6) A100(7) RTX PRO 6000(3) B200(3) L40S(3) B300(4) RTX A6000(3) RTX 5090(3) V100(2)
View all 35 GPUs →

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Contabo and Runpod offer:

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

Company details

Website
Contabo Contabo
contabo.com
Runpod Runpod
www.runpod.io
Headquarters
Contabo Contabo
Germany DE flag
Runpod Runpod
United States of America US flag
Founded
Contabo Contabo
2003
Runpod Runpod
2022
Data Center Locations
Contabo Contabo
9
Runpod Runpod
32
Example Customers
Contabo Contabo
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Runpod Runpod
Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Contabo was last updated on Aug. 31, 2026, and for Runpod on Sept. 11, 2026.