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 Shadeform

  • Launch instances anywhere with a single console and API
  • Leverage a multi-cloud set up, without the hassle
  • You can reserve instances in advance to ensure GPU availability
  • Free to use, zero mark-up fees

Price comparison

How do Contabo's prices compare against Shadeform?

Example configuration Contabo Shadeform
VM Small $4.90 / mo 4 vCPU, 6 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 1) --
VM Medium $10.34 / mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 2) --
VM Large $15.24 / mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 3) --
Object Storage $10.85 / 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 --

Contabo offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
L40S 4x L40S 192GB 64 512GB $4.32 Source
H100 4x H100 320GB 64 512GB $10.58 Source

Shadeform does not charge any fees to use their marketplace. You pay the same price as using the cloud providers directly.

Here are some example configurations:

GPU VRAM Price range (per hour)
Nvidia A4000 16 GB $0.30-0.80
Nvidia A6000 48 GB $0.57-1.93
Nvidia V100 16 GB $0.69-3.06
Nvidia L40S 48 GB $0.99-1.15
Nvidia A100 40 GB $1.29-3.19
Nvidia H100 80 GB $2.48-5.99

You can view the full list here.

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 Shadeform offer:

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

Company details

Contabo
Website contabo.com
Headquarters Germany πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ
Founded 2003
Data Center Locations 9
Example Customers --
Shadeform
Website shadeform.ai
Headquarters United States of America πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Founded 2023
Data Center Locations --
Example Customers University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1

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Our data for Contabo was last updated on Feb. 14, 2025, and for Shadeform on Aug. 16, 2024.