Contabo vs TheAI

What's good about each

Contabo

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

TheAI

Bare metal nodes with root access, no virtualization
Sites in Iowa, Mexico City, London and Luxembourg
A network port per GPU on B300 and H100 nodes

Price comparison

Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.

Service	Contabo	TheAI
Small VM	$6.12 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 4)	-- Not listed
Medium VM	$8.35 /mo 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 6)	-- Not listed
Large VM	$15.58 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 8)	-- Not listed
Object storage	$11.08 /mo 1 TB	-- Not listed
Egress allowance	Unlimited, fair usage policy applies 200 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s port by plan	-- Not listed

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 1 GPU model, while TheAI offers 3. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU	Contabo	TheAI	Difference
RTX PRO 6000 1 config	$1.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo)	--	Contabo only
B300 7 configs	--	$4.50 /GPU/hr Reserved (60 mo)	TheAI only
H100 2 configs	--	$3.30 /GPU/hr Reserved (6 mo)	TheAI only
H200 1 config	--	$2.55 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo)	TheAI only

All 1 GPU on Contabo All 3 GPUs on TheAI

Contabo bills reserved (1 months); TheAI bills reserved (6, 12, 18, 24, 36 or 60 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.

Thunder Compute

RTX A6000 from $0.35, A100 from $1.09, per GPU per hour

Billed per minute, no commitment, no minimums

One click into VS Code or Cursor, no SSH setup

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Services

Managed services each provider offers.

Service	Contabo	TheAI
GPU-powered Servers
Object Storage
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Compliance

Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.

Framework	Contabo	TheAI
GDPR	Yes	--

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	TheAI
Founded	2003	--
Headquarters	Germany	UAE
Locations	9	4
Example customers	--	--
Website	contabo.com	cloud.theai.com

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Our data for Contabo was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for TheAI on Nov. 11, 2026.