What's good about...
Contabo
- Low-cost VPS and dedicated servers
- Offers GPUs and object storage too
- Available in 9 regions around the world
Thunder Compute
- Offers affordable cloud GPUs, including A100 and H100 instances.
- Simple, pay-as-you-go pricing model.
- Focused on maximizing hardware utilization to provide lower costs.
Price comparison
How do Contabo's prices compare against Thunder Compute?
Example configuration |
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VM Small | $5.13 / mo 4 vCPU, 6 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 1) | -- |
VM Medium | $10.84 / mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 2) | -- |
VM Large | $15.98 / mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 3) | -- |
Block Storage | -- | $15.00 / mo $0.15 per GB/month 100 GB |
Object Storage | $11.37 / 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 GPUs
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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L40S | 1x L40S | 48GB | 32 | 106GB | $1.19 | Source |
H100 | 1x H100 | 80GB | 32 | 106GB | $2.92 | Source |
H200 NVL | 1x H200 | 141GB | 32 | 213GB | $3.41 | Source |
L40S | 4x L40S | 192GB | 64 | 512GB | $4.53 | Source |
H100 | 4x H100 | 320GB | 64 | 512GB | $11.09 | Source |
Thunder Compute GPUs
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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Tesla T4 | 1x T4 | 16GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.27 | Source |
A100 (40GB) | 1x A100 | 40GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.57 | Source |
A100 (80GB) | 1x A100 | 80GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.78 | Source |
H100 | 1x H100 | 80GB | 4 | 32GB | $1.47 | Source |
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 Thunder Compute offer:
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Block Storage | -- | |
GPU-powered Servers | ||
Object Storage | -- | |
Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
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Website | contabo.com | thundercompute.com |
Headquarters | Germany π©πͺ | United States of America πΊπΈ |
Founded | 2003 | 2024 |
Data Center Locations | 9 | 1 |
Example Customers | -- | KronosAI, Abbvie |
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Website | contabo.com |
Headquarters | Germany π©πͺ |
Founded | 2003 |
Data Center Locations | 9 |
Example Customers | -- |
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Website | thundercompute.com |
Headquarters | United States of America πΊπΈ |
Founded | 2024 |
Data Center Locations | 1 |
Example Customers | KronosAI, Abbvie |
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Our data for Contabo was last updated on Feb. 14, 2025, and for Thunder Compute on June 7, 2025.