Contabo
vs
Vast.ai
What's good about each
- Low-cost VPS and dedicated servers
- Offers GPUs and object storage too
- Available in 9 regions around the world
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Contabo | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.25 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 4) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $8.52 /mo 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 6) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $15.90 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 8) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $11.31 /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 4 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 63. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Contabo | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs · 97 configs
|
$2.21 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | $1.03 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | 53% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
H200
3 configs · 31 configs
|
$2.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | $2.44 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | 16% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
L40S
2 configs · 28 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | $0.73 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | 33% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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RTX PRO 5000
2 configs · 54 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | $0.62 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | 43% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
H100
23 configs
|
-- | $0.67 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B300
2 configs
|
-- | $4.88 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B200
8 configs
|
-- | $5.94 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
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RTX 5090
158 configs
|
-- | $0.20 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
A100
107 configs
|
-- | $0.14 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 4090
175 configs
|
-- | $0.19 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
Contabo bills reserved (1 months); Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Contabo | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Contabo | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II, platform only |
| HIPAA | -- | Secure Cloud tier only |
| GDPR | Yes | 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 | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Germany | USA |
| Locations | 9 | 10 |
| Example customers | -- | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | contabo.com | vast.ai |
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Our data for Contabo was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Oct. 1, 2026.