Contabo
vs
Vercel
What's good about each
- Low-cost VPS and dedicated servers
- Offers GPUs and object storage too
- Available in 9 regions around the world
- Built-in support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
- API for issuing custom domains to your own customers
- Functions bill CPU time, not time spent waiting on I/O
- 20 compute regions, 120+ edge locations
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Contabo | Vercel | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.35 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 4) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $8.65 /mo 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 6) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $16.15 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 8) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $11.49 /mo 1 TB | $36.40 /mo 1 TB (Vercel Blob) | 3.2x more expensive on Vercel |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $170.42 /mo 25M invocations, 2 GB RAM (minimum), 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | Unlimited, fair usage policy applies 200 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s port by plan | 100 GB (Hobby) to 1 TB (Pro) | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB (Fast Data Transfer) |
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. We track no GPU listings from Vercel. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Contabo | Vercel | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs
|
$2.24 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | -- | Contabo only |
|
H200
3 configs
|
$2.95 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | -- | Contabo only |
|
L40S
2 configs
|
$1.11 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | -- | Contabo only |
|
RTX PRO 5000
2 configs
|
$1.11 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | -- | Contabo only |
Contabo bills reserved (1 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Contabo | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Germany | USA |
| Locations | 9 | 20 |
| Example customers | -- | Shopify, Notion, Stripe, Ramp, The Weather Company |
| Website | contabo.com | vercel.com |
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Our data for Contabo was last updated on Sept. 15, 2026, and for Vercel on Sept. 15, 2026.