Contabo vs Netcup
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Contabo and Netcup.
Quick Verdict
3.4/5
Contabo
0 reviews
4.2/5
Netcup
0 reviews
Netcup is rated higher (4.2 vs 3.4). German budget host known for lots of RAM and CPU for the money. Cloud VPS from about €5.50/month (4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM) on a 24-month term; performance reviews are mixed. German hosting company selling low-cost VPS and root servers in Europe, the US and Singapore. Smallest VPS starts at about EUR 2.21/month incl. VAT (12-month contract).
Contabo Affordable VPS hosting with generous resources at predictable pricing | Netcup German VPS with exceptional price-to-performance | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.4 (0 reviews) | 4.2 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $5.5/mo | From $2.21/mo✓ |
| Best for | Budget-conscious developers, self-hosters and teams running dev/staging, side projects or bulk capacity where specs-per-euro and unlimited traffic matter more than guaranteed IOPS and fast support. | European buyers who can run their own Linux server and want maximum cores and RAM per euro, with data residency in Germany, Austria, or the Netherlands |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 4 vCPU✓ | 2 vCPU |
| RAM | 8 GB✓ | 4 GB |
| Storage | 100 GB✓ | 64 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9%✓ | 99.6% |
| Data-center count | 13✓ | 5 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €1.38 | €1.10✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €0.69 | €0.55✓ |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Germany (5 facilities), UK (Portsmouth), US (New York, St. Louis, Seattle), Singapore, Japan (Tokyo), Australia (Sydney), India | Germany, Austria, Netherlands, United States, Singapore |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectioneu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenterwindows available | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacentergdpr compliantwindows available |
| Visit Contabo → | Visit Netcup → | |
Contabo
Pros
- + Best raw specs-per-euro in the budget class: 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 100 GB SSD from €5.50/month including VAT
- + Unlimited data transfer and free always-on DDoS protection on every plan
- + Nine regions including Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, India, three US regions, UK and Germany (five facilities)
- + Independent uptime monitoring repeatedly shows 100% availability over multi-week windows
- + Two decades of continuous operation (2003, ex Giga-International) with 450,000 servers running
Cons
- - Aggressive oversubscription: third-party testing grades disk I/O and performance stability weakly (D/F on contended plans)
- - Location fees of up to ~€2.35/month on entry plans (scaling with size) outside the EU change the price comparison
- - Unmanaged only, with ticket-based support and widely reported slow response times
- - Intro rates are for the first 24 months — renewal pricing steps up
- - Recycled IP addresses with abuse history occasionally trigger immediate suspension workflows on new accounts
Netcup
Pros
- + Exceptional hardware per euro — 8 vCore / 16 GB at €26.92/month on a 12-month term
- + Five locations on three continents from one catalog: Nuremberg, Vienna, Amsterdam, Manassas, Singapore
- + DDoS protection, IPv4/IPv6, traffic flat rate, snapshots, and hourly billing included as standard
- + German company with own Nuremberg data centers and GDPR-aligned practice
- + 30-day money-back guarantee on root servers; honest, clearly stated availability guarantees
Cons
- - 99.6% VPS availability guarantee is below the 99.9% many enterprises expect
- - Support, community, and deep documentation are German-first with business-hours ticket support
- - Best headline prices require 12- or 24-month terms; monthly terms cost noticeably more
- - Standard VPS line is unmanaged — managed service is a separate product
- - No free tier; identity verification required at signup; contracts auto-renew with strict notice periods
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