VPS Arena

Contabo Cloud VPS 8 vs HOSTKEY vm.v2-medium.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Contabo Cloud VPS 8 takes 4 of 6 spec rounds against HOSTKEY vm.v2-medium. It is also the cheaper plan, at $16.31/mo versus $16.31/mo.

Contabowins 4 rounds

Cloud VPS 8 · 8 vCPU · 24 GB

$16.31/mo

8 vCPU shared · 24 GB · 300 GB SSD

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HOSTKEY

vm.v2-medium · 8 vCPU · 16 GB

$16.31/mo

8 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 160 GB NVME

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$16.31/mo

$16.31/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$0.68

$1.02

RAM

24 GB

16 GB

vCPU

8 shared

8 shared

Disk

300 GB SSD

160 GB NVME

Bandwidth

unmetered

3 TB/mo

Value score

98/100

94/100

Regions

9

1

Countries served by both · 0

No overlap — if location matters, that alone may decide it.

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Add a third or fourth plan, or switch the workload weighting, in the interactive tool.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Contabo Cloud VPS 8 or HOSTKEY vm.v2-medium?
Contabo Cloud VPS 8 at $16.31/mo (excl. VAT) versus $16.31/mo — a difference of $0/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Contabo Cloud VPS 8: $0.68 per GB of RAM per month versus $1.02 for HOSTKEY vm.v2-medium.
Can I deploy both in the same country?
No — the two plans have no country in common, so location alone may decide it.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 10 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

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