Which is cheaper, Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 12 or Hetzner CAX41?

Hetzner CAX41 at $47.64/mo (excl. VAT) versus $68.57/mo — a difference of $20.93/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 12: $1.43 per GB of RAM per month versus $1.49 for Hetzner CAX41.

Can I deploy both in the same country?

Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: DE.

Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 12 vs Hetzner CAX41.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 12 takes 4 of 6 spec rounds against Hetzner CAX41. Hetzner CAX41 counters on price: $20.93/mo less, for 32 GB RAM and 16 vCPU instead of 48 GB and 12.

Contabowins 4 rounds

Cloud VPS Plus 12 · 12 vCPU · 48 GB

$68.57/mo

12 vCPU shared · 48 GB · 600 GB NVME · ↑ $0.26 on 5 Sept 2026

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Hetzner

CAX41 · 16 vCPU · 32 GB

$47.64/mo

16 vCPU shared · 32 GB · 320 GB NVME · ↑ $0.18 on 5 Sept 2026

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$68.57/mo

$47.64/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$1.43

$1.49

RAM

48 GB

32 GB

vCPU

12 shared

16 shared

Disk

600 GB NVME

320 GB NVME

Bandwidth

unmetered

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Value score

89/100

91/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 1

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 12 or Hetzner CAX41?: Hetzner CAX41 at $47.64/mo (excl. VAT) versus $68.57/mo — a difference of $20.93/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 12: $1.43 per GB of RAM per month versus $1.49 for Hetzner CAX41.
Can I deploy both in the same country?: Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: DE.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 5 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.