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Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 4 vs Hetzner CX33.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 4 and Hetzner CX33 split the 6 spec rounds evenly — price, RAM, vCPU, disk, bandwidth and $/GB — so the decision comes down to location and workload.

Contabo

Cloud VPS Plus 4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

$15.69/mo

4 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 150 GB NVME · $0.06 on 5 Sept 2026

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Hetzner

CX33 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

$9.87/mo

4 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 80 GB NVME · $0.04 on 5 Sept 2026

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$15.69/mo

$9.87/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$1.96

$1.23

RAM

8 GB

8 GB

vCPU

4 shared

4 shared

Disk

150 GB NVME

80 GB NVME

Bandwidth

unmetered

Value score

91/100

92/100

Regions

9

3

Countries served by both · 1

  • DE

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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 Plus 4 or Hetzner CX33?
Hetzner CX33 at $9.87/mo (excl. VAT) versus $15.69/mo — a difference of $5.82/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Hetzner CX33: $1.23 per GB of RAM per month versus $1.96 for Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 4.
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.

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