Which is cheaper, Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 8 or IONOS VPS Linux XL+?

Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 8 at $40.68/mo (excl. VAT) versus $44/mo — a difference of $3.32/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 8: $1.70 per GB of RAM per month versus $2.75 for IONOS VPS Linux XL+.

Yes — both plans are offered in 3 shared countries: DE, GB, US.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 8 takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against IONOS VPS Linux XL+. It is also the cheaper plan, at $40.68/mo versus $44/mo.

Contabowins 3 rounds

$40.68/mo

8 vCPU shared · 24 GB · 450 GB NVME · ↑ $0.16 on 5 Sept 2026

IONOS

$44/mo

8 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 480 GB NVME

Monthly price(lower wins)

$40.68/mo

$44/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$1.70

$2.75

RAM

24 GB

16 GB

vCPU

8 shared

Disk

450 GB NVME

480 GB NVME

Bandwidth

unmetered

Value score

89/100

86/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 3

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Which is cheaper, Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 8 or IONOS VPS Linux XL+?: Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 8 at $40.68/mo (excl. VAT) versus $44/mo — a difference of $3.32/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: Contabo Cloud VPS Plus 8: $1.70 per GB of RAM per month versus $2.75 for IONOS VPS Linux XL+.
Can I deploy both in the same country?: Yes — both plans are offered in 3 shared countries: DE, GB, US.

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.