VPS Arena

Contabo vs IONOS.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, Contabo undercuts IONOS on memory pricing — a median of $1.20/GB of RAM vs $2.75/GB. The cheapest way in is Contabo at $6.39/mo (Cloud VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB). Contabo counters with broader reach: 9 locations vs 5.

Plans tracked114
Cheapest plan$6.39/mo$11/mo
Median $/GB RAM$1.20/GB$2.75/GB
Avg value score94/10087/100
Locations95
Dedicated-vCPU plans00
NVMe share55%100%
Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans100% of plans
One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)52

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

Top value plans from each

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 5 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Contabo data: Live web — server-rendered plan cards on contabo.com/en/vps/ + /en/vps-performance/. IONOS data: Live web — embedded pricing JSON on ionos.com/servers/vps.

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