Contabo Alternatives
Contabo advertises some of the lowest headline prices in the market. Two details in the small print are what usually send people looking elsewhere.
Contabo prices its dedicated servers on an introductory structure. At the time of writing the AMD Genoa 24-core (EPYC 9224, 128 GB) is €179.10/month for the first twelve months and €199/month after that, and the Turin 64-core is €629.10 for the first year and €699 after. The number you sign up at is not the number you pay in month thirteen.
The second detail is the traffic policy. "Unlimited traffic" carries a fair-usage clause, which is a meaningfully different promise from an unmetered port. For a workload that genuinely saturates its link — streaming, CDN origin, backup targets — the distinction matters, and it tends to matter at exactly the moment you can least afford it.
Our dedicated servers renew at the list price: €209/month for the entry dual Xeon is the list price in month one and in month thirty-six, and the port is guaranteed and unmetered at the listed speed, with no traffic cap or overage billing. Where Contabo genuinely wins is modern single-socket silicon at low prices, and a storage range we do not attempt to match.
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Where Contabo is the better choice
No point pretending otherwise.
- Very low entry pricing on VPS and modern single-socket dedicated hardware.
- Large storage configurations at prices that are hard to beat if capacity is the priority.
- Recent Ryzen and EPYC Turin silicon with high clock speeds.
- A long operating history and a substantial customer base.
- No setup fee and IPMI (iLO) remote access included on dedicated servers; our dedicated range has no self-service console.
Where voxa.host is the better choice
The reasons people switch.
Renewals at the list price
Renewals bill at the list price shown on the plan page; there is no introductory discount that expires.
Unmetered, not "unlimited"
The dedicated port is guaranteed at its listed speed, with no traffic cap and no overage billing.
Direct operator support
Tickets reach the people running the platform, with a first response that averages under two hours.
Higher core-count ceiling
Our range extends to 256 cores and 1 TB of DDR5 in a single chassis.
KVM VPS alongside bare metal
KVM VPS from €4.50/month in the same account, billable by the hour and capped at the monthly rate.
The short answer
Contabo is a reasonable choice if the headline price is what matters and your traffic profile is modest. If you want renewals at the list price, or a port that stays fast when you actually use it, that is where we differ.
What we actually sell
Seven configurations, from €209 a month. No setup fee, no minimum term, full root on every server.
| Configuration | Cores | Memory | Storage | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dual Xeon E5-2630 v3 | 16c / 32t | 128 GB DDR4 | 1× 240 GB SSD (up to 6 SSDs) | €209 |
| Dual Xeon E5-2690 v4 | 28c / 56t | 128 GB DDR4 | 1× 240 GB SSD (up to 6 SSDs) | €229 |
| Dual Xeon E5-2699 v4 | 44c / 88t | 256 GB DDR4 | 1× 240 GB SSD (up to 6 SSDs) | €299 |
| Single EPYC 9254 | 24c / 48t | 128 GB DDR5 | 2× 1 TB NVMe (up to 24 NVMe) | €449 |
| Dual EPYC 9254 | 48c / 96t | 256 GB DDR5 | 2× 1 TB NVMe (up to 24 NVMe) | €679 |
| Dual EPYC 9554 | 128c / 256t | 512 GB DDR5 | 2× 1 TB NVMe (up to 24 NVMe) | €959 |
| Dual EPYC 9754 | 256c / 512t | 1024 GB DDR5 | 2× 1 TB NVMe (up to 24 NVMe) | €1519 |
Switching from Contabo
Does Contabo raise prices after the first year?
Their dedicated servers are listed with a discounted price for the first 12 months (10% off on most configurations), and the regular price applies from month thirteen. Our dedicated servers bill at the list price shown on the plan page from the first month.
What does "fair usage" mean on unlimited traffic?
It means the provider reserves the right to act if your usage is judged excessive, without a published threshold. An unmetered port is a different commitment: the port runs at its listed speed and you may saturate it.
Is voxa.host more expensive than Contabo?
On headline price for comparable modern single-socket hardware, often yes. Compare the recurring price rather than the promotional one, and factor in whether your traffic profile makes the fair-usage clause relevant.
Can I move my data from Contabo?
Yes. Provision with us, run both in parallel while you sync, then cut over. Xeon builds carry a delivery estimate of under an hour, so the overlap window can be short; EPYC builds are made to order, so plan ahead.
Compare with other providers
Deploy your first server now.
No minimum term. Intel Xeon builds carry a delivery estimate of under an hour; AMD EPYC builds are made to order. Every configuration has full root, ECC memory and a guaranteed 1 Gbps unmetered port.
Dedicated billed monthly · No setup fee · Full root on every server
- IPv4 address
- One included
- Unmetered port
- 1 Gbps guaranteed
- DDoS protection
- 100 Gbps · L3/L4
- Root access
- Included
- Setup fee
- €0.00
- Minimum term
- None