Over 7 years Contabo VPS machines have been upgraded and never gone out, though load time is not very fast.
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A score out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews, so a handful of glowing reviews can’t beat a product many people like.
29% Positive16% Mixed55% Negative
Cheap for the specs, and some customers run it for years without trouble.
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Has never had an issue on a Contabo VPS with lots of storage at 11 a month, and support is quick.
Has used a Contabo VPS for four months with no issues, running Redis, FastAPI, Hono, Next.js and Celery workers for about 5 dollars a month versus 80 elsewhere.
Two months hosting webapps with no downtime, and support restored a VPS suspended for a declined card within hours.
Several VPSs over ten years without problems, and the few support contacts were excellent.
Runs 12 VPSes at Contabo and has had no high CPU load problems, with zero complaints.
Monitored VPS with no complaints and only three minutes of downtime in two weeks.
Contabo since 2017 for light use is fine; CPU steal is not shown but support moves you to another host free.
Windows VPS in Singapore for algo trading has worked fine for about a year and is the cheapest of providers tried.
First week mostly offline, then smooth for almost two years.
Gitea for a SaaS company runs on Contabo Singapore VPSs, cost effective with no network issues.
A VPS ran four years without trouble but running their business on Contabo's infrastructure was chaos.
Half a year in production with a single five-minute outage, roughly 99.9% uptime.
Years on a German-datacenter VPS without issues, but would never use Contabo for work.
Several years on Contabo paying about $15/month for a solid VPS that runs 50 sites fine.
Over nine months with flawless service and only one ten-minute downtime; support replies within hours.
A Contabo VPS since 2021 with only one cooling-related outage, though the Hetzner interface is better.
Five years that were pretty solid, though it depends on which node the VPS lands on and the CPU steal there.
Stable but with very old processors and not high performance.
Seven years with several VPS; one early issue sorted in minutes and no downtime since.
Long-time Contabo Singapore VPS with no issues except bandwidth that never reaches 500 Mbps.
Two VPS for two years with 99.8% uptime over 30 days in Uptime Kuma.
New Hub Europe VPS runs reliably and stably, handling a large WordPress install with a 25GB database.
Lowest latency among four VPS providers tried and no downtime in a month.
Five-plus years with a few 30-minute crashes per year and otherwise all well.
VPS running almost five years with no complaints or noticed downtime.
26 euro server reliably runs Nextcloud, Immich and more with no availability or speed issues.
No recent outages on servers running for a long time.
A year on Contabo with no problems for a self-managed setup.
Contabo has great prices and reliable servers.
Seven to eight years on Contabo VPS without a failure or downtime.
Uses the storage VPS range and says it has always been reliable with no downtime.
Runs a mail server on a beefy Contabo VPS for 3-4 years with no particular problems.
Ten VPSs with zero issues, though never needed support.
Four years on a VPS with only one 5-minute downtime and great price versus spec.
Contabo VPS L NVMe at 26 dollars a month ran reliably for two years.
Nearly six years on Contabo with only three downtimes, the latest about 20 minutes.
Two VPS for about eight months with no real problems.
Self-hosted mail on a Contabo VPS with no issues, set up in under an hour.
Heavy-IO VPSs for email, gaming and monitoring with no complaints from users.
Contabo is cheapest with never an issue.
VPS at OVH and Contabo; quite happy with both.
They say Contabo is okay in their experience and they have not had downtime yet.
Nearly nine years across side projects and client production with only occasional outages; support answers within 24 hours.
A few short downtimes in two years and support answered quickly during business hours.
Several years of use under heavy load with only minor problems, later CPU spikes to 100% so moved to Oracle.
Dusseldorf VPS is fine with a single downtime in two years.
No deal-breaking issues for hobby use, but notes experiences vary by use case and server allocation.
Calls it the fastest VPS they have had, running a RedM server smoothly with zero issues.
Years without errors or downtime; email support weak but phone support wonderful.
Contabo customer for about ten years with no real issues; VPS upgrades now work from the web panel.
They have used Contabo VMs for a year with no issues and found the pricing great compared with mainstream providers.
Over 1.5 years without issues and quick, efficient support.
Runs Minecraft, web and Garry's Mod servers on the lowest Contabo tier without problems.
Less important servers on Contabo's Sydney DC with no issues so far.
Contabo hosts four mail servers for years with zero unplanned downtime and responsive customer service.
Runs about 15 virtual servers, mostly WordPress, on a 4 euro Singapore VPS that works flawlessly.
About three years on Contabo with no serious problem and just one roughly two-hour downtime.
Six months with a single 30-minute downtime followed by an apology email.
Never had issues with Contabo, and it is even better now that it has a UK datacenter.
Common questions about Contabo
What do customers say about Contabo?
Cheap for the specs, and some customers run it for years without trouble. Many others report outages, sometimes lasting days, slow or templated support, and slower real-world performance than advertised from overselling. Happier users tend to run side projects or non-critical services on it.
Is Contabo worth it?
Of the 211 reviews with a clear verdict, 29% are positive, 16% mixed and 55% negative. The praise mentioned most is reliable. The most common complaint is outages.
What do people like about Contabo?
The praise reviewers mention most: reliable (43 reviews), great value (37 reviews) and helpful support (16 reviews). For example: Five years that were pretty solid, though it depends on which node the VPS lands on and the CPU steal there.
What are the most common complaints about Contabo?
The complaints reviewers mention most: outages (63 reviews), poor support (61 reviews) and slow (41 reviews). For example: Server died and would not boot or reinstall; support fixed it with some magic but they would not trust Contabo.
What does the signal score of 67 mean?
It's how well reviewed Contabo is, out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews: a service needs plenty of them, compared with the most-reviewed services here, to reach the high 80s and 90s. It's worked out from reviews only, needs at least 5 of them, and updates as new ones come in.
What are the specs of Contabo?
Category: VPS hosting.
Where do these Contabo reviews come from?
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