Runs RAM-heavy quiet services on a 12GB Contabo VPS, noting shared CPU on the cheap RAM-heavy plans is real.
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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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Customer reviews (361)
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Three VPS have been generally fine despite one machine issue they had to diagnose themselves, and you get more than you pay for.
Great RAM for the price but I/O bottlenecks on heavy database writes; fine for background automations.
Great for a workload that needs no high uptime and cheaper than reputable hosts, but unsuitable for demanding use.
Performance is not amazing but the VPS work well and fit a price point.
Ran a cheap game-server VM on Contabo that worked fine but felt consumer grade, not for work use.
Moved from netcup after bad experiences and is pretty happy with very light workloads.
Years of amazing service but too many issues in recent weeks; still uses it for the price and resources.
Unbeatable prices and fine support for personal use, but too many bandwidth issues for professional use.
Dedicated hardware is unbeatable for the price, but one server kept losing network and support could not fix it.
Contabo was great on a Cyber Monday deal but a power outage hit the US data center in January.
Left Hetzner over price and Netcup over billing, still on Contabo which is not perfect but not as bad as claimed.
Best price to performance for cheap Asia VPS but slow support and several planned and unplanned maintenance windows.
Services go down once or twice a year for hours, but the prices are low enough to keep paying.
Contabo offers good value and many regions, but performance may not be great.
Cheap and convenient for low-performance control servers despite its reputation.
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?
360 are quotes from Reddit, each linked to the original. 1 was written by customers here. Customer reviews are checked for spam before they appear. Every review, written here or quoted, is read as positive, mixed or negative.