Has never had an issue on a Contabo VPS with lots of storage at 11 a month, and support is quick.
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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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Support was helpful and the experience pretty good overall despite the reputation.
Three new VPSs had week-long outages; an angry email brought a quick reply and node moves that fixed it.
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.
Five years on Contabo: monthly fee doubled with no spec change, but support fixed an issue within hours.
Contabo since 2017 for light use is fine; CPU steal is not shown but support moves you to another host free.
VPS since 2019 with early issues fixed by support, then stress-free apart from a recent price increase.
Fine for non-critical services with good support, though they would not run production on it.
Got an EPYC host, says results depend on luck, support is good and it is the way for dirt-cheap VPS.
Their cheap Contabo VPS had few issues, support answered within hours and sometimes gave compensation.
Over nine months with flawless service and only one ten-minute downtime; support replies within hours.
Several instances went offline for full weeks; a refund threat got a reply within the hour and a fix.
Seven years with several VPS; one early issue sorted in minutes and no downtime since.
Odd short restarts, likely overloaded hosts, but support is pretty useful.
Support always replied within a few hours and was needed only twice in five years.
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.
Dedicated-server support granted full IPMI admin access within seven hours.
Years without errors or downtime; email support weak but phone support wonderful.
Four years with Contabo: support is top notch, prices are fair and the servers are more powerful than those at other providers they use.
Owns several Contabo VPS and bought more for clients, finding support better than US providers.
A couple of years on Contabo and super happy, with decent support considering the low cost.
Over 1.5 years without issues and quick, efficient support.
They found Contabo support really forgiving when they made a late payment.
Contabo hosts four mail servers for years with zero unplanned downtime and responsive customer service.
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.