Good for a month, then performance dropped until completely offline for three days with no support.
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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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Contabo is very cheap but their VPS went down without notice and stayed down for two days.
Contabo had packet loss and network issues and overloaded machines; moved everything to Hetzner.
Nearly ten years that generally went well with some outages, the latest the longest.
Server was offline three days and no support channel replied.
Fine for development but outages take weeks to fix and support is unreachable.
Three new VPSs had week-long outages; an angry email brought a quick reply and node moves that fixed it.
Support would not respond during outages and afterwards said they saw no problems on their end.
Production e-commerce down 72+ hours after maintenance and support sent a canned reply without reading logs.
Tried Contabo and had a bad experience with unstable network and performance.
A server of four years just disappeared with no notification, reason or communication.
Server disappeared from the panel while the paid backup service stayed active and the domain showed another site.
Control panel broke so payment was not possible and tickets went unanswered.
Fourteen years on Contabo, which got so bad in recent years the poster moved to netcup.
Contabo server frequently down, a six-hour outage with a status page showing no incidents, and a joke of a customer service.
Two servers at 89% average uptime over 18 months and 94% over the last three.
First week mostly offline, then smooth for almost two years.
VPS went offline for a week and a ticket got no reply until they phoned the German support number.
Contabo VPS dropped off the network every two hours; another node was taking the IP and support asked for the root password.
Some servers ran 7+ years fine while others had 24-hour stops several times a year and one lost almost a day.
A week with a Contabo VPS: unstable, hard to recover and failing VNC access, then a pro-rata refund.
Dedicated server was down over 106 hours with no resolution or technical update, and the status page showed nothing.
Years-long customer who has had on-and-off connectivity issues since November; moving the server did not fix it.
Says Contabo took down their stuff without notice for maintenance and support was even worse, so they switched to Vultr.
Contabo VPS support is slow and had downtime, so the poster is hesitant to use it as primary host.
Worst support ever and the EU location was fully down for days several times; only the St Louis location is stable.
Support was horrible with unannounced maintenance and servers down for many days.
Left Contabo after a two-week outage that was communicated only after it was resolved.
A Contabo VPS since 2021 with only one cooling-related outage, though the Hetzner interface is better.
Several instances went offline for full weeks; a refund threat got a reply within the hour and a fix.
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.