VPS · head to head · checked 8 August 2026

Alibaba Cloud vs Contabo

8 VPS plans from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs, and where the price comes from.

Alibaba Cloud

from $11/mo

ecs.n4.small · 3 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $10.50/vCPU (ecs.n4.large)

Contabo

from €5.50/mo

Cloud VPS 4 · 5 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $1.36/vCPU (Cloud VPS 6)

Which is cheaper, Alibaba Cloud or Contabo?

Contabo's cheapest listed plan is Cloud VPS 4 at €5.50/mo; Alibaba Cloud's is ecs.n4.small at $11/mo.

Which gives more for the money, Alibaba Cloud or Contabo?

On price per vCPU, Contabo does best with Cloud VPS 6 at $1.36/vCPU; Alibaba Cloud's best is ecs.n4.large at $10.50/vCPU.

How many VPS plans does each offer here?

We list 3 for Alibaba Cloud and 5 for Contabo, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.

Alibaba Cloud

Everything from Alibaba Cloud

ecs.n4.smallapprox
vCPU
1 (shared)
RAM
2 GB
Storage
Not included — system disk billed separately
Transfer
Not included — billed separately
Region
Singapore
$11/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-08
ecs.n4.largeapprox
vCPU
2 (shared)
RAM
4 GB
Storage
Not included — system disk billed separately
Transfer
Not included — billed separately
Region
Singapore
$21/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-08
ecs.n4.xlargeapprox
vCPU
4 (shared)
RAM
8 GB
Storage
Not included — system disk billed separately
Transfer
Not included — billed separately
Region
Singapore
$61/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-08

Contabo

Everything from Contabo

Cloud VPS 4
vCPU
4 (shared)
RAM
8 GB
Storage
100 GB SSD
Transfer
Unlimited (200 Mbit/s)
Region
EU · US · Asia
€5.50/mo~$6Visit price source · checked 2026-08-05
Cloud VPS 6
vCPU
6 (shared)
RAM
12 GB
Storage
200 GB SSD
Transfer
Unlimited (300 Mbit/s)
Region
EU · US · Asia
€7.50/mo~$8.18Visit price source · checked 2026-08-05
Cloud VPS 8
vCPU
8 (shared)
RAM
24 GB
Storage
300 GB SSD
Transfer
Unlimited (600 Mbit/s)
Region
EU · US · Asia
€14/mo~$15.26Visit price source · checked 2026-08-05
Cloud VPS 12
vCPU
12 (shared)
RAM
48 GB
Storage
400 GB SSD
Transfer
Unlimited (800 Mbit/s)
Region
EU · US · Asia
€25/mo~$27.25Visit price source · checked 2026-08-05
Cloud VPS 16
vCPU
16 (shared)
RAM
64 GB
Storage
500 GB SSD
Transfer
Unlimited (1 Gbit/s)
Region
EU · US · Asia
€37/mo~$40.33Visit price source · checked 2026-08-05

Alibaba Cloud against the rest

Contabo against the rest

How this page is made: every figure above is computed from the plans listed, which were checked against each provider's own pricing page (linked per plan, with the date). Nothing here is ranked by who pays us. The highlighted plan is each provider's best on price per vCPU. Non-USD prices are converted at an approximate fixed rate for comparison only. See our methodology and how we make money.