VPS · head to head · checked 5 August 2026

Contabo vs DigitalOcean

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

Contabo

from €5.50/mo

Cloud VPS 4 · 5 plans listed

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

DigitalOcean

from $4/mo

Basic 512 MB · 7 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $4.00/vCPU (Basic 512 MB)

Which is cheaper, Contabo or DigitalOcean?

DigitalOcean's cheapest listed plan is Basic 512 MB at $4/mo; Contabo's is Cloud VPS 4 at €5.50/mo.

Which gives more for the money, Contabo or DigitalOcean?

On price per vCPU, Contabo does best with Cloud VPS 6 at $1.36/vCPU; DigitalOcean's best is Basic 512 MB at $4.00/vCPU.

How many VPS plans does each offer here?

We list 5 for Contabo and 7 for DigitalOcean, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.

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

DigitalOcean

Everything from DigitalOcean

Basic 512 MB
vCPU
1 (shared)
RAM
0.5 GB
Storage
10 GB SSD
Transfer
500 GB
Region
Global (15 regions)
$4/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05
Basic 1 GB
vCPU
1 (shared)
RAM
1 GB
Storage
25 GB SSD
Transfer
1 TB
Region
Global (15 regions)
$6/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05
Basic 2 GB
vCPU
1 (shared)
RAM
2 GB
Storage
50 GB SSD
Transfer
2 TB
Region
Global (15 regions)
$12/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05
Basic 2 GB / 2 vCPU
vCPU
2 (shared)
RAM
2 GB
Storage
60 GB SSD
Transfer
3 TB
Region
Global (15 regions)
$18/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05
Basic 4 GB
vCPU
2 (shared)
RAM
4 GB
Storage
80 GB SSD
Transfer
4 TB
Region
Global (15 regions)
$24/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05
Basic 8 GB
vCPU
4 (shared)
RAM
8 GB
Storage
160 GB SSD
Transfer
5 TB
Region
Global (15 regions)
$48/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05
Basic 16 GB
vCPU
8 (shared)
RAM
16 GB
Storage
320 GB SSD
Transfer
6 TB
Region
Global (15 regions)
$96/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

Contabo against the rest

DigitalOcean 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.