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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.6

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Review summary

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Considering 3,660 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. People frequently mention that the hosting solutions offer unbeatable value for money, successfully combining powerful hardware specifications with exceptionally low monthly prices. Consumers also deeply appreciate how fast the technical setup process is and how easy the intuitive control panel is to use for both personal and production projects. Some reviewers were not happy with customer support, mentioning that getting timely replies to support tickets can sometimes take a very long time. A few other people also felt that strict account policies and unexpected server suspensions caused frustrating disruptions to their normal daily operations.

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Service

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Price

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Customer service

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Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My issue was resolved much quicker than I thought it would take. Especially since my ticket was logged on a Friday Evening and resolved the same day! Although ping is s till a bit of a borderline is... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have been running a Contabo VPS for the past 6 months. I can honestly say that I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. From running a private Minecraft gaming server, to hosting some websites I... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

we lost our account to a malicious actor but contabo support was able to restore access in less than 24 consolidated hours. This is commendable because the account take over also had fradulent transac... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The most perfect support ever! I really like that they answer to anything within an hour. I have used Contabo for 12 (!!!) years now, and I am very proud to have them on my side. Excellent securi... See more


Company details

  1. Cloud Computing Service
  2. also in
  3. Business to Business Service
  4. Cloud Storage Service
  5. DNS Provider
  6. Web Hosting Company

About Contabo

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Contabo is a leading made-in-Germany cloud services provider - starting at €4.50/month. We provide German quality servers at 11 locations in 9 key regions all around the globe.

We offer a comprehensive range of hosting and cloud services with full root access, designed to meet the unique demands of our customers:

Cloud VPS: Independent computing instances optimized for performance equipped with fast NVMe drives.
Storage VPS: Storage-optimized VPS for all data storage needs.
Cloud VDS: CPU-optimized virtual machines provisioned in minutes.
Dedicated Servers: Single-tenant bare metal servers with full control over your individual and customizable hardware configuration.
Object Storage: All-Inclusive Storage at predictable cheap monthly rates.

Since our founding in 2003, we follow 3 clear principles:
✔️ German quality with global availability
✔️ Incredible prices
✔️ Customer is king

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

we lost our account to a malicious…

we lost our account to a malicious actor but contabo support was able to restore access in less than 24 consolidated hours. This is commendable because the account take over also had fradulent transactions made on the card. This means money is also recoverable. Kudos!

7 October 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

All well

I have been a customer of yours for many years, and my experience has been positive. It would be great if you could have locations and instances in Italy as well, so as to lower the ping a bit.

6 October 2026
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Customer since 2018

I'm a contabo's customer since 2018. I bought a VPS for an association no-profit. No particular problems during this years. A very good and low cost service

6 October 2026
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Disappointing performance

Hello, everything is fine as long as the VMs have low resource demands, but we had a very negative experience with two clients: once the VMs (one terminal server and one SQL server) were put into production, they performed terribly—running extremely slowly, to the point of being barely usable. We tried both VPS and VDS options with the highest specifications, yet the result was the same; we had intended to migrate all our VMs from another provider to Contabo but had to revert, as the performance gap is massive.

6 July 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Contabo

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. I’m sorry to hear about your experience. We take this seriously and are currently looking into it further.

I invite you to reach out to our support for any performance issue, so we can investigate if this is an infrastructural issue or a specific issue with your server.

Best regards,
Gil Scheindling
QA Manager | Contabo Support

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The service is good

The service is good. Service disruptions are minimal—almost non-existent. The bandwidth provided in the basic plans could be improved. Overall, I am satisfied and am recommending it to my clients.

6 October 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Exceptional performance and unbeatable value for money!

I purchased a VPS from Contabo to host my web projects, and the experience has been nothing short of fantastic. The value for money is simply unbeatable: they offer top-tier hardware specifications (plenty of RAM and NVMe SSD space) at an incredibly low monthly cost compared to any other competitor on the market.

The setup process was extremely fast, and the control panel is very intuitive, which allowed me to configure everything in just a few minutes. Since migrating my websites, the performance has been superb: drastically reduced loading times and absolutely no downtime.

I had to contact customer support once for a billing question, and they responded in less than an hour, resolving the issue in a courteous and professional manner. I highly recommend Contabo to anyone looking for a reliable, powerful, and affordable hosting solution!

10 June 2026
Unprompted review

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