Hosting.com vs Contabo

Hosting.com is strongest for developers wanting fast Turbo/NVMe shared hosting. Contabo is strongest for budget-conscious developers. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting)	Contabo
Starting price	$2.99/mo	$3.23/mo
Best for	Developers wanting fast Turbo/NVMe shared hosting Small businesses needing cPanel VPS Agencies needing reseller hosting	Budget-conscious developers Personal projects Storage-heavy workloads Self-hosters
Stated uptime SLA	99.9%	99.90%
Storage	NVME	NVME
Regions	4	4
Managed Kubernetes	No	No
Support channels	Ticket, Live chat, Phone, Docs/Knowledge base	Ticket, Docs, Community forum
Compliance	Not published	GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	Renewal rates are reported at 2-3x the introductory rate across shared hosting tiers Dedicated server and reseller pricing is not published; requires a sales call to obtain a quote Free domain and some promotional pricing require longer-term (12/24/36-month) prepay commitments	Quoted monthly prices are the effective rate for a 24-month prepaid/contract term; shorter terms (1 or 12 months) cost more per month Additional IPv4 addresses, extra backup slots, and storage extensions are billed as add-ons Outgoing traffic is technically unlimited but subject to a fair usage policy that can throttle abusive/sustained high-bandwidth usage Support is ticket-only on lower tiers; phone support requires add-on
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18