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Contabo vs DigitalOcean

Contabo is strongest for budget-conscious developers. DigitalOcean is strongest for developers. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

FeatureContaboDigitalOcean
Starting price$3.23/mo$3.39/mo
Best for
  • Budget-conscious developers
  • Personal projects
  • Storage-heavy workloads
  • Self-hosters
  • Developers
  • Startups
  • Kubernetes
Stated uptime SLA99.90%99.99%
StorageNVMESSD
Regions415
Managed KubernetesNoYes
Support channelsTicket, Docs, Community forumTicket, Community forum, Docs
ComplianceGDPRSOC 2, GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for
  • 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
Bandwidth overages billed at $0.01/GB past pooled allowance
Last reviewed2026-07-182026-07-01
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