Contabo vs Liquid Web

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

Feature	Contabo	Liquid Web
Starting price	$3.23/mo	$5/mo
Best for	Budget-conscious developers Personal projects Storage-heavy workloads Self-hosters	Agencies E-commerce/WooCommerce High-traffic WordPress Businesses wanting fully-managed support
Stated uptime SLA	99.90%	100% (Liquid Web's published network/power/infrastructure uptime guarantee)
Storage	NVME	SSD
Regions	4	3
Managed Kubernetes	No	No
Support channels	Ticket, Docs, Community forum	24/7/365 phone, Live chat, Ticket, Docs/Knowledge Base
Compliance	GDPR	PCI DSS, HIPAA (available), SOC 2
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	Advertised prices are frequently promotional (e.g. 50% off for the first 2 months, or 10-15% off for 1-2 year prepay terms); renewal pricing is meaningfully higher than the teaser rate Bandwidth overages and additional storage are billed as add-ons beyond plan allowances Managed WordPress/Nexcess plans are billed upfront annually to get the advertised per-month rate ("2 months free" annual billing) in many cases Windows OS licensing adds a surcharge over equivalent Linux dedicated/cloud dedicated configurations
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18