Contabo

3.7 · 2 reviews 50% recommend VPS Dedicated
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Community score

3.7

Good

5 ★ 1
4 ★ 0
3 ★ 0
2 ★ 1
1 ★ 0
Performance 4.0
Support 3.5
Value for money 4.0
Control panel 3.5
Uptime & reliability 3.5

The mean of 2 approved reviews. No weighting, no editorial adjustment — how we rate.

About Contabo

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What we still need to research

  • Data centre locations and the routes they give to European, North American and Oceanic players
  • Current entry pricing, and what the renewal price looks like after any introductory discount
  • CPU generation and clock speed on their game server nodes
  • Which control panel they use, and whether you get real file and console access
  • Backup policy: how many, how often, and whether restoring one costs money
  • Refund window and how it is applied in practice
  • Support response times on a weekday and at 3am on a Sunday

Services and locations

From Contabo's website,

6 of 17 regions covered, 11 with no servers

VPS coverage by region World map. 6 of 17 regions have servers. No servers in Canada, US South, Latin America, UK & Ireland, N. Europe, W. Europe, E. Europe, S. Europe, Africa, Middle East, South Asia. ✕ Canada ✓ US West 1 location ✓ US Central 1 location ✓ US East 1 location ✕ US South ✕ Latin America ✕ UK & Ireland ✕ N. Europe ✕ W. Europe ✕ E. Europe ✕ S. Europe ✕ Africa ✕ Middle East ✕ South Asia ✓ East Asia 1 location ✓ SE Asia 1 location ✓ Oceania 1 location

Canada — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

US West — 1 location

Seattle, United States

US Central — 1 location

St. Louis, United States

US East — 1 location

New York, United States

US South — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

Latin America — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

UK & Ireland — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

N. Europe — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

W. Europe — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

E. Europe — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

S. Europe — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

Africa — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

Middle East — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

South Asia — no servers here

Players in this region will be routed to another one, which costs latency.

East Asia — 1 location

Tokyo, Japan

SE Asia — 1 location

Singapore, Singapore

Oceania — 1 location

Sydney, Australia

✓ Servers here ✕ No servers — higher latency for players nearby A data centre
  • Canada No servers
  • US West Seattle, United States
  • US Central St. Louis, United States
  • US East New York, United States
  • US South No servers
  • Latin America No servers
  • UK & Ireland No servers
  • N. Europe No servers
  • W. Europe No servers
  • E. Europe No servers
  • S. Europe No servers
  • Africa No servers
  • Middle East No servers
  • South Asia No servers
  • East Asia Tokyo, Japan
  • SE Asia Singapore, Singapore
  • Oceania Sydney, Australia

VPS

6 locations

  • New York, United States
  • Seattle, United States
  • Singapore, Singapore
  • St. Louis, United States
  • Sydney, Australia
  • Tokyo, Japan

Dedicated servers

6 locations

  • New York, United States
  • Seattle, United States
  • Singapore, Singapore
  • St. Louis, United States
  • Sydney, Australia
  • Tokyo, Japan

Reviews (2)

Sn4keBite Verified

· hosted Over 2 years · Standard

5.0

Two years, zero drama

I have had a small server with these for over two years now for a group of about eight friends. It has never gone down in a way I noticed, the backups have restored correctly the two times I needed them, and the panel has not changed in a way that broke my muscle memory. Support I have only needed twice. Both times a real person replied inside an hour and actually read what I wrote rather than sending a template. It is not the cheapest and I do not care. Boring is exactly what I want from hosting.
Score breakdown
Performance 5.0
Support 5.0
Value for money 5.0
Control panel 5.0
Uptime & reliability 5.0

quikscoped Verified

· hosted 1–6 months · 150 slot

2.4

Fell over every wipe day

Map generation on wipe day took upwards of twenty minutes every single week, and twice the server did not come back at all until I opened a ticket. For a game where the entire population shows up in the first hour after a wipe, that is close to fatal. When it was running it was fine. Ping was good and I had no complaints from players about lag mid-wipe. I moved on and the new host does the same job in about four minutes. Would not recommend for anything with a scheduled reset.
Score breakdown
Performance 3.0
Support 2.0
Value for money 3.0
Control panel 2.0
Uptime & reliability 2.0

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