# Contabo vs Kamatera

| Attribute | Contabo | Kamatera |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 52.8 (42% (low)) | 52.9 (74% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Global provider of cloud-based virtual private servers and bare metal hosting across nine regions, emphasizing cost-effectiveness and service reliability with free DDoS protection and 24/7 technical support. It is indexed under VPS Hosting.","source":"https://contabo.com/es/pricing","question":"What is Contabo?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Contabo is a paid product; published pricing starts at $6 per month. It is sold across 5 plans (Cloud VPS 6, Cloud VPS 8, Cloud VPS 12 and Cloud VPS 16). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://contabo.com/es/pricing","question":"How much does Contabo cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Contabo supports the web, Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://contabo.com/es/pricing","question":"What platforms does Contabo support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Contabo, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://contabo.com/es/pricing","question":"Can Contabo be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Contabo. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Contabo not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://contabo.com/de/legal/privacy","question":"What security certifications does Contabo have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Contabo is available in the United States and the United Kingdom. Its primary markets are the United States and the United Kingdom.","source":"https://contabo.com/es/pricing","question":"Where is Contabo available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Cloud computing platform offering virtual servers with hourly or monthly billing, starting at $4 per month, with no long-term contracts and included bandwidth. It is indexed under VPS Hosting.","source":"https://www.kamatera.com/pricing/","question":"What is Kamatera?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Kamatera is a paid product; published pricing starts at $4 per month. It is sold across 3 plans (Basic, Standard and Pro). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.kamatera.com/pricing/","question":"How much does Kamatera cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Kamatera. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.kamatera.com/pricing/","question":"What platforms does Kamatera support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Kamatera, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.kamatera.com/pricing/","question":"Can Kamatera be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 54 integrations for Kamatera, including AlmaLinux, Alpine Linux, Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD and Gentoo Linux, plus 46 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.kamatera.com/pricing/","question":"What does Kamatera integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Kamatera. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Kamatera not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.kamatera.com/pricing/","question":"What security certifications does Kamatera have?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Kamatera is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.kamatera.com/pricing/","question":"Where is Kamatera available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Contabo provides cloud-based virtual private servers and dedicated hosting infrastructure across multiple global regions, featuring high-performance hardware and included DDoS protection at transparent, tiered pricing. | A cloud hosting provider offering virtual servers, VPS, and IaaS solutions with flexible monthly and hourly billing, management tools, and services like cloud firewalls and backup storage. |
| features.capabilities | `{"ddos_protection":true,"api_terraform_access":true}` | `{"hourly_billing":true,"windows_support":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 35 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"AlmaLinux"},{"name":"Alpine Linux"},{"name":"Arch Linux"},{"name":"CentOS"},{"name":"Debian"},{"name":"Fedora"},{"name":"FreeBSD"},{"name":"Gentoo Linux"},{"name":"Linux Mint"},{"name":"Rocky Linux"},{"name":"Ubuntu"},{"name":"Windows"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Rancher"},{"name":"CloudPanel"},{"name":"cPanel"},{"name":"ISPConfig"},{"name":"Vesta Control Panel"},{"name":"WordPress"},{"name":"Strapi"},{"name":"Directus"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"Jitsi"},{"name":"NextCloud"},{"name":"Syncthing"},{"name":"PhotoPrism"},{"name":"Lychee"},{"name":"Zabbix"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"UpTime-Kuma"},{"name":"AnythingLLM"},{"name":"Matomo"},{"name":"Umami"},{"name":"DokuWiki"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Minio"},{"name":"TrueNAS"},{"name":"RedMine"},{"name":"Odoo"},{"name":"phpMyAdmin"},{"name":"Harbor"},{"name":"ClusterControl"},{"name":"ClickHouse"},{"name":"LAMP"},{"name":"Paperclip"},{"name":"Ruflo"},{"name":"CloudRon"},{"name":"NFS File Server"},{"name":"Neo4j","native":true,"category":"database"},{"name":"Apache Cassandra","native":true,"category":"database"},{"name":"Open WebUI","native":true,"category":"ai"},{"name":"Flowise","native":true,"category":"ai"},{"name":"Hasura","native":true}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"DE","primaryMarkets":["EU","US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":["DE","GB","US","IN","SG","JP","AU"],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Cloud VPS 6","summary":"6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM, unlimited traffic","features":["6 vCPU","12 GB RAM","200 Mbit/s port","Unlimited traffic"],"commitment":"monthly","description":"6 vCPU cores, 12 GB RAM, 200 Mbit/s port, unlimited traffic","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"traffic":"unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Cloud VDS M","summary":"€49/month","features":["8 virtual cores","Dedicated resources"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"8 virtual cores with dedicated resources","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Cloud VDS L","summary":"€69/month","features":["12 virtual cores","Dedicated resources"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":69,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"12 virtual cores with dedicated resources","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Cloud VDS XL","summary":"€94/month","features":["16 virtual cores","Dedicated resources"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":94,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"16 virtual cores with dedicated resources","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Cloud VDS XXL","summary":"€139/month","features":["24 virtual cores","Dedicated resources"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":139,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"24 virtual cores with dedicated resources","contactSales":false}],"summary":"From €49/month for Cloud VDS; various tiers available with monthly billing","currency":"EUR","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://contabo.com/en/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-29T15:03:04.202Z","startingPrice":{"amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Basic","summary":"$4/month","features":["1 vCPU (2667 MHz)","1 GB RAM","20 GB NVMe SSD Storage","Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":4,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"RAM":"1 GB","vCPU":"1","storage":"20 GB NVMe SSD"}},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$25/month","features":["2 vCPU"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"vCPU":"2"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$39/month","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":39,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $4/month. Free 30-day trial with up to $100 in services.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.kamatera.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-12T16:06:35.514Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":4,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | no |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":49,"currency":"EUR"}` | `{"amount":4,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.996 | 99.95 |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (VPS Hosting)

| Capability | Contabo | Kamatera |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Windows support | - | ✓ |
| Root access | - | - |
| Snapshot backup | - | - |
| Hourly billing | - | ✓ |
| API terraform access | ✓ | - |
| Ddos protection | ✓ | - |
| Free migration | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:13:01.257Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*