Contabo: VPS/VDS/Storage VPS prices cut ~5-11% across the board
What happened
Between the Jul 20, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026 captures of Contabo's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: all Cloud VPS, Cloud VPS Plus, Cloud VDS, and Storage VPS tiers dropped (e.g. Cloud VPS 4 EUR4.67->EUR4.40/mo, VPS Plus 4 EUR11.47->EUR10.80/mo, VDS S EUR33.15->EUR31.20/mo, Storage VPS 10 EUR4.67->EUR4.40/mo); 22 plans affected. In detail: Prices cut ~5-11% across every Cloud VPS, Cloud VPS Plus, Cloud VDS, and Storage VPS tier, e.g. Cloud VPS 4 EUR4.67 to EUR4.40/mo, VPS Plus 4 EUR11.47 to EUR10.80/mo, VDS S EUR33.15 to EUR31.20/mo, Storage VPS 10 EUR4.67 to EUR4.40/mo (22 plans affected in total). Pulse files it as a pricing change (price decrease) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 12, 2026) lists Cloud VPS 4 at $5.28, Cloud VPS 6 at $7.2, Cloud VPS 8 at $13.44, Cloud VPS 12 at $24 and Cloud VPS 16 at $35.6.
It lands 14 days after Contabo's previous change, "Contabo Main hikes all 4 dedicated server tiers, axes Turin32's 87% launch di" (Jul 13, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Contabo Main: Cloud VPS 10/20 price hikes, Storage VPS 20 discontinued" (Jul 2, 2026) and "Contabo Main raises VPS prices up to 22% across storage tiers" (Jun 15, 2026). Contabo has been tracked since 2026-03-20.
In the same window Digitalocean and Google Cloud also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Cloud VPS 4 · PricePrice decrease
Prices cut ~5-11% across every Cloud VPS, Cloud VPS Plus, Cloud VDS, and Storage VPS tier, e.g. Cloud VPS 4 EUR4.67 to EUR4.40/mo, VPS Plus 4 EUR11.47 to EUR10.80/mo, VDS S EUR33.15 to EUR31.20/mo, Storage VPS 10 EUR4.67 to EUR4.40/mo (22 plans affected in total).
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud VPS 4 | Price | Prices cut ~5-11% across every Cloud VPS, Cloud VPS Plus, Cloud VDS, and Storage VPS tier, e.g. Cloud VPS 4 EUR4.67 to EUR4.40/mo, VPS Plus 4 EUR11.47 to EUR10.80/mo, VDS S EUR33.15 to EUR31.20/mo, Storage VPS 10 EUR4.67 to EUR4.40/mo (22 plans affected in total). | Price decrease | |
Values as written on Contabo's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Contabo's pricing page (contabo.com) from Jul 20, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page.
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Contabo, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 12, 2026improvedContabo Main adds NVMe storage to Cloud VPS 6-18 plans at unchanged prices
- Sep 14, 2026packagingContabo Main: Cloud VPS 18 & Performance VPS tier prices cut ~17% + 24-month term
- Aug 24, 2026packagingContabo Main slashes dedicated server price 18% in flash promo
- Jul 27, 2026decreaseContabo: VPS/VDS/Storage VPS prices cut ~5-11% across the board · this change
- Jul 13, 2026increaseContabo Main hikes all 4 dedicated server tiers, axes Turin32's 87% launch di...
- Jul 2, 2026increaseContabo Main: Cloud VPS 10/20 price hikes, Storage VPS 20 discontinued
- Jun 15, 2026increaseContabo Main raises VPS prices up to 22% across storage tiers
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- DigitaloceanJul 6DigitalOcean launches Evaluations: LLM-as-a-Judge pricing, pay per token used
- Google CloudJun 15Google Cloud Datastudio pools AI tokens per platform, adds Thinking mode
- DigitaloceanJul 2DigitalOcean: AI Inference price cut 67% ($0.15->$0.05/M) + new Security (CSPM)
- Google CloudJun 15Google Cloud Looker shifts Analytics tokens to pooled instance tiers
- DigitaloceanJun 8Digitalocean rebrands AI Platform to Inference for broader ML reach
Questions about this change
Did Contabo raise prices in July 2026?
No — prices went down. Between Jul 20, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026 Contabo's pricing page showed 1 price cut: Cloud VPS 4: Prices cut ~5-11% across every Cloud VPS, Cloud VPS Plus, Cloud VDS, and Storage VPS tier, e.g. Cloud VPS 4 EUR4.67 to EUR4.40/mo, VPS Plus 4 EUR11.47 to EUR10.80/mo, VDS S EUR33.15 to EUR31.20/mo, Storage VPS 10 EUR4.67 to EUR4.40/mo (22 plans affected in total)..
What changed on Contabo's pricing page between Jul 20, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026?
Prices cut ~5-11% across every Cloud VPS, Cloud VPS Plus, Cloud VDS, and Storage VPS tier, e.g. Cloud VPS 4 EUR4.67 to EUR4.40/mo, VPS Plus 4 EUR11.47 to EUR10.80/mo, VDS S EUR33.15 to EUR31.20/mo, Storage VPS 10 EUR4.67 to EUR4.40/mo (22 plans affected in total). Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 20, 2026 and Jul 27, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Contabo change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for Contabo in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Contabo Main hikes all 4 dedicated server tiers, axes Turin32's 87% launch di..." on Jul 13, 2026; Contabo has been tracked since 2026-03-20.