Contabo vs. Hostinger 2018

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Pricing
Starting price	$3.52 / month	$2.15 / month
Free domain	Yes	Yes

User Ratings
Reliability	8.9 / 10	8.9 / 10
Pricing	9.3 / 10	8.9 / 10
User Friendly	8.8 / 10	9.1 / 10
Support	9 / 10	8.9 / 10
Features	8.8 / 10	8.8 / 10

User Reviews
Latest positive review	Best Hosting Experienc... Aug. 31, 2018 Reliability 10 Pricing 8.0 User Friendly 10 Support 10 Features 10 I have been using Hosting Services of Webanchor.net since 2010 Best Hosting Experience Ever! The most affordable price in the...More market. first i was using a shared hosting by webanchor...Support service and speed were amazing now i am using dedicated servers and vps..i am running a hosting business .. Less	the best out of the best Sep. 22, 2018 Reliability 10 Pricing 10 User Friendly 10 Support 10 Features 10 By far Hostinger is the best! Thanks to all for the help while transferring my domains and websites to you, your support is v...More ery helpful and professional. I really hope this will stay this way. Less
Latest negative review	Money oriented , bad s... Jun. 11, 2018 Reliability 2.0 Pricing 4.0 User Friendly 2.0 Support 2.0 Features 2.0 Unlike all the known companies, Contabo delete accounts and contents regardless of the impact and damages this may cause to t...More heir client. we had a fully setup platform server which we request to suspend as we were not using for the last 3 months, but they never gave this option. and because we didn't pay on time, because i was trying to figure out a way to suspend and not pay for something we are not using at the moment, they deleted the account and the data .. without any images or copies to restore .. or backup!! how professional and how cheap is that!?!?! for couple of euros, they carelessly make u lose all ur work!!!! not recommended at all. you pay peanuts, you get monkeys! remember guys. Less	Bad costumer service a... Sep. 4, 2018 Reliability 2.0 Pricing 10 User Friendly 4.0 Support 2.0 Features 2.0 There are lots of hidden limitations on there pakages and when asking always saying About Upgradings . Always asking money fo...More r that upgradings. And don’t care about clients, costermer care asistens are misbehaving on the chat some times Less

Server Locations
North America	No	Yes
Europe	Yes	Yes
Asia	No	No
Oceania	No	No
South America	No	Yes
Africa & Middle East	No	No

Shared Hosting Plans
Plan Name	M	Single
Space	50 GB	10 GB
Bandwidth	Unlimited	102.4 GB
Panel	cPanel	cPanel
Number of Sites	Unlimited	Unlimited
Features
Price	$3.52	$2.15

Plan Name	L	Premium
Space	100 GB	Unlimited
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Panel	cPanel	cPanel
Number of Sites	Unlimited	Unlimited
Features
Price	$5.87	$3.49

Plan Name	XL	Business
Space	250 GB	Unlimited
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Panel	cPanel	cPanel
Number of Sites	Unlimited	Unlimited
Features
Price	$9.40	$7.95

Plan Name	XXL	–
Space	500 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cPanel	–
Number of Sites	Unlimited	N/A
Features		–
Price	$11.75	–
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VPS Plans
Plan Name	300	plan 1
Space	300 GB	20 GB
CPU	2 cores	1 x 2.40GHz
RAM	4 GB	1 GB
OS	Linux	Linux
Price	$4.69	$4.95

Plan Name	700	plan 2
Space	700 GB	40 GB
CPU	4 cores	2 x 2.40GHz
RAM	10 GB	2 GB
OS	Linux	Linux
Price	$9.40	$15.95

Plan Name	1400	plan 3
Space	1.4 TB	60 GB
CPU	6 cores	3 x 2.40GHz
RAM	20 GB	3 GB
OS	Linux	Linux
Price	$15.28	$25.95

Plan Name	M SSD	plan 4
Space	400 GB	80 GB
CPU	6 cores	4 x 2.40GHz
RAM	16 GB	4 GB
OS	Linux	Linux
Price	$10.57	$35.95

Plan Name	L SSD	plan 5
Space	800 GB	120 GB
CPU	8 cores	6 x 2.40GHz
RAM	30 GB	6 GB
OS	Linux	Linux
Price	$17.63	$55.95

Plan Name	XL SSD	plan 6
Space	1.6 TB	160 GB
CPU	10 cores	8 x 2.40GHz
RAM	60 GB	8 GB
OS	Linux	Linux
Price	$31.75	$75.95

Plan Name	S SSD	–
Space	200 GB	–
CPU	4 cores	–
RAM	8 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	$5.87	–
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Dedicated Server Plans
Plan Name	Quad	–
Space	800 GB	–
CPU	4 x 2.40GHz	–
RAM	8 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	$47.04	–

Plan Name	Core i7	–
Space	1.95 TB	–
CPU	4 x 2.66GHz	–
RAM	12 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	$58.80	–

Plan Name	6-Core	–
Space	1.95 TB	–
CPU	6 x 3.20GHz	–
RAM	24 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	$70.56	–

Plan Name	X	–
Space	2.93 TB	–
CPU	6 x 3.20GHz	–
RAM	64 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	$94.08	–

Plan Name	Dual Xeon	–
Space	1.95 TB	–
CPU	2 x 2.10GHz	–
RAM	128 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	$117.61	–

Plan Name	10-Core	–
Space	2.93 TB	–
CPU	10 x 2.20GHz	–
RAM	256 GB	–
OS	Linux	–
Price	$129.37	–
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Features
Support Services
Live Chat	No	Yes
Phone Support	Yes	Yes
Email Support	Yes	Yes
Forum Support	No	No
Video guides	No	No
Knowledgebase	Yes	Yes

CMS support
WordPress	Yes	Yes
Managed Wordpress	No	No
Joomla	Yes	Yes
Drupal	Yes	Yes
Magento	Yes	Yes
Fantastico	No	No
PrestaShop	Yes	Yes
Zen Cart	No	No

OS Support
Windows/ASP.NET	Yes	No
Linux	Yes	Yes

Language Support
PHP	Yes	Yes
Java	Yes	Yes
Python	No	No
Node.js	No	Yes
Django	No	No
Perl	No	No
Ruby on Rails	No	No

Database Support
MongoDB	No	No
MySQL	Yes	Yes
PostgreSQL	No	No

Payment Types Support
PayPal	Yes	Yes
Credit Card	No	Yes
Skrill	Yes	No
Wire Transfer	Yes	No
Webmoney	No	No
Bitcoin	No	Yes

Bottom Line
Ilya Hazanov Web Hosting Expert, Senior Developer Contabo began back in 2003 under the name of Giga-International. They started off as a small hosting company, but have really grown to be one of the larger and more respected hosting companies in Germany and all of Europe. They expanded in 2009 with a new data center in Munich and again in 2014 they launched a second data center, this time in Nuremberg. The company started out and continues to operate with the goal of always putting customers first. They would rather have thousands of happy customers that stay with them for years than constantly be cycling through customers who come and go on a regular basis. Overall this company is quite good and offers a variety of very attractive hosting options. Winner! See plans and pricing contabo.com

Bottom Line

Ilya Hazanov

Web Hosting Expert, Senior Developer

Contabo began back in 2003 under the name of Giga-International. They started off as a small hosting company, but have really grown to be one of the larger and more respected hosting companies in Germany and all of Europe. They expanded in 2009 with a new data center in Munich and again in 2014 they launched a second data center, this time in Nuremberg.

The company started out and continues to operate with the goal of always putting customers first. They would rather have thousands of happy customers that stay with them for years than constantly be cycling through customers who come and go on a regular basis. Overall this company is quite good and offers a variety of very attractive hosting options.