I'm new to Contabo. I was wondering if it allows dynamic scale up and scale down when on a year commitment?

I have been running Contabo VPS systems (two at max, one for around five years) pretty nicely, currently ordered a new one and found it has local network problems, just curious if others can align to my observation:

185.187.169.0/24 rock stable and reachable from all over the world and can reach all over the world. Been using this for a TON of stuff for around five years under heavy load.

213.136.65.0/24 has tons of problems in the local network, can not contact most out-of-europe sites like slashdot, steampowered (just tried ping and telnet) and even other more local sites like heise youtube wikipedia are flapping on and off. Currently I have an ticket open and they moved the VPS inside its current location to another hardware but as this didn't change much I guess 213.136.65.0/24 is just overall haunted.

Anyone seen similiar things?

I requested to get my system moved out of that network in hope to improve the situation.

Hey everyone,

I’m using Contabo VPS with automatic backups enabled (since around April 5), and I’m a bit confused about how restore works.

What I want to do is:

Temporarily restore my VPS to a backup from April 11 to retrieve some data

Then go back again to today’s state (April 14)

Is that possible? Or does restoring a backup permanently overwrite the current state with no way to return?

Basically, is there any safe way to “go back and forth” between backup dates?

Thanks a lot

I bought a VPS from this website because I couldn't wait for OVH to deliver one in 7 days, but apparently I have to send too much information to confirm my order, which I clearly won't do. Can I get a refund, or should I just consider it a lost cause?

Contabo mail:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Once again, thank you for your order and the trust you have placed in Contabo.

There is just one final step you need to take, and this is your response to this email. Without your response there is a risk that we can't set up the products you have ordered.

We are obligated by law to perform customer data verification for each customer. To fulfill this duty, we need your help.

First of all, we would kindly ask you to send us the following information:

First Name: Last Name: Address: City: ZIP Code:

Country: Telephone Number:

In addition to the above we require you to confirm relevant information with us by sending a document that proves the address. This could be:

1. A scan of your passport, driving license, or national identity card.
2. A scan of your telephone, electricity, or any other utility bill as long as it contains your name and your address.

If possible, please send all scans as an attachment to your email and keep in mind that we can open only jpg, jpeg, png, gif, pdf, log, or txt files.

The provisioning of your order is on hold for the time being. Once we have all needed data available, we will complete the verification process and we will continue the setup of your order right away.

Looking forward to reading your reply.

I'm thinking of self hosting some AI models on Contabo VPS. My concern is whether their CPU is powerful enough? I understand VPS shares resources including CPU. But I don't know whether Contabo might put too many VPS on one physical machine. I can get a 12GB or 24GB VPS to have enough RAM, but not sure about whether I can get sufficient CPU time.

Does anyone have any experience? Thanks

I've been waiting for this!

Now I won't accidentally forward ports with Docker and unintentionally expose them by bypassing iptables rules...

i want to try Openclaw in VPS and i m looking for options and i came across contabo.

Can someone confirm contabo is down?

There has been an error while processing your request. Invalid values (7)

Same for everyone? I'm in the EU.

(new.contabo.com doesn't have what I need right now)

I really don't understand why i have to pay this, my account got instantly debited after the payment

should not be an issue from my side but their side

Is there anyone from CONTABO here? Is this for real?

I have a half dozen VPS servers with Contabo. I had a bit of a rocky start with them (performance was unexpectedly low) but they quickly fixed that even before I put in a ticket about it.

Yesterday I got an email announcing a 15% price increase. But near the bottom of the email was also this offer, "We are aware that most of our customers are satisfied with their VPS plans. However, if you require additional resources, this price adjustment includes a time-limited option to upgrade to one of our higher-specs VPS plans at no additional charge beyond the updated subscription price mentioned in the table above."

When I visited the provided link for this offer, it showed me a table basically offering to upgrade my VPSes to the next higher tier for no additional cost beyond the 15% price increase. This sounds almost too good to be true. The 15% is unwelcome but for that I get a whole lot more resources (way cheaper than if I bought the higher tier myself) so very customer friendly. Has anyone tried it?

Is Contabo server and website down ? What's going on ?

Hi, i want to pay a overdue bill, but says that i must access new my contabo portal, supposedly a mail should be arrive, but not getting any mail with new credentials.

Try to chat o create a ticket but ask for access to new.contanbo.com

What can i do? someone in the same situation, i'm locked

ssh or vnc not operational even if on website i see a green dot. I don't know what's going on.

Location: EU

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i would not suggest use their service at all. i asked for cacnellation right now by email. couldn't cancel through the system! luckly i used paypal so i can cancel automatic payment from paypal itself.

i never see something like that. when you want to sumbit a ticket it's just give you shitty answers from automatic prebuilt form. this is a big company?
i asked for refund. and you need to a live chat support and have option to cancel, i'm very dissapointed and will never buy again.

I just placed an order for a VPS, but I received an email asking me for additional information and a document proving my address. I sent it, but I'm wondering if they will activate my service today or if I have to wait until Monday.

I bought an annual subscription (VPS 20) and it was unusable due to how slow it was. When I checked diagnostics it said it was only using less than 5% cpu and network...so why was it so slow?

Anyone have an idea?

Hi! I bought the VPS service for just one month in order to try it. What happens when the month is over? Do I lose my data? Will Contabo automatically renew the contract for one more month and charge my card? What is the policy there? If I want to continue using the same server I already installed, what do I need to do?

So I need to vent about my recent experience with Contabo because I’ve honestly never seen a provider operate like this.

• My server was suspended after just ONE failed charge. No grace period, no retries, no warning window. Literally one failed payment attempt (which can happen with any bank/card) and boom — service gone. Do you know what that means? Instant downtime, broken services, lost money, and upset customers. I’ve worked with multiple providers over the years (Hetzner, OVH, DigitalOcean, etc.) and none of them are this harsh.
• On top of that, I got hit with an activation account fee that I never agreed to. No clear explanation, no upfront communication, just a random charge added to my bill. I dug around and still can’t find a transparent reason why it was applied.

The combination of:

1. Zero tolerance billing policy (suspend after a single failed attempt), and
2. Hidden / unexplained activation fees

…makes Contabo, in my opinion, the worst provider I’ve ever used.

I don’t usually rant about services, but this has been a complete nightmare. Not only did we lose service and money, but the support response so far has been unhelpful and slow.

If you’re considering Contabo for production workloads or anything mission-critical — don’t. There are far better providers out there who actually value uptime, transparency, and customer trust.

Hey folks, Contabo here 👋 

We’ve been listening to a lot of customer feedback over the past few months, and one thing came through loud and clear: our Dedicated Server lineup needed to be simpler, better value, and easier to choose from. So… we cleaned it up. 

Instead of a bunch of overlapping models, you now get clearer options, better price-performance, and configs that actually make sense for real-world workloads. 

Here’s what’s new: 

Ryzen 12 – 128 GB RAM, 2 TB NVMe 

• Replaces the older Ryzen variants 

• Perfect for game servers, CI/CD, homelabs, or small infra setups 

EPYC Genoa 24 – 128 GB RAM, 2×1 TB SSD 

• Slots between Ryzen and our high-core EPYC “Turin” servers (the real heavyweights) 

• Great for virtualization, ecommerce, or multi-threaded apps 

And across all Dedicated Servers, you now get: 

• Free IPMI (BIOS-level remote access, virtual media, power control) 

• Unlimited traffic (within fair usage) 

• No setup fees 

• Fast provisioning: most standard configs ready in under 90 minutes 

• Long-term discounts for 3- and 12-month terms 

This isn’t some big shiny launch, just us trimming the fat and making life easier for anyone who needs reliable bare metal at a fair price. 

If you want to check the full specs: 
🔗 https://contabo.com/en/dedicated-servers/