Contabo is the champion of RAM gigabytes per euro: 8 GB for €5.50, provided you commit for 24 months. Opposite, OnetSolutions offers less RAM at the same price but data in France, French-speaking support under 2 hours, daily backups included and zero commitment. Here is the line-by-line comparison, including where Contabo wins by a wide margin.
On resources per euro, Contabo is unbeatable and this page does not pretend otherwise: the Cloud VPS 4 offers 4 vCPU, 8 GB and 100 GB SSD for a displayed €5.50/month — versus €12.79/month excl. VAT yearly for our GP-8 with comparable resources. The Contabo rate assumes a 24-month commitment though; monthly, it is higher.
What Contabo does not provide in that price: a datacenter in France (Europe means Germany), French-language support, automated backups (a paid add-on), and Windows without an extra licence. At OnetSolutions all of that is included, and you leave whenever you want.
In practice: large RAM and disk needs on a tight budget, technical self-sufficiency, location irrelevant — Contabo. Professional server where availability, location and support matter more than the gigabyte count — OnetSolutions.
Every row is based on both providers' public pages on the date shown. Prices per month; Contabo prices are those displayed for a 24-month commitment, the monthly subscription being billed higher.
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| Criterion | Contabo | OnetSolutions |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | Cloud VPS 4: 4 vCPU, 8 GB, 100 GB SSD, 200 Mbit/s — €5.50/month over 24 months | GP-8: 4 vCPU, 8 GB, 160 GB SSD or 80 GB NVMe — €15.99 excl. VAT, €12.79 yearly, no commitment |
| Next size up | Cloud VPS 6: 6 vCPU, 12 GB, 200 GB SSD, 300 Mbit/s — €7.50/month over 24 months | GP-16: 8 vCPU, 16 GB, 320 GB SSD or 160 GB NVMe — €29.99 excl. VAT, €23.99 yearly |
| Commitment | 24 months for the displayed price; monthly available at a higher rate | Monthly with no commitment, -20% yearly |
| Data location | Europe = Germany; also UK, USA, Singapore, Japan, India, Australia — no France | France only, ISO 27001-certified datacenter |
| Automated backups | Paid add-on (Auto Backup) | Daily off-site, included |
| Snapshots | 1 to 3 snapshots included depending on the plan | Included, one click from the console |
| Traffic and port speed | Unlimited, 200 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s depending on the plan | Unlimited, 150 to 300 Mbps (500 Mbps on Performance) |
| Included support | Ticket helpdesk; no French-language support | French-speaking technicians 7 days a week, reply under 2 hours |
| Windows Server | Licence as a paid add-on | Windows Server 2025 with licence included from GP-4 |
| Anti-DDoS and firewall | Included | Included |
| VPS delivery | Not stated on the product page | 10 seconds after payment |
Sources: contabo.com/fr/vps, retrieved on 18 August 2026 (prices displayed for a 24-month subscription; the monthly subscription and any setup fee are not shown on the page); OnetSolutions price list in force on the same date. Offers change: report any discrepancy and we will correct it.
Start from your real workload rather than the displayed RAM: most Contabo servers migrated to us were using a fraction of their memory.
| Profile | At Contabo | At OnetSolutions | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website, application, VPN, bot | Cloud VPS 4 4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB SSD · 200 Mbit/s €5.50/month over 24 months | GP-4 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD or 40 GB NVMe €6.39/month excl. VAT yearly, €7.99 monthly | Choose this plan |
| Resources equivalent to Cloud VPS 4 | Cloud VPS 4 4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB SSD · 200 Mbit/s €5.50/month over 24 months | GP-8 4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD or 80 GB NVMe · 250 Mbps €12.79/month excl. VAT yearly, €15.99 monthly | Choose this plan |
| Heavy workload, database, Windows Server | Cloud VPS 6 6 vCPU · 12 GB · 200 GB SSD · 300 Mbit/s €7.50/month over 24 months | GP-16 8 vCPU · 16 GB · 320 GB SSD or 160 GB NVMe · Windows licence included €23.99/month excl. VAT yearly, €29.99 monthly | Choose this plan |
Need more CPU or 500 Mbps? The AMD EPYC Performance range starts at €7.99/month excl. VAT. Discover the Performance range
The reasons that come up in the migration requests we handle, without embellishment.
At Contabo, "Europe" means Germany. At OnetSolutions, your data stays in France, with a French company — a decisive point for many professional customers and their own clients.
Contabo support goes through a helpdesk with no French. Here, a French-speaking technician with access to your infrastructure replies 7 days a week in under 2 hours.
Contabo bills automated backups as an add-on. Ours are daily, off-site, included on every VPS.
The Contabo rate assumes 24 months. At OnetSolutions you pay monthly and leave when you want; yearly is a choice, not a condition.
Windows Server 2025 with the licence in the price from GP-4, where Contabo bills the licence extra.
A RAM figure says nothing about the host's real load. Our plans are sized to be sustained, with 99.9% availability and a console showing in real time what you consume.
An honest comparison also says when to stay. In these situations, we advise you not to migrate.
Hungry game server, big cache, large test environment: Contabo's GB-per-euro ratio has no equivalent with us. If RAM is your main constraint, stay.
If your project is stable and paying two years upfront is not a problem, the Contabo rate is hard to beat.
Your data can sit in Germany, the USA or Singapore without constraint? The France argument does not weigh on your decision.
If you never open a ticket and manage your own backups, included support and backups bring you nothing.
A well-run migration is invisible: you switch once everything is validated, and your Contabo VPS stays in place until the last moment.
Pick the plan recommended in the table above and your operating system: the machine is delivered in 10 seconds with its dedicated IP.
Copy sites, databases and files over SSH or rsync from your Contabo VPS. Our team walks you through it step by step if you wish.
Test your applications on the OnetSolutions VPS IP before any switch: your Contabo VPS keeps serving visitors in the meantime.
Lower the TTL, point your domains to the new IP, verify, then cancel the Contabo VPS when your commitment ends.
Before switching DNS, take a one-click snapshot of your new VPS: you freeze a validated state and can roll back in seconds if a post-migration setting goes wrong.
Price, RAM, location, migration, support: concrete answers for those comparing Contabo and OnetSolutions.
No, not at equal resources: Contabo's Cloud VPS 4 (4 vCPU, 8 GB, 100 GB SSD) is displayed at €5.50/month over 24 months, versus €12.79/month excl. VAT yearly for our GP-8. Our price, however, includes daily backups, the Windows Server 2025 licence, French-speaking support under 2 hours and no commitment. Compare total cost for your real workload, not the RAM figure.
Often not. A WordPress site, a business application or a VPN fit comfortably in 4 GB; check your server's real usage (free -m, htop) before sizing. Our console shows usage in real time and resizing takes a few clicks with no reinstall.
No. Contabo's "Europe" region is in Germany; the other locations are the UK, the USA, Singapore, Japan, India and Australia. OnetSolutions hosts exclusively in France, in an ISO 27001-certified datacenter.
Order a VPS sized for your real workload: it is delivered in 10 seconds. Then transfer your files and databases over rsync or SSH, test on the new IP, then switch DNS and cancel Contabo when the term ends. Our support assists you at every step.
No, if you proceed in order: your Contabo VPS keeps responding while you copy and validate everything on the new VPS. The only visible transition is the DNS change, almost instant if you lower the TTL in advance.
Yes, 7 days a week, with a reply under 2 hours. Your requests are handled by French-speaking technicians who have access to your infrastructure. The Contabo helpdesk offers no French-language support.
Yes: Windows Server 2025 with the licence included in the price from GP-4. At Contabo, the Windows licence is a paid add-on.
Yes: daily backups stored in a remote datacenter, included on every VPS, plus one-click snapshots. At Contabo, automated backup is a paid add-on.
Order monthly with no commitment, migrate at your pace with our team, and keep your Contabo VPS until everything is validated.
Contabo is a trademark of Contabo GmbH, cited solely to identify the offers compared. Information about Contabo comes from its public pages on the date shown and may have changed since. This comparison is produced by OnetSolutions and is neither approved nor sponsored by Contabo.
