Contabo Cloud VPS 6C

$7.95/mo

Contabo 6 vCPU | 12 GB RAM | 100 GB NVME global

Decision notes

Auto-generated from plan signals and measurement metadata.

Good fit

Price history is tracked (last change: 2026-01-13).
IPv6 is available.
NVMe storage signal (benchmark disk after purchase).
Traffic included: 32,768 GB/mo.

Watch outs

Latency tiers are estimated: NA East S | NA West S | EU West S | Asia (SG) S | CN Mainland S.
No refund eligibility signal (assume non-refundable; verify provider policy).

How signals work →

Overview

Provider: Contabo
Location: Global (10 locations)
IPv4 / IPv6: 1 IPv4 | IPv6 available
Traffic: 32768 GB/mo
Route tags: ipv6 kvm nvme vps

Why this plan stands out

Internal score: 39.5. Used for sorting; see scoring methodology .

Score rank (overall): #27 / 1257
Score rank (provider): #17 / 39
USD / GB RAM: $0.66 / GB
USD / vCPU: $1.33 / vCPU

NVMe storage
IPv6 available
Value for money

Performance Badges

Achievement badges based on benchmark performance and value metrics. How we test →

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Top 5% Overall

Ranked #27 of 1257 plans

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Good IOPS

4K Random Read: 9356 IOPS

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NVMe Storage

Fast NVMe SSD storage

Note: Badges are calculated from benchmark data and plan specifications. Actual performance may vary based on server load, location, and specific workload requirements.

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Benchmarks

Latest run: 2026-01-15T00:00:00Z | Method: vpsbenchmarks-yabs

CPU model: AMD EPYC Processor (with IBPB)
Geekbench 6 (single): 695 Result
Geekbench 6 (multi): 1,019
GB6 multi / $: 128.2
fio 4k read: 36.5 MB/s | 9,356 IOPS
fio 4k write: 36.6 MB/s | 9,381 IOPS
iperf send (max): 269 Mbps
iperf recv (max): 289 Mbps

Notes: Source: https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/yabs/contabo-6c-12gb-20260115-70633e (third-party YABS run; reference only)

Benchmarks can vary due to host load and noisy neighbors. See Methodology .

Sources & freshness

Plan lastChecked: 2026-01-21
Provider lastChecked: 2026-01-12

Plan sources (4)

https://contabo.com/en/vps/
Retrieved: 2026-01-21
https://contabo.com/en/vps/cloud-vps-6c/
Retrieved: 2026-01-21
https://contabo.com/en/legal/terms-and-conditions/
Retrieved: 2026-01-21
https://contabo.com/en/affiliate-program/
Retrieved: 2026-01-21

Provider sources (3)

https://contabo.com/en/vps/
Retrieved: 2026-01-12
https://contabo.com/en/legal/terms-and-conditions/
Retrieved: 2026-01-12
https://contabo.com/en/affiliate-program/
Retrieved: 2026-01-12

Recent updates

Based on the internal dataset change log. Always confirm on the provider checkout page.

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As of: 2026-01-28
Last event: 2026-01-13
Change log events: 1 total | 0 price | 0 promo | 1 link | last 30d: 0 price, 0 promo, 1 link
Price range (last 90 points): $7.95 - $7.95

Price trend (USD/month)

Built from the dataset change log and the latest snapshot (USD normalized).

Min: $7.95

Max: $7.95

2026-01-12 2026-01-28

Price

Date	Price (USD/mo)	What changed
2026-01-13	$7.95 → $7.95	Link checkout URL updated

Latency tiers

Tiers are a normalized signal. Always verify with your own tests.

Source: estimated

Latency page

This is a multi-region plan. Latency depends on the location you choose at checkout. Tiers below are estimated per location.

Location	NA East	NA West	EU West	Asia (SG)	CN Mainland
Frankfurt — Frankfurt, Germany	B	C	S	C	C
Helsinki — Helsinki, Finland	B	C	S	C	B
US East (New York) — New York City, NY, United States	S	A	B	D	C
US West (Seattle) — Seattle, WA, United States	A	S	B	D	C
US Central (St. Louis) — St. Louis, MO, United States	S	A	B	D	C
Portsmouth — Portsmouth, United Kingdom	B	C	S	C	C
Singapore — Singapore, Singapore	D	D	C	S	A
Tokyo — Tokyo, Japan	C	C	C	B	S
Sydney — Sydney, Australia	D	C	D	B	B
Mumbai — Mumbai, India	D	D	B	A	A

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