This Is the Best VPS Host in Europe (and probably the world)

Find out which VPS host in Europe is the best value out of Scaleway, Hetzner, Contabo, OVH, UpCloud, Kamatera, Exoscale, and Leaseweb in this ultimate comparison video that looks at bandwidth, price, hardware, and customer reviews.
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[@SejuaniMedio]

I purchased one year of Contabo VPS few weeks ago, due to this video. Yesterday many Contabo VPS (mine included) were down for more than half a day. It is NOT a serious company.

[@lilgoonch7525]

i also heard that if someone tries to ddos you, contabo takes away the server. so apparently they have no protection either lol

[@cmdaltctr]

yup, it's not reliable at all, happened at the worse time for me. 3 days in a row (Germany server). No notifications. It's using a very old system I think.

[@vlad7269]

@@cmdaltctrjust look at their control and billing panels lmao

[@collared]

@@lilgoonch7525 your fault for not using cloudflare lol

[@clanoftheducks1850]

I have been with Contabo for about 5 years now. The real problem with it is it's shared vCPU. I have recently been experiencing bussy node syndrome meaning I have to reboot my VPS every hour or so since someone is hogging resources. If you can get on a non bussy node Contabo is worth it for an amazing deal, I as of late have been hitting against this a lot. In general avoid shared CPU's as they tend to get oversold. I'm seriously considering moving to an VDS to avoid this issue.

[@sirjoot]

There's no comparision here, you need to rent these VPS and actually test them. While Contabo is incredible value, they do heavily overprovision by about 80%, meaning you will almost always be fighting for resources. Not dissing them, but this isn't a good comparison.

[@tecnopadre]

They ban Crypto servers too. Although you can use it for the rest and it's a good option.

[@webagilepro]

Dude, what an insane value from Contabo!!! Thanks Tony for the video

[@TonyTeachesTech]

You bet!

[@davidepattibiomed89]

not true, 5eur/mth and then dozens per months just to add a panel and ssl..

[@clanoftheducks1850]

​@@davidepattibiomed89these are more so luxury items. You only pay for them if you or your customers need them. I've been using letsencrypt for free ssl for years. As well as I'm able to manage my hosting needs via ssh, but there are also free to use panels out there. You are paying a premium for ease of use. Also keep in mind that a piece of the panel pie needs to be kick backed to the panel maker. It's a lot cheaper on a small scale then hiring a webmaster, if it really is an issue you can take a few days to learn the required skills to use an linux shell.

[@MichaelSharpTechniSmart]

Why did you fail to mention setup fees and which providers throttle your bandwidth?

[@starfox-germany]

I am afraid it’s not that easy. You are just using those information from their websites and that’s not the best comparison. Contabo f.g. charges a setup fee, while some of the others don’t. Also Contabo doesn’t guarantee the amount of RAM. They just guarantee access. So a plan with 16GB RAM doesn’t guarantee the full 16 GB all the time. It just guarantees access to 16GB which is - of course - shared with others. BTW, Hetzner owns 4 data centers, one of them in the USA.

[@talleyrand9530]

Contabo setup fee is $7 which is nothing compared to resources available and considering you'll be hosting on their servers for years to come!

[@starfox-germany]

@@talleyrand9530 Their resources are the problem here. You just get some „up to“ and nothing guaranteed. About the years to come: that’s something you could say about every provider you choose.

[@talleyrand9530]

@@starfox-germany I don't follow dude. I set up my server with them on Sept 28 and everything is going great! And it's all there, RAM, CPU, and Space I can monitor it from the terminal and it's real I don't get why you're questioning their offer.

[@starfox-germany]

@@talleyrand9530 Maybe because I used their servers for more than just 5 days.

[@talleyrand9530]

​@@starfox-germany Hey man. 2 weeks later, it looks like you were right. Response time is horrible and it's costing me more than the money I saved with Contabo. Any good alts? I have a library website for downloading classic books and it gets around 2k visitors a day.

[@gilespittock]

Contabo charge an additional £129/month to manage the server, so if you need that, it's not such a bargain.

[@toblamabor7072]

All providers are expensive for managed servers

[@dev_manish]

Tony, do make a separate video about this contabo VPS and setting up a wordpress website on it. Also what was that 200MB/sec on port?

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Okay, I can look into this. The 200MB/sec is simply the maximum speed at which data can come into and leave your VPS.

[@mushi2881]

@@TonyTeachesTech How many visitors manage in 200MB/sec

[@TonyTeachesTech]

@@mushi2881 assuming each page is 2 MB, that's 100 visitors/sec

[@mushi2881]

@@TonyTeachesTech Thanks

[@specy_]

@@TonyTeachesTech that's Mb/s, with a 2mb page you can do 12.5 users a second

[@InGodWeTrust..]

bro i need your help my website has a lot of feeds coming from other websites if something click on those linke it came dirrectly to the source i want to create redirect from my subdomain to this rss links how to do to gain visit from rederiction seo because when someone click it show subdomain first then the main link of destination

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Sorry, I'm not sure how to help you

[@lars737]

Forgot some important things to mention. Nearly all of them have strong issues on ddos security and nulling ips on regular base. Furthermore accounts have been suspended without proper warning. I personally wouldn’t use any of them for mission critical applications.

[@WreeperXD]

use ovh

[@TonyTeachesTech]

How did you determine that these hosting services have strong issues on ddos securing and nulling ips?

[@lars737]

@@TonyTeachesTech Firstly out of own experience and here in Germany, they do not have the highest reputation. The issue accrues usually over a longer time span. If you search a little you can find numerous experiences of the same issues especially with DDOS attacks or IP'S which are spam listed. Anyway, their prices are great even though I found that the performance isn't generally as good on a VPS from them. Another huge difference is that its a way less easy on contabo to set up proper clusters or even Kubernetes. OVH you can read the same about them but I haven't been there. I have Heztner and DO at the moment. I do like Hetzner even though there are several reports of physical drives getting pulled in their german data center by the German police. I don't know for the US once, that's where I am with them.

[@Rmly]

@@WreeperXD use ovh

[@WreeperXD]

@@Rmly 0k

[@jordanpetersoncortes4499]

Thank's a lot! Will get this hosting plan from your link as soon as I see how to manage it! I'm a beginner in blogging and SEO, but I want to start well and rely on something solid.

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Hi Jordan! Check out this video for getting started with a WordPress site on Contabo kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYPQqqV_hpxosNE

[@user-wg8yt6fb2n]

Thanks for your program 🎉

[@rtkpX]

I tried making a game server on it and it wouldn't stop lagging, apparently they oversell their hardware capacity so you don't get enough performance for some applications.

[@IceCenders]

Great video, thanks a lot! Can I ask you where you found the icons at 0:51, they would come in very handy for my projects.

[@Bhomasolini]

Contabo VPS are often under DDoS Attacks. Atleast mine is, I can see it in my logs. When the server struggles because of a DDoS Attack (not uncommon with contabo users), the server control panel also errors and I can't restart or even shut the server down. Support ist slow, not reachable. I never published my IP, still DDoS Attacks happen, I can see it in the logs. I need a reliable VPS, not some nice hardware VPS that has downtime of hours.

[@broard]

OVH VPS is a stable product for server admins not laypersons. Customer service is difficult to get ahold of.

[@masoudamiri7941]

that was helpfull Tony . thank you

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Very welcome

[@lecongminh3964]

Damn, It's crazy, thanks Tony.

[@TonyTeachesTech]

You're welcome

[@theindexprofessor]

Damn this helped alot.. thanks Tony!

[@TonyTeachesTech]

You're welcome :)

[@randomresourse]

what about IP address？which of those providers allow ip changes one the customers don't like the IP

[@kidpsykie4170]

I am trying to get into Forex trading with an EA bot which VPS do you think would be best for this type of services?

[@kamelberlime3532]

Def gonna use that link!

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Great thanks!

[@dieguzki]

Contaboo charges you 75 dollars for an SSL certificate which many competitors give out for free. I remember when I used to issue those SHA certificates "by hand".

[@TonyTeachesTech]

I know. I touched on this subject in another one of my videos kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5vOZGmcq5h-o5Y ... I use Let's Encrypt (free) pretty much everywhere kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZm9iXmvft5-Z9E

[@ziyadkader6767]

is Hostinger any good ? its very affordable .

[@tigvo2468]

thanks bro ,how many websites can i do with first plan of all

[@TonyTeachesTech]

There is no limit

[@techsandcartechs607]

hello, If I buy this vps, thats mean I will have like a pc in Germany that I can access whenever I want?

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Yes. And if you're looking for an actual PC with a GUI and Windows, check this out kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKG1foigfbiqbtE

[@webagilepro]

Do you know how the 200 mbits/s port speed measures up with let’s say Vultr HF plan? Just curious. Thanks!

[@TonyTeachesTech]

I think I looked into this, but this information wasn't public. I would have to do a speed test or ask their customer service. Side note: unless you have streaming or loads of concurrent users, this limit won't matter much

[@mrrage2265]

Vultr depending on the location you get ranges from 1gigabit shared port to 10gigabit shared port, the faster locations for network are Dallas and Miami

[@cavallopazzo340]

Not sure I totally understand this. What I'm looking for is a virtual desktop where me and my team can connect to remotely. Is this what you are referring to here? Sorry, I'm not too technical :-(

[@TonyTeachesTech]

No. These are mostly used for "headless" servers that you only interact with them via a web browser or command line.

[@ChigozieMImachukwuOfficial]

After your checks which would VPS can you say has CPU is 3GHz+, disk reads are 2GB/s+, an writes 1GB/s+ for best performance

[@TonyTeachesTech]

I don't know as I did not track these metrics

[@ChigozieMImachukwuOfficial]

@@TonyTeachesTech Okay. I found the Hosting Solution. StackLinux

[@l3tplayer]

I use an OVH Reseller, and its very good :D

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Great to hear that

[@ohokcool]

Something wrong with the link in the description

[@benalaluf4868]

Great video like always!! 2 questions: How would you compare Contabo to services like VultrHF? How do you assume 200 Mbits of bandwidth will be a problem? For what case? Thanks a lot!

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Contabo is comparable to Vultr, but lacking in some features. Regarding performance, I have a video coming out Thursday that compares Contabo to Vultr, Linode, and DigitalOcean

[@vraymond2048]

Excellent recommendation! Absolutely should have done this earlier! Does Contabo block port 25, 587 and other email server related ports?

[@TonyTeachesTech]

I'm not sure. I haven't done any email hosting with Contabo yet

[@krimou7048]

Ports open ... But in case u sending spam emails .. They will ban your accounts

[@senpow]

I'm using contabo port 25 for email service.

[@varunaeeriyaulla]

Don't use them for email servers. The IP reputations are very low.

[@Adrian_G444]

@@varunaeeriyaulla what you recommend then for web hosting and email hosting?

[@dr-rexmangrca113]

so Contabo is best for europe location ... as i do not want to host in usa nor uk .... i had hosting companies in both dealing with major companies ... but tried of totalitarian control by usa

[@danylofunika]

And why you didn't mention that Hetzner needs a passport verification from you

[@harrisandreson]

Sir, Kindly help me, should I choose vultr cloud hosting or contabo vps hosting. Make video on contabo and guide us how to upload multiple websites on Contabo

[@TonyTeachesTech]

If you'd like to host multiple websites on Nginx: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmi6ZZyPoKuUhbc If you'd like to host multiple websites on Apache: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oni2g3eMZ66Entk

[@teyluvsu]

what cpu does contabo use? Edit: They use AMD EPYC 7282

[@TonyTeachesTech]

👌

[@bourehimyoussef111]

In their plan VPS M they offer 6 vCPU Cores and from what I understand, a vCPU is a virtual CPU and actually, one CPU core could contain several vCPU, does it matter, or am I overthinking this?

[@TonyTeachesTech]

You can get an official core count with a command like lscpu

[@bourehimyoussef111]

@@TonyTeachesTech Thank you. I didn't know that, so I've opted for a 6 vCPU, next time ill choose the lscpu .

[@eltk1785]

Hello Tony. I would like to some benchmarking to know how Contabo VPS Intel CPU-s compared to Hetzner AMD EPYC. Also i major drawback i considered the lack of automated backups options you get one Hetzner and VPS restore with one click with up to 7 backups retained during a week and outside you VPS enviroment.

[@TonyTeachesTech]

This is something I can look into

[@wpdas4122]

Awesome bro, can you please make a video on hiding ip address of my main vps. Means if I have a vps with an ip , that can be accessed by third party by typing that ip right. Please make a video on this.

[@TonyTeachesTech]

It will not be possible to hide your IP address as this needs to be public information so you can access it on the internet. Am I understand you correctly?

[@wpdas4122]

@@TonyTeachesTech No Tony, for example if someone type my ip they need to be redirect to my main domain, how to do that?

[@TonyTeachesTech]

@@wpdas4122 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4esqZh5gad4ndE

[@wpdas4122]

@@TonyTeachesTech Thanks Tony 👍❤️

[@joelboddie]

Whats the benefit using contabo compared with aws?

[@TonyTeachesTech]

That really depends on your use case. Cost would be one benefit of Contabo

[@njgiipo4506]

please make tutorial about Hostgator problems thanks

[@vrsx]

Damn you are consistent, keep it up!🔥🔥, im glad to see that your channel has grown since the last time I commented. Can you do one for asia too please? I feel like, we asians are forced to use singapore, but would be glad if you can prove the otherwise.

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Are you familiar with any VPS providers based out of Singapore to get me started?

[@vrsx]

​@@TonyTeachesTech I am not sure if there are a mainstream/well-known and dedicated Singaporean VPS/hosting company, since I'm not a Singaporean myself. But for Asia region, every major cloud company has Singapore as their sole Asia region service (while in Europe for example, they have bunch of data centers in a different location). The major company that has Singapore includes Vultr, DigitalOcean, Linode, Google Cloud, UpCloud, etc. I feel like everything has to be Singapore-centered (from every Asian online games server, to web-applications) even though there are now multiple commercialized data centers that I can think of. That includes China (mainly monopolized by Alibaba cloud) and one in Jakarta (Fairly new like, BiznetGio.co.id) or even in Australia (but to be fair they are geographically so far from everyone else lol). I am always wondering, is it true that Singapore's cloud infrastructures or data center is better for Asian in general? I am sorry if I am missing something. Tips: I heard that UpCloud has the best Singapore VPS since they claimed to have a superior Storage performance and Compute performance than basically everyone else. Hopefully you can help Asian out with this one, sorry if this turned out to be a full essay lol, and pardon my English.

[@vrsx]

@@TonyTeachesTech updates: Digital ocean has Singapore and Mumbai India data centers. Vultr has Korea, Japan and Singapore, Google Cloud has Taiwan, Singapore, Hongkong, Japan, Korea, and Jakarta. Maybe you can start by comparing this different available locations, but still everyone else mainly has singapore for asia server. Only the giant cloud company seems to have at least 2 options for Asia region.

[@TonyTeachesTech]

​@@vrsx Thanks for doing this research. It might take a while, but stay tuned for a video on this topic :)

[@danielearangio6120]

having 2 PCs is it possible to transform one into a server like Contabo to access it remotely? So not in the same local network

[@TonyTeachesTech]

I'm not sure I understand your question

[@clanoftheducks1850]

It is possible to configure a computer like a server but you have to do the setup or pay someone to do it for you. There may also be show stoppers depending on your internet provider and router. You'll need to not be on double NAT and be allowed to open ports(port forwarding) also some ISP's straight up don't allow you to selfhost. It's going to take some learning to be able to do it. If you life in a western country it likely would cost more in opportunity cost in hours then you'd spent on renting from Contabo in the next 5 years. Also keep in mind hardware, energy and internet costs. As you are working on a very small scale you cant get good rates like these hosting providers.

[@VietYork]

Can you review DDoS protection solutions for game servers?

[@nigelnyakudya2262]

Hie tony i would want to know how this is compared to vultr high frequency.

[@TonyTeachesTech]

I do have this video about Vultr HF kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZWth3mXjbSGkMU

[@nigelnyakudya2262]

@@TonyTeachesTech I saw that one, what i mean is a video thats shows contabo and vultr high frequency side by side

[@tareqkhury1625]

Hello tony thanks for efforts , please note that contabo provides vcpu not cpu :)

[@TonyTeachesTech]

That's correct

[@EmperorStorky]

At around 3:00 you talk about server locations of UpCloud, but why you consider Amsterdam a country? It's the Netherlands.

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Haha you're absolutely right! Whoops :)

[@HendyIrawancom]

Having a very clickbaity title ("absolutely") and proceeded to do comparison just based on "on-paper" isn't a good sign. The comparison itself is good, but the conclusion and the title is too exaggerated.

[@vinny1010]

Any plans to review dedicated servers on Contabo vs others?

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Not at this time

[@alhonaifi]

thanks

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Welcome

[@jjrodriguezg]

Anyone using Contabo to run MT4 Forex trading software on Windows OS?

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Not me

[@kpoip9739]

please make video about Hostgator problems

[@anisexpert4604]

what about digital oceon and AWS !

[@hannesbadenhorst8637]

Hi Any options for South Africa

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Not that I've come across

[@TommyPete-l9v]

Guillermo Spring

[@tanko.reactions176]

what about netcup?

[@henryramoch148]

Hello contabo they verify identity after purchasse In addition to the above please also send us 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 the address mentioned above. that is little not good from them .

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Any luck?

[@walidbadache6027]

مشترك جديد من الجزائر 💖 شكرا على الترجمة العربية 💖

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Thank you!!

[@gdij229]

I live extremely close to the Finnish Hetzner server farm lol

[@TonyTeachesTech]

Oh that's so cool!!

[@indian3960]

Tony can we contact outside of youtube.... I need serious help to refine a project based on docker, python & simple Go! .... For my own experiment! But I'm totally nubbed at it! Could you help me?

[@TonyTeachesTech]

While I'm not taking on any new clients at this time, feel free to reach out on my contact page tonyteaches.tech/contact

[@indian3960]

@@TonyTeachesTech ok an email soon going to you ❤! Maybe I'll try my best 1st! Because I love to fail!

[@marcoboelen5807]

Contabo server 90% offline

[@szabojanos4410]

Hetzner - In Finkelstein ist sehr gut! xD

[@TonyTeachesTech]

👌

[@KomentarSaya]

contabo use old hardware than other provider

[@ashimov1970]

Contabo is the king

[@Fasacorp132]

contabo throttle their SSD heavily as they overbook their infra.

[@TonyTeachesTech]

How did you come to this conclusion?

[@mackrevinack]

whipped

[@TonyTeachesTech]

:)

[@georgetzinos2587]

very wrong comparison

[@hftudu1111]

not so good

[@zes7215]

wrr

[@TonyTeachesTech]

👌