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Here are the pros and cons of using Contabo as your hosting platform.
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Interesting facts
Discover the unique features that make Contabo stand out
KKR acquired a majority stake in Contabo on June 8 2022 via its European Buyout Fund VI; prior PE owner Oakley Capital realized a 10x return on its 2019 investment
The company operates over 450,000 servers globally with approximately 300 employees across offices in Munich Cologne Nuremberg and Prague
Singapore Tokyo Mumbai and Sydney data centers are available making Contabo one of the few budget providers with genuine APAC coverage
Contabo raised prices by a marketed average of 9.1% but up to 16-20% on specific plans in October 2022 shortly after the KKR acquisition followed by a second pricing restructure in 2025
Contabos unlimited traffic claim is qualified by a fair use policy allowing throttling at Contabos discretion if usage is deemed exceptionally high
Contabo charges a location fee on top of base server pricing for all non-German data center locations including Singapore US UK Japan and Australia
The Cloud VPS 30 won first place in VPSBenchmarks 2025 rankings and HOSTtest recorded perfect uptime in Q3 and Q4 2025
