Contabo vs Hivelocity Comparison

Why choose Contabo

• Higher Cost score (10/10 vs 7/10)

Why choose Hivelocity

• Higher Support score (6/10 vs 3/10)
• Higher Reliability score (7/10 vs 4/10)
• Better fit for enterprise (7/10 vs 2/10)

Contabo

Pros

• Very low prices for the RAM, CPU and disk you get, starting at about 4.40 euros a month on a 24-month term
• Unlimited traffic and DDoS protection included on every VPS
• Object storage has no egress fees and works with the AWS CLI, s3cmd and rclone
• Choice of 11 locations across Europe, the US, Asia and Australia
• REST API and CLI for automation

Cons

• Independent benchmarks rate CPU, disk and network performance near the bottom of the market
• Phone support was dropped for a chatbot-first live chat, and users report slow responses
• New servers can take hours to provision
• Backups, Windows licences and control panels all cost extra
• No managed Kubernetes, managed databases or integrated monitoring

Hivelocity

Pros

• DDoS mitigation for Layer 3 and 4 attacks is built into every bandwidth-enabled service at no extra cost.
• Every VPS and dedicated server includes at least 10TB of outbound transfer, and inbound and private traffic are free.
• Custom builds scale to four processors, 1TB of RAM and 100 drives, and GPU options are available.
• Provisioning can be automated through a REST API and a Terraform provider, and VLANs are self-service.
• Support is in-house, US-based and available 24/7, and phone reboots are free.

Cons

• VPS plans are billed monthly, with no hourly billing, and port 25 is blocked on VPS.
• No managed Kubernetes, serverless or managed database offering appeared on the pages reviewed.
• Some reviewers on G2 and Trustpilot complain of aggressive abuse handling, including instant terminations.
• Dedicated server fees are non-refundable and there is no standard money-back guarantee.
• According to VPSBenchmarks, reverse DNS changes require a support ticket and there is no built-in VPS firewall.