# All Contabo plans

Last price check: 2026-10-16

Contabo was founded in 2003 and offers 7 data centres. This site lists 14 of its plans (7 Main server, 7 Relay); routes: Standard route. Refund: no refunds (EU consumers have a 14-day statutory right of withdrawal; this does not apply to business customers). 1 of the plans are currently out of stock.

## All plans

Sorted by monthly price, lowest first, including out-of-stock plans. Figures in the table are checked by hand. Test IPs and latency on the three carriers for each data centre are in the [test IP table](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/#test-ip-section) below.

| Monthly price | Vendor | Buy | Use | Route | Test IP | Specs | Port | Traffic | List price and billing | Refund | Claude | Available countries and regions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| $3.50 | [Contabo](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/) | [Cloud VPS 2](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%202) [Product page](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%202?to=product) | Relay (China-optimised route) | Standard route | [195.179.224.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/195.179.224.91)[1 more data centres in the table below](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/#test-ip-section) | 2 vCPU / 4G / 50GB SSD | 200Mbps | unlimited | €3.12/mo, 24 months prepaid; €3.90 if paid monthly, no setup fee; excl. VAT | No refunds (EU consumers have a 14-day statutory right of withdrawal; this does not apply to business customers) | Supported | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India |
| $4.51 | [Contabo](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/) | [Cloud VPS 2](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%202) [Product page](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%202?to=product) | Relay (China-optimised route) | Standard route | [185.187.242.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/185.187.242.91) | 2 vCPU / 4G / 50GB SSD | 200Mbps | unlimited | €4.02/mo, 24 months prepaid (incl. data centre surcharge of €0.90/mo); €4.80 if paid monthly, no setup fee; excl. VAT | No refunds (EU consumers have a 14-day statutory right of withdrawal; this does not apply to business customers) | Supported | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India |
| $4.51 | [Contabo](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/) | [Cloud VPS 2](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%202) [Product page](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%202?to=product) | Relay (China-optimised route) | Standard route | [209.126.15.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/209.126.15.91)[2 more data centres in the table below](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/#test-ip-section) | 2 vCPU / 4G / 50GB SSD | 200Mbps | unlimited | €4.02/mo, 24 months prepaid (St. Louis, incl. data centre surcharge of €0.90/mo); €4.80 if paid monthly, no setup fee; surcharge €1.10 in Seattle, €1.35/mo in New York; excl. VAT | No refunds (EU consumers have a 14-day statutory right of withdrawal; this does not apply to business customers) | Supported | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India |
| $4.93 | [Contabo](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/) | [Cloud VPS 4](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%204) [Product page](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%204?to=product) | Main server (8G) | Standard route | [195.179.224.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/195.179.224.91)[1 more data centres in the table below](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/#test-ip-section) | 4 vCPU / 8G / 100GB SSD | 200Mbps | unlimited | €4.40/mo, 24 months prepaid; €5.50 if paid monthly, no setup fee; excl. VAT | No refunds (EU consumers have a 14-day statutory right of withdrawal; this does not apply to business customers) | Supported | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India |
| $5.57 | [Contabo](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/) | [Cloud VPS 2](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%202) [Product page](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%202?to=product) | Relay (China-optimised route) | Standard route | [154.26.152.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/154.26.152.91) | 2 vCPU / 4G / 50GB SSD | 200Mbps | unlimited | €4.97/mo, 24 months prepaid (incl. data centre surcharge of €1.85/mo); €5.75 if paid monthly, no setup fee; excl. VAT | No refunds (EU consumers have a 14-day statutory right of withdrawal; this does not apply to business customers) | Supported | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India |
| $5.79 | [Contabo](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/) | [Cloud VPS 2](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%202) [Product page](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%202?to=product) | Relay (China-optimised route) | Standard route | [62.72.40.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/62.72.40.91) | 2 vCPU / 4G / 50GB SSD | 200Mbps | unlimited | €5.17/mo, 24 months prepaid (incl. data centre surcharge of €2.05/mo); €5.95 if paid monthly, no setup fee; excl. VAT | No refunds (EU consumers have a 14-day statutory right of withdrawal; this does not apply to business customers) | Supported | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India |
| $5.96 | [Contabo](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/) | [Cloud VPS 2](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%202) [Product page](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%202?to=product) | Relay (China-optimised route) | Standard route | [103.164.55.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/103.164.55.91) | 2 vCPU / 4G / 50GB SSD | 200Mbps | unlimited | €5.32/mo, 24 months prepaid (incl. data centre surcharge of €2.20/mo); €6.10 if paid monthly, no setup fee; excl. VAT | No refunds (EU consumers have a 14-day statutory right of withdrawal; this does not apply to business customers) | Supported | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India |
| $6.02 | [Contabo](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/) | [Cloud VPS 2](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%202) [Product page](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%202?to=product) | Relay (China-optimised route) | Standard route | [109.123.228.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/109.123.228.91) | 2 vCPU / 4G / 50GB SSD | 200Mbps | unlimited | €5.37/mo, 24 months prepaid (incl. data centre surcharge of €2.25/mo); €6.15 if paid monthly, no setup fee; excl. VAT | No refunds (EU consumers have a 14-day statutory right of withdrawal; this does not apply to business customers) | Supported | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India |
| $6.11 | [Contabo](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/) | [Cloud VPS 4](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%204) [Product page](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%204?to=product) | Main server (8G) | Standard route | [185.187.242.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/185.187.242.91) | 4 vCPU / 8G / 100GB SSD | 200Mbps | unlimited | €5.45/mo, 24 months prepaid (incl. data centre surcharge of €1.05/mo); €6.55 if paid monthly, no setup fee; excl. VAT | No refunds (EU consumers have a 14-day statutory right of withdrawal; this does not apply to business customers) | Supported | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India |
| $6.11 | [Contabo](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/) | [Cloud VPS 4](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%204) [Product page](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%204?to=product) | Main server (8G) | Standard route | [209.126.15.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/209.126.15.91)[2 more data centres in the table below](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/#test-ip-section) | 4 vCPU / 8G / 100GB SSD | 200Mbps | unlimited | €5.45/mo, 24 months prepaid (St. Louis, incl. data centre surcharge of €1.05/mo); €6.55 if paid monthly, no setup fee; surcharge €1.30 in Seattle, €1.55/mo in New York; excl. VAT | No refunds (EU consumers have a 14-day statutory right of withdrawal; this does not apply to business customers) | Supported | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India |
| $7.34 | [Contabo](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/) | [Cloud VPS 4](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%204) [Product page](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%204?to=product) | Main server (8G) | Standard route | [154.26.152.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/154.26.152.91) | 4 vCPU / 8G / 100GB SSD | 200Mbps | unlimited | €6.55/mo, 24 months prepaid (incl. data centre surcharge of €2.15/mo); €7.65 if paid monthly, no setup fee; excl. VAT | No refunds (EU consumers have a 14-day statutory right of withdrawal; this does not apply to business customers) | Supported | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India |
| $7.62 | [Contabo](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/) | [Cloud VPS 4](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%204) [Product page](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%204?to=product) | Main server (8G) | Standard route | [62.72.40.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/62.72.40.91) | 4 vCPU / 8G / 100GB SSD | 200Mbps | unlimited | €6.80/mo, 24 months prepaid (incl. data centre surcharge of €2.40/mo); €7.90 if paid monthly, no setup fee; excl. VAT | No refunds (EU consumers have a 14-day statutory right of withdrawal; this does not apply to business customers) | Supported | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India |
| $7.73 | [Contabo](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/) | [Cloud VPS 4](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%204) out of stock [Product page](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%204?to=product) | Main server (8G) | Standard route | [103.164.55.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/103.164.55.91) | 4 vCPU / 8G / 100GB SSD | 200Mbps | unlimited | €6.90/mo, 24 months prepaid (incl. data centre surcharge of €2.50/mo); €8.00 if paid monthly, no setup fee; excl. VAT | No refunds (EU consumers have a 14-day statutory right of withdrawal; this does not apply to business customers) | Supported | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India |
| $7.79 | [Contabo](https://vps.appsail.dev/en/contabo/) | [Cloud VPS 4](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%204) [Product page](https://vps.appsail.dev/go/contabo/Cloud%20VPS%204?to=product) | Main server (8G) | Standard route | [109.123.228.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/109.123.228.91) | 4 vCPU / 8G / 100GB SSD | 200Mbps | unlimited | €6.95/mo, 24 months prepaid (incl. data centre surcharge of €2.55/mo); €8.05 if paid monthly, no setup fee; excl. VAT | No refunds (EU consumers have a 14-day statutory right of withdrawal; this does not apply to business customers) | Supported | Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, Australia, India |

## Test IPs and latency on the three carriers

Each test IP is pinged 4 times by up to 12 public measurement probes on each of mainland China's Telecom, Unicom and Mobile, and the results are averaged. Each hour one vendor takes its turn; this vendor is measured two or three times a day and the day's runs are averaged. This table was measured on 2026-10-16. Loss of 20% or more is marked in orange: such a latency is only the average of the packets that came back, and the connection will lag in real use. “no reply” means that carrier's probes could not reach the IP. Click an IP to open a multi-node ping across China on itdog and test it yourself.

Fastest data centre per carrier: Telecom Cloud VPS 2 179 ms; Unicom Cloud VPS 2（西雅图） 190 ms; Mobile Cloud VPS 2 163 ms.

| Test IP | Plan (data centre) | Telecom | Unicom | Mobile | Test date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [195.179.224.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/195.179.224.91) | Cloud VPS 2, Cloud VPS 4 | 210 ms | 192 msloss 2% | 258 msloss 5% | 2026-10-16 |
| [185.219.143.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/185.219.143.91) | Cloud VPS 2 (Lauterbourg), Cloud VPS 4 (Lauterbourg) | 229 msloss 9% | 216 ms | 292 msloss 5% | 2026-10-16 |
| [185.187.242.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/185.187.242.91) | Cloud VPS 2, Cloud VPS 4 | 226 msloss 6% | 225 msloss 2% | 268 msloss 10% | 2026-10-16 |
| [209.126.15.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/209.126.15.91) | Cloud VPS 2, Cloud VPS 4 | 199 msloss 13% | 228 msloss 2% | 256 ms | 2026-10-16 |
| [209.126.70.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/209.126.70.91) | Cloud VPS 2 (Seattle), Cloud VPS 4 (Seattle) | 209 ms | 190 ms | 249 ms | 2026-10-16 |
| [164.5.254.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/164.5.254.91) | Cloud VPS 2 (New York), Cloud VPS 4 (New York) | 227 msloss 3% | 252 msloss 13% | 262 msloss 9% | 2026-10-16 |
| [154.26.152.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/154.26.152.91) | Cloud VPS 2, Cloud VPS 4 | 344 ms | 314 ms | 289 msloss 11% | 2026-10-16 |
| [62.72.40.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/62.72.40.91) | Cloud VPS 2, Cloud VPS 4 | 397 ms | 270 msloss 11% | 163 msloss 3% | 2026-10-16 |
| [103.164.55.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/103.164.55.91) | Cloud VPS 2, Cloud VPS 4 | 217 msloss 19% | 235 msloss 7% | 358 msloss 6% | 2026-10-16 |
| [109.123.228.91](https://www.itdog.cn/ping/109.123.228.91) | Cloud VPS 2, Cloud VPS 4 | 179 msloss 3% | 295 ms | 332 msloss 6% | 2026-10-16 |

Probe cities: Telecom: Dongguan, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Guilin; Unicom: Wuhu, Nanning, Xi'an, Changsha, Guilin; Mobile: Shanghai, Nanning, Beijing, Kunming, Taishan, Zhenjiang. Probes change from day to day; figures are for reference only.

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### Where the test IPs and latency figures come from

A test IP is a machine the vendor publishes for this data centre and this route. Before buying you can ping it to see how fast your own network reaches it. Clicking an IP opens a multi-node ping across China on itdog, which you can break down by province and carrier.

- **Where the IPs come from**: The vendor's website or Looking Glass page, or the vendor's reply to a support ticket; a few come from third-party reviews. When an IP published by the vendor no longer answers, we replace it with the reachable address with the lowest latency in the same subnet.
- **Who measures the latency**: Probes in mainland China from two public measurement networks. Each hour one vendor takes its turn, so each vendor is measured in two or three time slots a day, by day and at night, and the day's runs are averaged. Each run uses up to 12 probes on each of Telecom, Unicom and Mobile (6 per network; when a network has fewer that day, we use what it has), and each probe pings 4 times.
- **How to read it**: “Telecom 18 · Unicom 22 · Mobile 37 ms” is the latency on each of the three carriers; hover to see the probe cities and loss rate. When a carrier shows 20% loss or more, it is spelt out, e.g. “Telecom 99 (loss 55%)”. That latency figure is only the average of the packets that came back, and in real use the connection will lag; the “My network” filter and sorting do not count it as reachable. We have cross-checked such loss over TCP ports: the handshake time grows several-fold, so it is the path from that carrier to the data centre that drops packets, not the server rate-limiting ping. Sorting by the column uses the fastest of the three carriers.
- **No reply and unreachable**: “no reply” on one carrier means that probe could not reach the IP. “Test IP unreachable” means probes both inside and outside China could not reach it, usually because the IP has been retired; it does not mean the route or the server is unavailable. IPs that block ping are tested on TCP port 80/443 instead.
- **How accurate is it**: For reference only. Each run uses at most 12 probes per carrier, pinging 4 times each; the probes change every run, most sit in data centres rather than on home broadband, and bandwidth and the evening peak are not measured.

### What the route names mean

The route is which carrier's network, and which of its networks, carries traffic between mainland China and the data centre. The closer to China and the better the route, the smoother SSH and web pages feel, and the steadier things are at the evening peak.

- **CN2 GIA**: China Telecom's premium network (AS4809), with CN2 both ways. Low latency, stable at the evening peak, the most expensive. The first choice for Telecom users.
- **CN2 GT**: The standard version of Telecom CN2: the international leg uses CN2, the domestic leg uses the ordinary 163 backbone. Cheaper than GIA, a little less stable at the evening peak.
- **CN2**: The vendor only says CN2, without stating GIA or GT; it is safer to expect GT-level performance.
- **9929**: China Unicom's premium network (AS9929, also called Unicom A network or CUII). Works best for Unicom users.
- **4837**: China Unicom's standard backbone (AS4837). Cheap, plentiful bandwidth; may be congested at the evening peak.
- **CMIN2**: China Mobile's premium network (AS58807). Works best for Mobile users.
- **CMI**: China Mobile International's standard outbound route (AS58453): better than a standard route for Mobile users, worse than CMIN2.
- **All 3 carriers optimised**: The vendor states that return traffic for all of Telecom, Unicom and Mobile goes over optimised routes, so it will not be too bad whichever broadband you use.
- **Standard route**: A standard international route, not optimised for mainland China; may slow down noticeably at the evening peak. Suitable as a Main server, reached through a Relay.

This site labels routes as each vendor states them and does not run route tests. Real-world results depend on your broadband carrier; test with the test IP before buying.

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About the data: prices, data centres and ports are as stated on each vendor's website. Each row is one plan: “Main server (8G)” is the cheapest 8G RAM plan we have verified for that vendor and route, for running Claude Code; “Relay (China-optimised route)” is the cheapest plan of any RAM size for that vendor and route, used as a proxy or relay. All prices are converted to a US dollar monthly price (¥6.71 = $1, mid-rate on 2026-10-15); where a yearly price exists we divide it by 12, and the monthly price is shown under “List price and billing”. Route labels follow the vendor's own product names or descriptions; this site does not run route tests. The green tag “Native / Residential / Dual-ISP” after the route marks the IP type (of interest for cross-border e-commerce and overseas social media work), also as the vendor's product name or description states it; this site does not verify each IP. The blue tag “Windows available” after the specs means the vendor offers a Windows image for the listed plan (for running graphical programs such as anti-detect browsers); whether a licence fee applies is up to the vendor and has not been checked one by one. “CN2” means the vendor only says CN2, without stating GIA or GT; “All 3 carriers optimised” means the vendor states that return traffic for Telecom, Unicom and Mobile goes over optimised routes. The “Telecom xx · Unicom xx · Mobile xx ms” under the test IP is the average latency of pings from up to 12 public measurement probes on each of mainland China's three carriers; each hour one vendor takes its turn, each vendor gets two or three time slots a day, and the day's runs are averaged. The probes differ every run, so the figures are for reference only; hover to see the probe cities and loss rate. When one network shows 20% loss or more it is marked “Telecom 99 (loss 55%)”; such a route will lag in real use, and filters and sorting do not count it as reachable. IPs that block ping are tested on a TCP port instead. “no reply” on one network means that probe could not reach the IP; “Test IP unreachable” means probes both inside and outside China could not reach it, usually because the test IP has been retired; it does not mean the route or the server is unavailable. Hong Kong data centres are not in Anthropic's supported regions; other data centres are judged by the official list of supported countries, which does not mean every IP has been tested to work.

Some buy links carry an affiliate commission; commissions do not affect the ranking or the data in the table. Some vendors' affiliate links can only land on the home page; in that case the “Product page” link next to the plan goes straight to the plan's page, without commission. Where a vendor has a public coupon code, it is shown next to the plan; enter it yourself at checkout.