The Hostfory alternative to Contabo
Contabo is cheap — and you feel it under load: oversubscribed bandwidth, thin DDoS, slow support. Fine for a hobby box, painful for an operator.
Contabo is a German budget host famous for large specs at rock-bottom prices, at the cost of oversubscription and bare-bones support. Hostfory costs more but delivers dedicated (not shared) bandwidth, real DDoS scrubbing, and a NOC that answers — the things that matter once a box carries real traffic.
Hostfory vs Contabo
| Hostfory | Contabo | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | Dedicated unmetered port | Shared / oversubscribed |
| DDoS protection | Always-on scrubbing | Minimal |
| Support | Telegram < 5 min | Slow ticket queue |
| IPTV / streaming | Allowed | Grey, throttled |
| Entry price | From $12 VPS | Very cheap large specs |
| Provisioning | Hours | Can be days at peak |
When operators switch from Contabo
- Your Contabo box slows to a crawl under real bandwidth
- A small DDoS took you offline
- Support never answered in time
- You outgrew a hobby host and need operator-grade infra
Contabo is unbeatable on price-per-spec for a personal project, dev box, or anything not bandwidth- or uptime-critical. When the workload becomes a business, oversubscription and thin support stop being acceptable — that is our line.
Ready to move?
Moving from Contabo? Our team handles the migration — rsync / disk-image clone over a private link, DNS pre-cut, reverse-proxy bridge during cut-over. Average visible downtime under 60 seconds. Free on annual prepay, $150 one-time on monthly.