Hourly billing instead of contract terms # DataPasa vs Contabo: a Contabo alternative billed by the hour Compare how the two providers price, bill and verify customers, and see which one suits short projects, long running servers or crypto payments. [Try DataPasa](https://cloud.datapasa.com/register) [See plans](#plans) ## Where DataPasa differs from Contabo Pay for the hours you use, with the coin or card you prefer. ### Hourly, no contract length Contabo terms renew for the length you picked. Here the balance simply loses one hourly charge at a time, with no minimum term at all. ### Crypto accepted Contabo states that it does not accept cryptocurrencies. We take USDT, USDC, BTC, ETH, XMR and the rest of a list of roughly 100 coin and network pairs. ### NVMe on every plan All DataPasa plans use NVMe SSD storage. Contabo Core VPS plans use SSD, with NVMe on its Performance VPS line. ### Email only sign-up Contabo can ask for an ID or utility bill scan while reviewing orders. Our accounts open with an email, and KYC arises only from a flagged crypto deposit. ### Up to 1 Gbps uplink Ports run at up to 1 Gbps (900 Mbit/s) on every size, and each plan from VPS-2 on comes with 32 TB a month. ### Dedicated vCPU and RAM Each KVM guest keeps its vCPU and memory to itself. You get root and can install a Linux distribution of your choice or FreeBSD. ## Price for the same resources Monthly list price for a matching CPU and RAM size. 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM DataPasa · VPS-4 $12.16/mo Contabo · Cloud VPS 4 €5.50/mo 24 month term 6 vCPU · 12 GB RAM DataPasa · VPS-5 $18.24/mo Contabo · Cloud VPS 6 €7.50/mo 24 month term ## What you get Key differences at a glance. | Feature | DataPasa 7/8 | Contabo 2/8 | | --- | --- | --- | | Pay with crypto | Yes | No | | Sign up without ID documents | Yes | Partly | | Hourly billing | Yes | No | | No contract or minimum term | Yes | No | | Prepaid balance, no bills after use | Yes | Partly | | NVMe on every plan | Yes | No | | 20 TB+ traffic on small plans | Yes | Yes | | Several regions | No | Yes | Contabo gives more RAM and disk per euro when you commit to a long term, and it covers far more regions. DataPasa costs more per gigabyte of RAM on long runs, yet it charges hourly without any contract, puts NVMe on every plan, takes crypto and opens an account from an email. Contabo suits long lived, resource heavy servers, DataPasa flexible or crypto funded ones. Show the full comparison table | Feature | DataPasa | Contabo | | --- | --- | --- | | Entry plan | VPS-1: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB NVMe, $1.81/month | Cloud VPS 4: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD, €5.50/month on a 24 month term | | 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM plan | VPS-4: 128 GB NVMe, $12.16/month | Cloud VPS 4: 100 GB SSD, €5.50/month on a 24 month term | | Billing model | Hourly from a prepaid balance, no setup fee, no minimum term | Contract terms, minimum initial length 1 month, renews for the same length | | Storage | NVMe SSD on all plans | SSD on Core VPS, NVMe on Performance VPS | | Port and traffic | Up to 1 Gbps port, 32 TB from VPS-2 up (1 TB on VPS-1) | 200 Mbit/s port on Cloud VPS 4, unlimited traffic under fair use | | Payment methods | Cards via Stripe (Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Apple Pay, Google Pay) and crypto | Credit card, PayPal, Skrill, bank transfer, direct debit (options depend on currency) | | Crypto payments | About 100 coin and network pairs, including USDT, BTC and XMR | Not accepted | | Sign-up verification | Email only, ID requested only if a deposit is flagged | Orders under review may require an ID document or utility bill scan | | Locations | Falkenstein, Germany | 9 regions, 11 locations in the EU, UK, US, Singapore, Japan, India, Australia | Competitor data checked on 2026-09-24. Sources: [https://contabo.com/en/vps/](https://contabo.com/en/vps/), [https://help.contabo.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000269311-which-currencies-are-accepted-by-contabo-](https://help.contabo.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000269311-which-currencies-are-accepted-by-contabo-), [https://help.contabo.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000348466-why-do-i-need-to-verify-my-purchase-](https://help.contabo.com/en/support/solutions/articles/103000348466-why-do-i-need-to-verify-my-purchase-) ## DataPasa plans to compare No 24 month term behind these numbers. They are monthly equivalents of what your balance pays per hour. VPS-1 $1.81/mo $0.0025/hr CPU 1 vCPU RAM 1 GB NVMe 16 GB Traffic 1 TB [Order VPS-1](https://cloud.datapasa.com/cloud/order?tariff=ce21ba18-988f-4eb8-947a-41adb86019d9) VPS-2 $3.54/mo $0.0048/hr CPU 1 vCPU RAM 2 GB NVMe 32 GB Traffic 32 TB [Order VPS-2](https://cloud.datapasa.com/cloud/order?tariff=a8cdefa7-dc24-45d3-aeaf-ce97fee1837d) VPS-3 $7.09/mo $0.0097/hr CPU 2 vCPU RAM 4 GB NVMe 64 GB Traffic 32 TB [Order VPS-3](https://cloud.datapasa.com/cloud/order?tariff=402a3c18-a3ab-4447-85a5-138162552777) VPS-4 $12.16/mo $0.0167/hr CPU 4 vCPU RAM 8 GB NVMe 128 GB Traffic 32 TB [Order VPS-4](https://cloud.datapasa.com/cloud/order?tariff=0a5f56fa-c6bf-475a-a5c9-e6afa6900f93) VPS-5 $18.24/mo $0.0250/hr CPU 6 vCPU RAM 12 GB NVMe 192 GB Traffic 32 TB [Order VPS-5](https://cloud.datapasa.com/cloud/order?tariff=1996df81-13df-49af-a356-f964a1afc780) VPS-6 $24.12/mo $0.0330/hr CPU 6 vCPU RAM 16 GB NVMe 256 GB Traffic 32 TB [Order VPS-6](https://cloud.datapasa.com/cloud/order?tariff=c28784c2-2828-48e5-a589-7e2250ffb88b) [See all plans and prices](https://datapasa.com/en/pricing) ## Price: long contracts vs pay per hour Contabo is known for large amounts of memory and disk for the money. Cloud VPS 4, the entry Core VPS plan, combines 4 vCPU and 8 GB of memory with 100 GB SSD at €5.50 a month. Contabo notes this is the effective monthly rate when you subscribe for 24 months, applicable taxes included, so shorter terms can cost more. Our counterpart, VPS-4, also has 4 vCPU and 8 GB of memory, with 128 GB NVMe, at $12.16 a month. For one machine kept two years where every euro of memory counts, Contabo is cheaper. For a machine you need for days or weeks, paying by the hour means you cover only that time. ## Contract terms and cancellation Contabo sells VPS plans on contract terms. The minimum initial contract length is one month, and the following contract length equals the initial one. Cancellation notice is none for prepaid orders and four weeks for postpaid orders. That model rewards committing in advance and suits machines meant to stay up for years. DataPasa skips contracts entirely, so there is no notice period either. Ordering takes the first hour, and later hours follow one by one. Deleting the machine ends charges at once. Hours already used are not refunded. Money still on the balance from a card payment can return to that card, whereas crypto deposits are final. Testing a stack, a short campaign or a new OS therefore costs little. ## Payments and customer verification For EUR accounts Contabo takes credit cards, PayPal, Skrill, bank transfer and direct debit, and for USD and GBP accounts credit cards and PayPal. Its help center says cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are not accepted. Contabo adds that the law obliges it to check customer data, so an order under review can require an ID document or a utility bill as a scan. DataPasa offers two routes into your balance: Stripe for cards plus Apple Pay and Google Pay, Cryptomus for crypto. An email opens the account, and a funded balance is all a deployment needs. Incoming crypto is checked for sanctions exposure and illicit origin, and identity documents come up only if that check flags a deposit. ## When Contabo is the better choice With nine regions and eleven locations spread over the EU, the UK, the US, Singapore, Japan, India and Australia, Contabo has a reach that our single German site cannot match. Core VPS plans also bundle a snapshot and traffic that is unlimited within fair use, and the long term prices give a lot of resources to storage heavy or memory hungry workloads. DataPasa wins when flexibility outweighs the lowest two year price: machines created and deleted often, crypto funded projects, faster NVMe on small plans or registration without documents. Let the server lifetime, the location of your users and your payment habits decide. ## DataPasa vs Contabo FAQ Yes, for contract free hourly charges, NVMe storage, crypto or registering with just an email. On a two year term the price per gigabyte of RAM is usually lower at Contabo. Contabo lists its VPS plans with contract terms, starting at a minimum initial length of one month. On DataPasa the meter runs per hour against money loaded in advance, and no minimum term applies. No. Contabo help center states that payments in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are not accepted. DataPasa does take Bitcoin, along with USDT, USDC, ETH, XMR and roughly 100 coin and network pairs overall. Contabo cites a legal duty to check customer data, so an order under review may need an ID document or a utility bill scanned. DataPasa raises the topic solely when screening flags a crypto deposit. It depends on the workload. DataPasa uses NVMe on every plan and dedicated vCPU, which helps disk heavy and latency sensitive tasks. Contabo Core VPS uses SSD but gives more cores and RAM for the price. Every DataPasa machine sits in Falkenstein, Germany, and further sites are planned. Contabo has more regions today, including the US, Asia and Australia. Yearly plans do not exist here. Still, nothing stops you from loading a large sum (the minimum is $5) and letting servers use it up hour after hour. Leftover card money may go back to the card, while crypto deposits stay non refundable. ## Related pages [ DataPasa vs Hetzner Prices, billing rules, accepted payments and account checks next to each other, so you can judge which provider suits your project. ](https://datapasa.com/en/compare/hetzner)[ DataPasa vs LightNode Both providers bill by the hour. Here is how they differ on price, payment options and where your server can run. ](https://datapasa.com/en/compare/lightnode)[ Hourly VPS Run a KVM server in Germany for an hour, a weekend or a year. Your balance is charged hour by hour, and deleting the server stops the charges. ](https://datapasa.com/en/hourly-vps) ## Try a server without a contract Open an account by email, add at least $5 and launch a German KVM VPS. No term means you can remove it whenever you like. [Create an account](https://cloud.datapasa.com/register) [View pricing](https://datapasa.com/en/pricing) --- Canonical: https://datapasa.com/en/compare/contabo Site overview for agents: https://datapasa.com/llms.txt