URLStart vs Contabo VPS:
big specs abroad or a server in Delhi NCR.
Contabo is famous for the most RAM per euro: Cloud VPS 4 with 4 vCPU and 8 GB from €4.40 a month on a 24-month term, in nine regions including India. URLStart gives less RAM for the money and more of everything else that matters in India: a Tier IV datacenter in Noida, rupee billing, Windows included, engineers on the phone. Here is the line-by-line.
URLStart or Contabo for a VPS in India — the short answer
- TL;DR
- Contabo wins on raw specs per rupee: Cloud VPS 4 lists 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD and unlimited traffic on a 200 Mbit/s port from €4.40/month, which needs a 24-month commitment for the headline figure
- URLStart’s 4 GB plan is ₹584/month on annual billing, with 2 dedicated vCPU, 50 GB NVMe and a 1 Gbps port; the 8 GB plan is ₹1,013/month annual
- Contabo lists India among its regions; URLStart’s hardware is in a Tier IV datacenter in Noida, Delhi NCR, and the company is registered in Noida
- Contabo bills in EUR, USD or GBP; URLStart bills in INR with a GST invoice. Both include DDoS protection; URLStart includes Windows Server at the Linux price and engineers on the phone
If the only question is how much RAM can I get for the least money, Contabo is hard to beat, as long as you accept the 24-month term behind the lowest price, the 200 Mbit/s port and the support model that comes with it. URLStart is the pick when latency to Delhi NCR, a GST invoice in rupees, Windows at no extra cost and an engineer who answers the phone matter more than the last gigabyte. Many Indian businesses run Contabo for bulk storage or test boxes and URLStart for the production server users hit.
- Contabo from
- €4.40/mo · 8 GB · 24-month term
- URLStart from
- ₹584/mo · 4 GB · annual
- Contabo location
- 9 regions, India listed
- URLStart location
- Noida, Delhi NCR
- Port
- 200 Mbit/s · 1 Gbps
- Billing
- EUR/USD/GBP · INR + GST
- Windows
- Add-on · included
URLStart vs Contabo, line by line.
Contabo facts are quoted from its own public pages in October 2026 and can change; URLStart figures are from the live plan table. Verify both before deciding.
| Contabo Cloud VPS (their site) | URLStart Cloud VPS | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | Cloud VPS 4: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD, 1 snapshot; from €4.40/mo (€5.50 incl. VAT shown on a 24-month term) | ₹584/mo annual · ₹749 monthly (4 GB, 2 vCPU, 50 GB NVMe) · renews at the same price |
| Price at 8 GB | From €4.40/mo on 24 months | ₹1,013/mo annual · ₹1,299 monthly |
| Commitment for the lowest price | 24 months | 12 months; monthly also available at ₹749 |
| Port speed | 200 Mbit/s | 1 Gbps, up to 10 Gbps |
| Traffic | Unlimited | 20 TB fair use and up |
| India location | India listed among 9 regions | Tier IV datacenter in Noida, Delhi NCR |
| Currency and tax | EUR, USD or GBP | INR · GST invoice with a UP GSTIN · UPI, cards, net banking |
| DDoS protection | “Always-on DDoS protection and a free Firewall” | Included on every plan |
| Windows Server | Available as a paid add-on on their site | Windows Server, licence included, same price as Linux |
| Support | Ticket and phone in European hours; see their site | 24/7 engineers with console access, ticket, chat, phone |
| Migration | Self-service | Free |
Where URLStart earns the difference.
The differences that show up on the invoice and in the ping, not in the brochure.
Latency where your users are
A server in Noida is a few milliseconds from Delhi NCR and close to all of north India. Mumbai regions add a cross-country hop; Singapore or Europe add tens of milliseconds every request.
Rupee billing, GST invoice
You pay in INR by UPI, card or net banking and get a GST invoice you can claim input credit on. No forex markup, no international card fees.
Engineers you can reach
24/7 support by engineers with console access, in your time zone, including phone. Not a ticket queue that answers overnight.
DDoS scrubbing included
Every plan sits behind our scrubbing edge; there is no protection tier to buy.
Free migration
We move your sites, databases and data from the current provider and you verify before DNS switches.
Data stays in India
The hardware is in India and the company is registered in Noida. Relevant for compliance, invoices and who you can call.
How to decide between the two.
Fifteen minutes, no cost.
Measure the latency
Ask us for a test IP in Noida and ping it from your office or your users’ city. Do the same against your current server.
Price the whole bill
Add their renewal price, currency conversion, international card fees, DDoS or backup add-ons and GST treatment to the headline figure.
Move for free
Send us the current server details; we migrate, you test on a temporary address, then DNS changes.
One network. Owned edge, scrubbed transit.
Traffic enters through redundant edges with DDoS scrubbing in the path, crosses a 10 Gbps core, and lands on our hardware in our Tier IV datacenter in Noida. Every plan gets the same path.
Frequently asked.
Straight answers.