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NoKycVPS vs. Contabo

German budget hosting since 2003 (22 years). 9 regions, 11 datacenter locations spanning EU, UK, US, Singapore, Japan, India, Australia. Known for high-RAM VPS at low prices. Full KYC.

Entry price
$5 vs $6
Regions
4 vs 7
KYC
No vs Yes (full identity verification at signup)
Crypto
4 vs 0
Last reviewed
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At a glance

us NoKycVPS

Founded 2026, headquartered across France, Iceland, Switzerland and Romania. Cheapest VPS plan from $5/mo with 4 jurisdictions. Accepts Bitcoin, Monero, Litecoin and Ethereum. Public agent-buyable API at /agents.

them Contabo

Founded 2003, headquartered in Germany. Cheapest VPS plan from $6/mo, with 7 region(s). Accepts . KYC stance: Yes (full identity verification at signup).

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Specs face-off

Eight data points, published prices, public KYC stance. Green dots flag where NoKycVPS wins. Where the competitor wins, it gets the credit.

AttributeNoKycVPSContabo
Starting price (VPS / mo) $5 $6
KYC required? No Yes (full identity verification at signup)
Regions 4 · FR, IS, CH, RO 7 · DE, UK, US (multi), SG, JP, IN, AU
Crypto accepted BTC, XMR, LTC, ETH
Accepts fiat (credit card / bank) No Yes (KYC required)
Free WHOIS privacy Yes No
Public agentic API (AI-buyable) Yes · /agents No
Founded 2026 2003
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Strengths

us

Where NoKycVPS wins

  • Full KYC at signup — payment binding to identity
  • German + multi-jurisdiction means broader law-enforcement surface
  • No cryptocurrency payment
  • Slower provisioning vs hyperscalers (manual review on some plans)
  • No public no-KYC product or anonymous tier
them

Where Contabo wins

  • 22+ years of operation — long stability track record
  • High-RAM VPS plans cheaper than equivalent Hetzner/Vultr (8GB/16GB tiers)
  • 11 datacenter locations across 7 countries
  • Bare-metal dedicated servers from low entry prices
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The honest verdict

Contabo is the budget high-RAM pick when identity disclosure is fine and you want big VPS for cheap. Their 16GB/32GB tiers undercut everyone. But the German full-KYC posture is the opposite of ours. Use Contabo for big legal workloads on a budget; use NoKycVPS when no-KYC, XMR, and offshore-by-design matter.

— NoKycVPS, May 20, 2026
Try NoKycVPS Visit Contabo
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When to choose what

Pick NoKycVPS if…

  • You need a public agent-buyable API. Our /agents endpoint lets autonomous LLM clients sign up, top up balance, and deploy a VPS with five HTTP calls. No competitor in this list offers that today.
  • You want Monero (XMR) as a first-class payment rail with confirmation in ~30 seconds, not just Bitcoin.
  • You want jurisdiction diversification — four EU offshore regions vs the competitor's one or two — so a legal change in any one country doesn't put your stack at risk.
  • You want modern hardware (NVMe Gen5, DDR5 ECC, EPYC/Ryzen) at entry-level pricing, not just at the premium tier.
  • You want a domain registrar in the same account as your VPS, with crypto checkout and free WHOIS privacy.

Pick Contabo if…

  • 22+ years of operation — long stability track record
  • High-RAM VPS plans cheaper than equivalent Hetzner/Vultr (8GB/16GB tiers)
  • 11 datacenter locations across 7 countries
  • Bare-metal dedicated servers from low entry prices
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Migration considerations

Switching from Contabo to NoKycVPS carries real friction: SSH keys to migrate, domains to re-delegate, services to re-deploy. We do not pretend it is zero-effort. But our docs section covers the standard playbook (rsync server-to-server, cron transition, DNS cutover) — and your NoKycVPS balance can fund the new instance without re-onboarding paperwork.

  1. Top up your NoKycVPS balance (3-min crypto deposit).
  2. Deploy a clone of your current server: same OS, same plan, 47-second provision.
  3. rsync your data and config across SSH.
  4. Cut DNS to the new IP, watch TTL expire.
  5. Terminate the old instance once you are confident.

Typical sequence: 30–60 minutes per server, less for stateless workloads.

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About this comparison

All facts on this page come from each provider's public pricing page, terms of service, and our own benchmark deploys against their checkout flow. We update within 48 hours when a provider disputes a claim. The honest verdict above is ours alone, written without any contact with Contabo.