1 TB SSD VPS: Contabo at £10.14/month, provider comparison
Contabo offers a 1 TB SSD VPS with 6 vCPUs at £10.14 per month. Line-by-line comparison with object storage and other providers.
UptimeMag editorial team · 10 August 2026 · 2 min read
Anyone setting up a Nextcloud instance, Plex server, or simply accumulating backups on a storage-rich server faces the same question: what does 1 TB of storage on a VPS actually cost month-to-month, not in marketing figures but on the invoice? Contabo published a price comparison on its blog dated 10 August 2026, with prices verified directly from the official contabo.com/en/pricing/ page.
The reference point is the Storage VPS 3: 6 vCPUs, 18 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, unlimited traffic (fair use), at £10.14 per month, equivalent to £10.14 per TB — the best rate across Contabo's entire Storage VPS range.
Storage VPS range
| Plan | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Price/month | Price/TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storage VPS 1 | 2 | 4 GB | 500 GB SSD | £4.00 | £8.00/TB |
| Storage VPS 2 | 4 | 8 GB | 800 GB SSD | £5.45 | £6.81/TB |
| Storage VPS 3 | 6 | 18 GB | 1 TB SSD | £10.14 | £10.14/TB |
| Storage VPS 4 | 8 | 30 GB | 1.2 TB SSD | £18.15 | £15.13/TB |
| Storage VPS 5 | — | — | 1.4 TB SSD | £26.88 | ~£19.20/TB |
For those who don't need a VPS running 24/7 but only space for cold data — overnight backups, archives, rarely-accessed AI models — Contabo also offers S3-compatible Object Storage, starting at £1.90 per 250 GB per month, available in EU, US and Asia at the same pricing with no egress fees.
When separating compute and storage makes sense
The comparison between the two architectures, based on the figures in the source:
| Architecture | Monthly cost | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud VPS 6 (£5.45) + Object Storage 1 TB (~£7.60) | ~£13.05/month | Nextcloud with offloaded media, backup target |
| Storage VPS 3 (£10.14) | £10.14/month | Frequent access: Plex, Jellyfin, game servers |
Comparison with other providers
On the same page, Contabo places its own prices — the only ones labelled "verified" — alongside rough figures from competitors: Hetzner Storage Box, approximately £2.91 per month but only as a backup target on HDD storage, not for running applications; HostHatch, £11.50–£30.50; Servarica, £7.65–£19.10; DigitalOcean Spaces, approximately £17.60 for the 1 TB equivalent; Backblaze B2, approximately £4.60 with free egress only via Cloudflare. Anyone reviewing these figures should double-check them against the official price lists of each provider, as the source itself describes them as indicative and not verified at the publication date.
Written with the help of artificial intelligence and checked by the editors (EU AI Act, art. 50).