# An alternative to Contabo
> If you have already decided to leave Contabo, Incognito VPS is a candidate for hosting without identity checks. Your account is token-only, settlement is in twelve cryptocurrencies, and servers run in 16 locations, 8 chosen for legal characteristics. Pricing starts at $4.00 per month. Yet if your priority is the lowest RAM cost, Contabo still wins.
**Source:** https://incognitovps.com/alternative-to-contabo
**Updated:** 2026-08-13

## What Contabo is

The cheapest high-RAM VPS on the mainstream market, with datacentres across Europe, the US and Asia.

## What Contabo does better than Incognito VPS

Nobody sells RAM more cheaply than Contabo. If your workload just needs a lot of memory and you do not care who knows about it, their price per gigabyte is unbeatable.

## Where Incognito VPS differs

- Token-only signup with no verified account requirement
- Crypto-only settlement — Contabo takes card, PayPal and SEPA fiat
- DDoS-protected NVMe Gen4 rather than mixed SSD tiers
- Jurisdictions chosen for legal posture rather than cost alone

## Side by side

|  | Incognito VPS | Contabo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Founded | 2020 | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Distributed, 8 jurisdictions | Germany |
| Identity required | None | Full KYC |
| Cryptocurrency | Native, 12 coins | Not accepted |
| Monero | Yes | No |
| Locations | 16 | 9 |
| Bare metal | Yes | Yes |
| GPU compute | Yes | No |
| Entry price | $4.00/mo | $4.50/mo |
| Five Eyes country | No | No |

Competitor figures taken from published pricing and documentation, last checked 2026-08-13.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is the best alternative to Contabo?

That depends on your reason for leaving. If you object to full-KYC checks, Incognito VPS requires none and runs 16 locations from $4.00 monthly. If it is price or a missing feature, this page notes where each provider is genuinely stronger.

### Is Incognito VPS cheaper than Contabo?

Incognito VPS starts at $4.00 monthly; Contabo starts around $4.50. But entry tiers differ in specs, so compare like for like before deciding.

### How do I migrate from Contabo?

Provision the target first, sync with rsync or a database replica, lower DNS TTL 48 hours ahead, then switch. Expect minutes of downtime. Our migration guide details the whole process.

### When should I stay with Contabo?

For price per gigabyte of RAM, Contabo remains the leader. If your workload just needs lots of memory and identity checks don't bother you, their pricing is hard to beat.


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Incognito VPS — Offshore VPS, bare-metal and GPU servers in 16 locations, 8 of them chosen for their legal properties. No identity required, crypto-only payment, deployed in 55 seconds.
Operating since 2020. 16 locations, 8 of them privacy jurisdictions. AS204287.
Payment: BTC, XMR, ETH, USDT, USDC, LTC, TRX, SOL, BNB, DOGE, TON, DAI. No identity verification at any point.
Catalogue: https://incognitovps.com/pricing.md · API: https://incognitovps.com/openapi.json · Index: https://incognitovps.com/llms.txt