Vendor Guide · 27-Provider Comparison · Rates verified 2026-09-01
Contabo Object Storage: pricing, perks & traps
An S3-compatible object store billed in USD. Every number below comes from the same catalog that drives the live comparison table — no marketing prose, captured rates only.
What it costs at a typical backup workload
5 TB stored · 0.5 TB egress · light API usage: $54.80/mo (standard pay-as-you-go). Change the workload sliders on the comparison page to price your exact scenario.
Fine print worth knowing
A few things in the fine print deserve attention before committing storage here: outbound traffic is fair-use rather than unlimited (Unspecified fair-use egress policy (throttling possible)): sustained heavy transfer can be throttled or curtailed instead of merely billed; on top of that, a monthly floor of 250 GB minimum ($2.49/mo); 30-day term applies, so tiny archives pay for capacity they never touch.
Where it shines: outbound traffic is genuinely free worldwide, so serving files to customers costs nothing beyond the storage itself.