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Contabo is a German budget cloud provider offering VPS and dedicated servers with unusually high core counts and RAM at very competitive prices, making it popular for CPU-intensive workloads and teams that need large amounts of RAM without paying hyperscaler rates. While not a dedicated GPU cloud, Contabo offers some GPU-enabled VPS configurations for teams that need affordable compute with GPU access at budget pricing.
- Very competitive pricing on VPS and dedicated servers
- High core counts and RAM at budget prices
- German infrastructure with EU data residency
- Long track record since 2003
- Limited GPU catalog — primarily CPU-focused
- Support quality varies
- Less suitable for GPU-intensive AI workloads
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Lyceum is an academic GPU cloud offering H100 and A100 instances with research-friendly policies, flexible on-demand pricing, and configurations tailored for AI experimentation and academic research teams. Accessible pricing and a focus on the research community make it a practical option for universities and independent researchers who need GPU compute for LLM experimentation and model training without enterprise overhead. A strong choice for academic AI teams that want affordable, flexible GPU access.
- Research-friendly
- Flexible pricing
- Academic focus
- Very small provider — limited scale
- No enterprise SLAs
- Limited documentation and support resources
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Contabo
Budget VPS and dedicated servers with high core and RAM counts
Lyceum
GPU cloud for researchers