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Change a server's plan

Updated October 7, 2026 · 2 min read

Move a server to a bigger or smaller plan at your provider, with more or less CPU, memory and disk, without leaving Nuvlo.

On this page
  1. Step 1: Open the Server plan card
  2. Step 2: Choose the new plan
  3. Step 3: Decide about the disk
  4. Step 4: Confirm the change
  5. Step 5: Follow the progress
  6. What each provider allows
  7. Contabo servers

Before you start

  • A server with the status Running that was created through a connected provider account.
  • No site on the server is deploying at the moment.
  • A time when a few minutes of downtime is acceptable. Every site on the server is offline while the plan changes.

Step 1 Open the Server plan card

Open the server, click the Settings tab and scroll to Server plan. It shows the current plan with its vCPUs, memory, disk and monthly price.

Step 2 Choose the new plan

Click Change plan. The dialog lists every plan this server can move to, with the price difference to your current plan. Plans with a smaller disk than the server's current disk can't hold it and are left out.

Step 3 Decide about the disk

On providers that allow it, Also grow the disk appears for plans with a bigger disk. Leave it unticked to keep the disk at its size, so you can move back to a smaller plan later.

ImportantA grown disk can't shrink again, so plans with a smaller disk are no longer possible afterwards.

Step 4 Confirm the change

Read the notice: it repeats that sites are offline while the provider stops, resizes and starts the server, usually for a few minutes, and whether the IP address changes. Click Change to followed by the plan name.

If the server gets a new public IP address, Nuvlo updates the Cloudflare DNS records it can reach and lists any others you need to change yourself. See Connect Cloudflare.

Step 5 Follow the progress

The card shows the steps Stopping, Changing plan, Starting and Checking. You can leave the page; the change continues. When it's done, the card shows Changed to with the plan name and the new size.

What each provider allows

ProviderSmaller plansDiskIP address
HetznerYes, if the disk fitsKeep or growStays the same. Same architecture only.
DigitalOceanYes, if the disk fitsKeep or growStays the same. Takes about a minute per GB of used disk.
LinodeYes, if the disk fitsKeep or growStays the same. The server moves to another host in the same data center.
UpCloudYesKeep or growStays the same. Storage never shrinks; extra storage is billed separately.
VultrNo, upgrades onlyFollows the planStays the same.
ScalewayYes, compatible types onlyFollows the planChanges only if the server has a dynamic IP.
ExoscaleYesFollows the planStays the same.
AWSYes, same architectureFollows the planChanges.
Google CloudYes, within compatible seriesFollows the planChanges.
ContaboNoFollows the planStays the same. Change the plan in Contabo's panel, see below.

Contabo servers

Contabo can't change a server's plan through its API. Upgrade the server in the Contabo Customer Panel, then click Reload plan from provider on the Server plan card so Nuvlo shows the new size. Contabo doesn't offer downgrades.

Reload plan from provider also works on other providers if you changed the plan in their own console.