AWS vs Hetzner

AWS offers a wide range of managed services and extensive global infrastructure. Hetzner is known for its competitive pricing and robust hardware, appealing to cost-conscious users seeking high performance.

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

Amazon Web Services

Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
30+ datacenter locations around the world

Hetzner

High performance VPS configurations at affordable prices (shared, high memory, dedicated CPU)
Easy to use web console & developer tooling (Terraform SDKs, official CLI)
EU-based company, may simplify GDPR compliance for some

Price comparison

How do Amazon Web Services's prices compare against Hetzner?

Example configuration	Amazon Web Services	Hetzner
VM Small	$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)	$5.08 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX22)
VM Medium	$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)	$9.11 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX32)
VM Large	$248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge)	$21.98 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX42)
Block Storage	$8.00 / mo 100 GB	$5.84 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	$24.63 / mo 1 TB	$5.63 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer	$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer	$7.16 / mo LB11
Managed PostgreSQL	$57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium)	--
Managed Redis®*	$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)	--
Serverless 25M Executions	$36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration	--
Free egress allowance	100 GB / mo	1-60 TB / mo per instance
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)	$1.13 €1 / TB

AWS GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
g4ad.xlarge	1x Radeon Pro V520	8GB	4	16GB	$0.38	Source
g5g.xlarge	1x T4G	16GB	4	16GB	$0.42	Source
g4dn.xlarge	1x T4	16GB	4	16GB	$0.53	Source
g4ad.2xlarge	1x Radeon Pro V520	8GB	8	32GB	$0.54	Source
g5g.2xlarge	1x T4G	16GB	8	16GB	$0.56	Source
g3s.xlarge	1x M60	8GB	4	30GB	$0.75	Source
g4dn.2xlarge	1x T4	16GB	8	32GB	$0.75	Source
g6.xlarge	1x L4	24GB	4	16GB	$0.80	Source
g5g.4xlarge	1x T4G	16GB	16	32GB	$0.83	Source
g4ad.4xlarge	1x Radeon Pro V520	8GB	16	64GB	$0.87	Source
p2.xlarge	1x K80	12GB	4	61GB	$0.90	Source
g6.2xlarge	1x L4	24GB	8	32GB	$0.98	Source
g5.xlarge	1x A10G	24GB	4	16GB	$1.01	Source
g3.4xlarge	1x M60	8GB	16	122GB	$1.14	Source
g4dn.4xlarge	1x T4	16GB	16	64GB	$1.20	Source
g5.2xlarge	1x A10G	24GB	8	32GB	$1.21	Source
g6.4xlarge	1x L4	24GB	16	64GB	$1.32	Source
g5g.8xlarge	1x T4G	16GB	32	64GB	$1.37	Source
g5.4xlarge	1x A10G	24GB	16	64GB	$1.62	Source
g4ad.8xlarge	2x Radeon Pro V520	16GB	32	128GB	$1.73	Source
g6e.xlarge	1x L40S	48GB	4	32GB	$1.87	Source
g6.8xlarge	1x L4	24GB	32	128GB	$2.01	Source
g4dn.8xlarge	1x T4	16GB	32	128GB	$2.18	Source
g6e.2xlarge	1x L40S	48GB	8	64GB	$2.24	Source
g3.8xlarge	2x M60	16GB	32	244GB	$2.28	Source
g5.8xlarge	1x A10G	24GB	32	128GB	$2.45	Source
g5g.16xlarge	2x T4G	32GB	64	128GB	$2.74	Source
g5g.metal	2x T4G	32GB	64	128GB	$2.74	Source
g6e.4xlarge	1x L40S	48GB	16	128GB	$3.00	Source
p3.2xlarge	1x V100	16GB	8	61GB	$3.06	Source
g6.16xlarge	1x L4	24GB	64	256GB	$3.40	Source
g4ad.16xlarge	4x Radeon Pro V520	32GB	64	256GB	$3.47	Source
g4dn.12xlarge	4x T4	64GB	48	192GB	$3.91	Source
g5.16xlarge	1x A10G	24GB	64	256GB	$4.10	Source
g4dn.16xlarge	1x T4	16GB	64	256GB	$4.35	Source
g6e.8xlarge	1x L40S	48GB	32	256GB	$4.53	Source
g3.16xlarge	4x M60	32GB	64	488GB	$4.56	Source
g6.12xlarge	4x L4	96GB	48	192GB	$4.60	Source
g5.12xlarge	4x A10G	96GB	48	192GB	$5.67	Source
g6.24xlarge	4x L4	96GB	96	384GB	$6.68	Source
p2.8xlarge	8x K80	96GB	32	488GB	$7.20	Source
g6e.16xlarge	1x L40S	48GB	64	512GB	$7.58	Source
g4dn.metal	8x T4	128GB	96	384GB	$7.82	Source
g5.24xlarge	4x A10G	96GB	96	384GB	$8.14	Source
g6e.12xlarge	4x L40S	192GB	48	384GB	$10.49	Source
p3.8xlarge	4x V100	64GB	32	244GB	$12.24	Source
g6.48xlarge	8x L4	192GB	192	768GB	$13.35	Source
p2.16xlarge	16x K80	192GB	64	732GB	$14.40	Source
g6e.24xlarge	4x L40S	192GB	96	768GB	$15.07	Source
g5.48xlarge	8x A10G	192GB	192	768GB	$16.29	Source
p3.16xlarge	8x V100	128GB	64	488GB	$24.48	Source
g6e.48xlarge	8x L40S	384GB	192	1536GB	$30.13	Source
p3dn.24xlarge	8x V100	256GB	96	768GB	$31.21	Source
p4d.24xlarge	8x A100	320GB	96	1152GB	$32.77	Source
p5e.48xlarge	8x H200	1128GB	192	2048GB	$84.80	Source
p5.48xlarge	8x H100	640GB	192	2048GB	$98.32	Source

Hetzner GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
GEX44	1x RTX 4000	20GB	14	64GB	$0.33	Source
GEX130	1x RTX 6000	48GB	24	128GB	$1.51	Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Amazon Web Services and Hetzner offer:

Service	Amazon Web Services	Hetzner
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)		--
Container Registry		--
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers		--
Managed Kubernetes		--
Managed MySQL		--
Managed PostgreSQL		--
Managed Redis®*		--
Object Storage
Serverless Cron Jobs		--
Serverless Functions		--
Static Sites		--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

	Amazon Web Services	Hetzner
Website	aws.amazon.com	hetzner.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	Germany 🇩🇪
Founded	2006	1997
Data Center Locations	31	6
Example Customers	Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro	Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc

	Amazon Web Services
Website	aws.amazon.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2006
Data Center Locations	31
Example Customers	Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro

	Hetzner
Website	hetzner.com
Headquarters	Germany 🇩🇪
Founded	1997
Data Center Locations	6
Example Customers	Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc