The Basics
Amazon Web Services
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Hetzner
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|---|---|---|
| Website | aws.amazon.com | hetzner.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | Germany 🇩🇪 |
| Founded | 2006 | 1997 |
| Data Center Locations | 31 | 5 |
| Example Customers | Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
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Amazon Web Services
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|
|---|---|
| Website | aws.amazon.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Data Center Locations | 31 |
| Example Customers | Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro |
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Hetzner
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|
|---|---|
| Website | hetzner.com |
| Headquarters | Germany 🇩🇪 |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Data Center Locations | 5 |
| Example Customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
Cost Comparison
How do Amazon Web Services's prices compare against Hetzner?
| Example configuration |
Amazon Web Services
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Hetzner
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro) | $4.80 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (CX11) |
| VM Medium | $119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge) | $17.23 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CPX31) |
| VM Large | $248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge) | $61.47 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (CCX33) |
| Block Storage | $8.00 / mo 100 GB | $5.58 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | $24.63 / mo 1 TB | -- |
| Load Balancer | $22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer | $6.83 / mo LB11 |
| Managed PostgreSQL | $57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium) | -- |
| Managed Redis®* | $114.58 / 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 | 20-60 TB / mo per instance |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $92.16 | $1.07 |
Note: These 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 of the managed services that Amazon Web Services and Hetzner offer:
| Service |
Amazon Web Services
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Hetzner
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|---|---|---|
| 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) |
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Our data for Amazon Web Services was last updated on Feb. 29, 2024, and for Hetzner on Feb. 29, 2024.