Civo
vs
Hetzner
Both sell VPS, object storage and load balancers. Civo runs managed Kubernetes, while Hetzner charges less for larger VMs and sells dedicated servers.
What's good about each
- Free egress and ingress
- Kubernetes control plane at no cost
- Deploy to locations in Europe and Asia
- GPUs from L40S to B300, reservable for up to 36 months
- API serving open models from the UK
- 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
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Civo | Hetzner | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | $6.75 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23) | 20% cheaper on Civo |
| Medium VM | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $10.13 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33) | 77% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Large VM | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | $18.58 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43) | 87% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Block storage | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | $4.96 /mo 100 GB | 54% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Object storage | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | $7.31 /mo 1 TB | 33% cheaper on Hetzner |
| PostgreSQL | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | $8.44 /mo LB11 | 22% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 1-60 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | $1.13 /TB €1 / TB |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Civo offers 6 GPU models, while Hetzner offers 2. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Civo | Hetzner | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
4 configs
|
$5.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
H100
10 configs
|
$2.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
$3.79 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
H200
10 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
A100
40 configs
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
L40S
20 configs
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
-- | $2.17 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hetzner only |
|
RTX 4000 SFF Ada
1 config
|
-- | $0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hetzner only |
Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months); Hetzner bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Civo | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Card payments only |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Civo | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 1997 |
| Headquarters | UK | Germany |
| Locations | 6 | 6 |
| Example customers | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
| Website | civo.com | hetzner.com |
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Our data for Civo was last updated on Oct. 6, 2026, and for Hetzner on Sept. 18, 2026.