Cloudflare
vs
Hetzner
What's good about each
- Every service runs in every datacenter, 300+ cities
- No egress fees on R2 object storage or Workers
- Free tier covers CDN, DNS, WAF and DDoS mitigation
- One platform for serverless compute, storage, SQL and vector search
- 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 | Cloudflare | Hetzner | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $10.16 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $18.63 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $4.97 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $15.81 /mo 1 TB (R2 Standard) | $7.33 /mo 1 TB | 54% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $8.46 /mo LB11 | |
| Serverless | $82.50 /mo 25M invocations, 150 ms CPU time | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 1-60 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Free for most services | $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
Hetzner offers 2 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Cloudflare. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cloudflare | Hetzner | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 | Cloudflare | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Enterprise only | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, some products | Card payments only |
| FedRAMP | High, Cloudflare for Government | -- |
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 | Cloudflare | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 | 1997 |
| Headquarters | USA | Germany |
| Locations | 312 | 6 |
| Example customers | Shopify, DoorDash, Discord, Intercom, Zendesk | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
| Website | cloudflare.com | hetzner.com |
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Our data for Cloudflare was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Hetzner on Sept. 18, 2026.