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 | $6.94 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $10.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $19.12 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $5.10 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $15.81 /mo 1 TB (R2 Standard) | $7.52 /mo 1 TB | 2.1x more expensive on Cloudflare |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $8.68 /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 | $1.16 /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
|
-- | $2.23 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hetzner only |
|
RTX 4000 SFF Ada
1 config
|
-- | $0.43 /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.
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. 1, 2026, and for Hetzner on Aug. 31, 2026.