What's good about...
Cloudflare
- Consolidates many edge services under one platform: DNS, Load Balancing, caching, image optimization, serverless functions
- Massive edge network that can handle large DDoS attacks
- Very generous free tier, affordable paid plans
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 Cloudflare's prices compare against Hetzner?
Example configuration |
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VM Small | -- | $4.91 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX22) |
VM Medium | -- | $8.81 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX32) |
VM Large | -- | $21.26 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX42) |
Block Storage | -- | $5.65 / mo 100 GB |
Object Storage | $19.86 / mo 1 TB | $5.44 / mo 1 TB |
Load Balancer | -- | $6.93 / mo LB11 |
Serverless 25M Executions | $82.50 / mo 25M invocations, 150 ms duration | -- |
Free egress allowance | -- | 1-60 TB / mo per instance |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | Free for most services | $1.09 β¬1 / TB |
Hetzner offers GPUs in the following configurations:
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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GEX44 | 1x RTX 4000 | 20GB | 14 | 64GB | $0.32 | Source |
GEX130 | 1x RTX 6000 | 48GB | 24 | 128GB | $1.46 | 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 Cloudflare and Hetzner offer:
Service |
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Block Storage | -- | |
Content Delivery Network (CDN) | -- | |
GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
Load Balancer | ||
Object Storage | ||
Serverless Cron Jobs | -- | |
Serverless Functions | -- | |
Static Sites | -- | |
Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
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Website | cloudflare.com | hetzner.com |
Headquarters | United States of America πΊπΈ | Germany π©πͺ |
Founded | 2009 | 1997 |
Data Center Locations | 285 | 6 |
Example Customers | Polestar, Carrefour, DHL, Hemnet, Shopify | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
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Website | cloudflare.com |
Headquarters | United States of America πΊπΈ |
Founded | 2009 |
Data Center Locations | 285 |
Example Customers | Polestar, Carrefour, DHL, Hemnet, Shopify |
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Website | hetzner.com |
Headquarters | Germany π©πͺ |
Founded | 1997 |
Data Center Locations | 6 |
Example Customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
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Our data for Cloudflare was last updated on July 24, 2024, and for Hetzner on Dec. 3, 2024.