What's good about...

Cloudways logo Cloudways

  • Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
  • Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
  • Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups

Hetzner logo 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 Cloudways's prices compare against Hetzner?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Cloudways Cloudways
$11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB)
Hetzner Hetzner
$5.14 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Cloudways Cloudways
$88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB)
Hetzner Hetzner
$8.01 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Cloudways Cloudways
$149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB)
Hetzner Hetzner
$14.31 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Cloudways Cloudways
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Hetzner Hetzner
$5.04 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Cloudways Cloudways
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Hetzner Hetzner
$5.73 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Cloudways Cloudways
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Hetzner Hetzner
$7.34 / mo LB11

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Cloudways Cloudways
Included depending on plan
Hetzner Hetzner
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Free egress allowance

Cloudways Cloudways
1-12 TB / mo
Hetzner Hetzner
1-60 TB / mo per instance

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Cloudways Cloudways
$20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider)
Hetzner Hetzner
$1.15 €1 / TB

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Cloudways Cloudways
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Hetzner Hetzner
$0.33/hr

Billing Options

Cloudways Cloudways
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Hetzner Hetzner
On-Demand

Available Models

Hetzner offers 2 GPU models.

Cloudways Cloudways
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Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Cloudways Cloudways
www.cloudways.com
Hetzner Hetzner
hetzner.com
Headquarters
Cloudways Cloudways
United States of America
Hetzner Hetzner
Germany
Founded
Cloudways Cloudways
2012
Hetzner Hetzner
1997
Data Center Locations
Cloudways Cloudways
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Hetzner Hetzner
6
Example Customers
Cloudways Cloudways
Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko
Hetzner Hetzner
Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc

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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Hetzner on June 11, 2026.