CoreWeave
vs
Hetzner
What's good about each
- Nvidia nodes from A100 up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Bare-metal nodes under a managed Kubernetes control plane
- No charge for the Kubernetes control plane or Slurm
- Free egress and no object storage request fees
- 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 | CoreWeave | 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 | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Distributed File Storage) | $4.97 /mo 100 GB | 29% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Object storage | $61.44 /mo 1 TB (Hot) | $7.33 /mo 1 TB | 88% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $8.46 /mo LB11 | |
| 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
CoreWeave offers 11 GPU models, while Hetzner offers 2. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | CoreWeave | Hetzner | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.17 /GPU/hr On-demand | 13% cheaper on Hetzner |
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$2.46 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
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$4.48 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
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$4.26 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
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$2.62 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
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$1.21 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
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$10.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | CoreWeave only |
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-- On request | -- | CoreWeave only |
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$0.98 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
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-- | $0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hetzner only |
CoreWeave bills on-demand and spot; Hetzner bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | CoreWeave | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Load Balancer | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | CoreWeave | 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 | CoreWeave | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 1997 |
| Headquarters | USA | Germany |
| Locations | 55 | 6 |
| Example customers | OpenAI, Cohere, Mistral AI, NovelAI | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
| Website | coreweave.com | hetzner.com |
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Our data for CoreWeave was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Hetzner on Sept. 18, 2026.