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Elastx vs Hetzner

Elastx targets regulated workloads with included security services and Swedish data residency, while Hetzner offers significantly lower pricing for compute and GPU instances across European and US datacenters.

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What's good about...

Elastx logo Elastx

  • All infrastructure in Sweden with three availability zones for local disaster recovery
  • ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, and ISO 14001 certified
  • 24/7 support, DDoS protection, and threat intelligence included in base pricing
  • OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
  • Hourly billing with optional 1-year and 3-year commitment discounts

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 Elastx's prices compare against Hetzner?

VM Small

Elastx Elastx
$27.03 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk
Hetzner Hetzner
$6.94 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23)

VM Medium

Elastx Elastx
$130.80 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk
Hetzner Hetzner
$10.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33)

VM Large

Elastx Elastx
$261.60 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk
Hetzner Hetzner
$19.12 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43)

Block Storage

Elastx Elastx
$29.30 /mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS)
Hetzner Hetzner
$5.10 /mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Elastx Elastx
$56.74 /mo 1 TB stored
Hetzner Hetzner
$7.52 /mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Elastx Elastx
$39.92 /mo v1-lb-1
Hetzner Hetzner
$8.68 /mo LB11

Managed PostgreSQL

Elastx Elastx
$189.09 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk
Hetzner Hetzner
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Managed Redis®*

Elastx Elastx
$189.09 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey)
Hetzner Hetzner
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Free egress allowance

Elastx Elastx
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Hetzner Hetzner
1-60 TB / mo per instance

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Elastx Elastx
$51.58 1 TB external traffic
Hetzner Hetzner
$1.16 €1 / TB

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Elastx Elastx
Hetzner Hetzner
RTX PRO 6000 $2.91 $2.23

Billing Options

Elastx Elastx
On-Demand
Hetzner Hetzner
On-Demand

Available Models

Elastx offers 4 GPU models, while Hetzner offers 2.

Elastx Elastx
A100(2) RTX PRO 6000(1) L40S(1) L4(1)
Hetzner Hetzner
RTX PRO 6000(1) RTX 4000 SFF Ada(1)

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Elastx and Hetzner offer:

Service Elastx Hetzner
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Elastx Elastx
elastx.se
Hetzner Hetzner
hetzner.com
Headquarters
Elastx Elastx
Sweden SE flag
Hetzner Hetzner
Germany DE flag
Founded
Elastx Elastx
2012
Hetzner Hetzner
1997
Data Center Locations
Elastx Elastx
3
Hetzner Hetzner
6
Example Customers
Elastx Elastx
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Hetzner Hetzner
Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc

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Our data for Elastx was last updated on Aug. 31, 2026, and for Hetzner on Aug. 31, 2026.