Exoscale
vs
Hetzner
Both sell VPS, object storage, load balancers and GPUs. Exoscale adds managed Kubernetes and databases from Swiss jurisdiction, while Hetzner charges less for medium VMs, storage and egress and sells dedicated servers.
What's good about each
- Locations in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria and Croatia
- 1 TiB of monthly egress included per instance
- Managed databases from PostgreSQL to Kafka and ClickHouse
- Nvidia GPUs from RTX 3080 Ti to RTX PRO 6000
- 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 | Exoscale | Hetzner | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | $6.86 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23) | 35% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Medium VM | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $10.30 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33) | 85% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | $18.90 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43) | 89% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Block storage | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | $5.04 /mo 100 GB | 50% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Object storage | $25.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard) | $7.44 /mo 1 TB | 71% cheaper on Hetzner |
| PostgreSQL | $98.49 /mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $42.44 /mo 1 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2 / Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $25.00 /mo Network Load Balancer | $8.58 /mo LB11 | 66% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Egress allowance | 1 TiB / mo per instance (1.42 GiB / hr) | 1-60 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | $1.15 /TB €1 / TB | 94% cheaper on Hetzner |
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
Exoscale offers 7 GPU models, while Hetzner offers 2. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Exoscale | Hetzner | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 1 config
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | 9% cheaper on Exoscale |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Exoscale only |
|
V100
4 configs
|
$0.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
A40
4 configs
|
$1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
A5000
3 configs
|
$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
RTX 3080 Ti
3 configs
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
A30
4 configs
|
$0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
RTX 4000 SFF Ada
1 config
|
-- | $0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hetzner only |
Exoscale bills on-demand; Hetzner bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Exoscale | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | 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 | Exoscale | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | Germany |
| Locations | 8 | 6 |
| Example customers | -- | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
| Website | www.exoscale.com | hetzner.com |
Alternatives to consider
Compare Exoscale and Hetzner against other cloud providers.
Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Sept. 20, 2026, and for Hetzner on Sept. 18, 2026.