FluidStack vs Hetzner

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
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What's good about...

FluidStack

Deploy GPU workloads without having to manage infrastructure
Affordable prices, wide range of GPU options
Clusters can be reserved to lock-in savings
24/7 support with a 15-minute response time

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 FluidStack's prices compare against Hetzner?

Example configuration	FluidStack	Hetzner
VM Small	--	$4.72 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX22)
VM Medium	--	$8.47 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX32)
VM Large	--	$20.44 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX42)
Block Storage	--	$5.43 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	--	$5.24 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer	--	$6.66 / mo LB11
Free egress allowance	--	1-60 TB / mo per instance
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	--	$1.05 €1 / TB

FluidStack offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
Nvidia A4000	1x A4000	16GB	36	128GB	$0.40	Source
Nvidia A5000	1x A5000	24GB	36	128GB	$0.55	Source
Nvidia A40	1x A40	48GB	32	128GB	$0.60	Source
Nvidia A6000	1x A6000	48GB	48	128GB	$0.80	Source
Nvidia L40	1x L40S	48GB	32	48GB	$1.25	Launch
Nvidia A100 PCIe 40GB	1x A100	40GB	32	128GB	$1.65	Source
Nvidia A100 PCIe 80GB	1x A100	80GB	48	256GB	$1.80	Launch
Nvidia H100 PCIe	1x H100	80GB	48	256GB	$2.89	Launch

Hetzner offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
GEX44	1x RTX 4000	20GB	14	64GB	$0.30	Source
GEX130	1x RTX 6000	48GB	24	128GB	$1.40	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 FluidStack and Hetzner offer:

Service	FluidStack	Hetzner
Block Storage	--
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer	--
Object Storage	--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)	--

Company details

	FluidStack	Hetzner
Website	www.fluidstack.io	hetzner.com
Headquarters	United Kingdom 🇬🇧	Germany 🇩🇪
Founded	2017	1997
Data Center Locations	4	6
Example Customers	Character.ai, Playground, Samsung Research, Krisp, Codeway	Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc

	FluidStack
Website	www.fluidstack.io
Headquarters	United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Founded	2017
Data Center Locations	4
Example Customers	Character.ai, Playground, Samsung Research, Krisp, Codeway

	Hetzner
Website	hetzner.com
Headquarters	Germany 🇩🇪
Founded	1997
Data Center Locations	6
Example Customers	Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc