Hetzner
Cost-effective cloud provider from Germany
Hetzner is a German web hosting company and data center operator. Founded in 1997, it has grown to become one of the notable players in the web hosting industry. It's particularly known for its balance of affordability and high performance servers. They operate several data centers in Germany, the US, and Finland.
Example customers include Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc. More here.
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What's good about 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
Hetzner pricing examples
Hetzner's pricing is usage-based. That means you pay each month based on the resources you configured. Their data transfer pool is very generous, even small instances come with 20+ TB of egress each month.
Below are some example configurations and their estimated costs:
| Example configuration | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| VM Small | $5.23 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CPX11) |
| VM Medium | $12.21 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CPX32) |
| VM Large | $22.69 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPX42) |
| Block Storage | $5.12 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | $5.82 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | $6.27 / mo LB11 |
| Free egress allowance | 1-60 TB / mo per instance |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $1.16 Per TB overage |
Hetzner GPUs
Hetzner offers cloud GPUs in the following configurations:
| GPU | Total VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Billing | $/GPU/h | Total/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1x RTX 6000 Ada
1x RTX 6000 Ada 48GB
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48GB | 24 | 128GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $1.51 | $1.51 | View |
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1x RTX 4000 Ada
1x RTX 4000 Ada 20GB
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20GB | 14 | 64GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.34 | $0.34 | View |
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Heads up: We do our best to keep these 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 with the provider before provisioning. You can find Hetzner's latest pricing here.
Which services does Hetzner offer
Here are some of the services that Hetzner offers:
Data center locations
Based on our records, Hetzner has at least 6 data centers:
| Country | Location | Slug |
|---|---|---|
| Finland | Helsinki | hel1 |
| Germany | Falkenstein | fsn1 |
| Germany | Nuremberg | nbg1 |
| Singapore | Singapore | sin |
| USA | Ashburn, Virginia | ash |
| USA | Hillsboro, Oregon | hil |
Alternatives to Hetzner
Compare Hetzner against other cloud providers:
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DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean is a good alternative to Hetzner if you're not only looking at European-based providers, and would like a wider range of managed services such as Kubernetes, managed containers, and object storage.
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Scaleway
Scaleway is a great alternative to Hetzner if you're in the market for another European cloud provider that offers a wider range of managed services.
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UpCloud
Take a look at UpCloud if you're in search of European cloud providers like Hetzner, but you'd like to make use of more managed services such as databases, caches, and object storage.
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Vultr
Vultr is a worthy alternative to Hetzner if you're looking for a cloud provider with a wider range of managed services at competitive prices.
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Akamai Cloud
Similarly to Hetzner, Akamai Cloud offers a wide range of VPS configurations at affordable prices. However, Akamai Cloud has an edge when it comes to number of data center locations, which might be a deciding factor depending on where your users are located.
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Lyceum
Lyceum is a Berlin-based GPU cloud provider specializing in EU-sovereign AI infrastructure with per-second billing and no minimum commitment.
Our data for Hetzner was last updated on March 25, 2026.