Hetzner vs Hexabyte

Both sell VPS, object storage and GPUs at near-identical prices with cheap egress. Hetzner adds block storage, load balancers and dedicated servers from four countries, while Hexabyte hosts everything in Sweden.

What's good about each

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

Hexabyte

Affordable VPS instances with customizable specs
S3-compatible object storage with no egress or API fees
Offers dedicated servers
EU-based with GDPR-friendly data storage

Price comparison

Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.

Service	Hetzner	Hexabyte	Difference
Small VM	$6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23)	$4.37 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe	35% cheaper on Hexabyte
Medium VM	$10.16 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33)	$11.03 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe	8% cheaper on Hetzner
Large VM	$18.63 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43)	$19.91 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe	6% cheaper on Hetzner
Block storage	$4.97 /mo 100 GB	-- Not listed
Object storage	$7.33 /mo 1 TB	$6.78 /mo 1 TB (no egress or API fees)	8% cheaper on Hexabyte
Load balancer	$8.46 /mo LB11	-- Not listed
Egress allowance	1-60 TB / mo per instance	20 TB / mo per instance
Egress	$1.13 /TB €1 / TB	$1.13 /TB per TB	Identical

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

Hetzner offers 2 GPU models, while Hexabyte offers 1. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU	Hetzner	Hexabyte	Difference
RTX PRO 6000 1 config	$2.17 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	Hetzner only
RTX 4000 SFF Ada 1 config	$0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	Hetzner only
L4 4 configs	--	$0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand	Hexabyte only

All 2 GPUs on Hetzner All 1 GPU on Hexabyte

Hetzner bills on-demand; Hexabyte bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.

Salad

Access 60,000+ daily active GPUs across 191 countries, from $0.02/hour

Run RTX 50-series and 40-series cards without datacenter pricing

Pick a priority level to balance cost against interruptions

Per-second billing, with no charge for cold starts or image pulls

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Services

Managed services each provider offers.

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

Compliance

Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.

Framework	Hetzner	Hexabyte
ISO 27001	Yes	--
GDPR	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	Hetzner	Hexabyte
Founded	1997	2016
Headquarters	Germany	Sweden
Locations	6	1
Example customers	Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc	Molnett, Region Västerbotten, Umeå Kommunföretag, Enduce
Website	hetzner.com	hexabyte.se

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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Hexabyte on Sept. 18, 2026.