Hetzner
vs
Leaseweb
Both sell VPS, bare metal, storage and GPUs. Hetzner charges less for egress and storage and adds load balancers, while Leaseweb charges less for small VMs and adds managed Kubernetes, a CDN and H100 GPUs.
What's good about each
- 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
- 20+ data centers across four continents
- 30 TB outgoing traffic included on every VPS
- DDoS protection and 10 Gbps uplink standard on VPS
- S3-compatible object storage in 6 regions
- 99.99% SLA on GPU cloud, high durability on object storage
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hetzner | Leaseweb | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.72 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23) | $4.03 /mo 4 vCPU, 6 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe (VPS 1) | 40% cheaper on Leaseweb |
| Medium VM | $10.09 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33) | $9.08 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 200 GB NVMe (VPS 2) | 10% cheaper on Leaseweb |
| Large VM | $18.51 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43) | $14.13 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM, 300 GB NVMe (VPS 3) | 24% cheaper on Leaseweb |
| Block storage | $4.94 /mo 100 GB | $8.71 /mo 100 GB Network SSD, up to 5K IOPS | 43% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Object storage | $7.29 /mo 1 TB | $19.45 /mo 1 TB stored | 63% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Load balancer | $8.41 /mo LB11 | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 1-60 TB / mo per instance | VPS includes 30 TB per instance. Incoming is free. 1 TB free pooled traffic per month | |
| Egress | $1.12 /TB €1 / TB | $2.47 /TB 1 TB outgoing beyond free allowance · Drops to €1.00/TB at 100 TB. | 55% 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
Hetzner offers 2 GPU models, while Leaseweb offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hetzner | Leaseweb | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 5 configs
|
$2.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Different terms |
|
RTX 4000 SFF Ada
1 config
|
$0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hetzner only |
|
H100
7 configs
|
-- | $1.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
-- | $2.23 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
|
L40S
6 configs
|
-- | $0.73 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
|
L4
20 configs
|
-- | $0.41 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
|
T4
11 configs
|
-- | $0.22 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
|
A30
3 configs
|
-- | $0.45 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
MI210
3 configs
|
-- | $0.84 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
Hetzner bills on-demand; Leaseweb bills on-demand and reserved (1 months). 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 | Hetzner | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Leaseweb Canada colocation only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Leaseweb USA only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Card payments only | Physical security 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 | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Germany | Netherlands |
| Locations | 6 | 10 |
| Example customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc | Adjust, Crytek, Rijksmuseum, XDA Developers, Remerge, Jodel, International Paralympic Committee |
| Website | hetzner.com | www.leaseweb.com |
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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Leaseweb on Oct. 2, 2026.