What's good about...

Hetzner logo 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

Lium logo Lium

  • Competitive pricing, billed per minute with no hourly minimum
  • Rent a single GPU or a full 8-GPU node
  • Wide range of GPU models, including H100, H200 and RTX PRO 6000
  • CLI, Python SDK and an agent skill for coding agents

Price comparison

How do Hetzner's prices compare against Lium?

VM Small

Hetzner Hetzner
$6.96 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23)
Lium Lium
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VM Medium

Hetzner Hetzner
$10.45 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33)
Lium Lium
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VM Large

Hetzner Hetzner
$19.16 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43)
Lium Lium
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Block Storage

Hetzner Hetzner
$5.11 / mo 100 GB
Lium Lium
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Object Storage

Hetzner Hetzner
$7.54 / mo 1 TB
Lium Lium
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Load Balancer

Hetzner Hetzner
$8.70 / mo LB11
Lium Lium
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Free egress allowance

Hetzner Hetzner
1-60 TB / mo per instance
Lium Lium
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Hetzner Hetzner
$1.16 €1 / TB
Lium Lium
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Lium logo Lium Pricing Details

Lium bills per minute with no hourly minimum, against a prepaid balance.

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Hetzner Hetzner
Lium Lium
RTX PRO 6000 $2.23 $1.19

Billing Options

Hetzner Hetzner
On-Demand
Lium Lium
On-DemandSpot

Available Models

Hetzner offers 2 GPU models, while Lium offers 10.

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Hetzner and Lium offer:

Company details

Website
Hetzner Hetzner
hetzner.com
Lium Lium
lium.io
Headquarters
Hetzner Hetzner
Germany DE flag
Lium Lium
United States of America US flag
Founded
Hetzner Hetzner
1997
Lium Lium
2024
Data Center Locations
Hetzner Hetzner
6
Lium Lium
14
Example Customers
Hetzner Hetzner
Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc
Lium Lium
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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on Aug. 31, 2026, and for Lium on Sept. 8, 2026.