Hetzner
vs
Azure
Both sell VMs, object storage, load balancers and GPUs. Hetzner charges less for medium VMs, storage and egress and sells dedicated servers, while Microsoft Azure adds hundreds of managed services and datacenter 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
- Integrates with Entra ID, Microsoft 365, GitHub and Visual Studio
- Azure Arc and Azure Stack for hybrid and multicloud
- OpenAI models served through Azure AI Foundry
- 100+ compliance offerings, regional and industry-specific
- 60+ regions worldwide
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hetzner | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.81 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23) | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | Within 5% |
| Medium VM | $10.22 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33) | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | 89% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Large VM | $18.74 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43) | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | 92% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Block storage | $5.00 /mo 100 GB | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | 37% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Object storage | $7.38 /mo 1 TB | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | 79% cheaper on Hetzner |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $54.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $23.04 /mo 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) | |
| Load balancer | $8.51 /mo LB11 | $23.00 /mo Standard | 63% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $35.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 1-60 TB / mo per instance | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | $1.14 /TB €1 / TB | $87.00 /TB $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) | 99% 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 Azure offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hetzner | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 40 configs
|
$2.18 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 60% cheaper on Hetzner |
|
RTX 4000 SFF Ada
1 config
|
$0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hetzner only |
|
H100
20 configs
|
-- | $1.29 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
-- | $6.86 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Azure only |
|
A100
20 configs
|
-- | $0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
GB200
4 configs
|
-- | $11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Azure only |
MI300X
4 configs
|
-- | $1.60 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
V100
6 configs
|
-- | $0.28 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
T4
16 configs
|
-- | $0.15 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
A10
12 configs
|
-- | $0.59 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
Hetzner bills on-demand; Azure bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 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 | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Card payments only | Level 1 |
| FedRAMP | -- | High |
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 | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Germany | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 66 |
| Example customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
| Website | hetzner.com | azure.microsoft.com |
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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Azure on Sept. 24, 2026.