Hetzner vs Netlify

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

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

Netlify

Specialized in Jamstack architectures: JS, APIs and Markup
Extensive functionality such as forms, edge functions and analytics
Generous free plan with 500 sites and 100 GB egress

Price comparison

How do Hetzner's prices compare against Netlify?

Example configuration	Hetzner	Netlify
VM Small	$5.12 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX22)	--
VM Medium	$9.19 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX32)	--
VM Large	$22.16 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX42)	--
Block Storage	$5.89 / mo 100 GB	--
Object Storage	$5.68 / mo 1 TB	--
Load Balancer	$7.22 / mo LB11	--
Serverless 25M Executions	--	$950.00 / mo 25M invocations (level 2 tier)
Free egress allowance	1-60 TB / mo per instance	100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$1.14 €1 / TB	$550.00 Billed $55 / 100 GB

Hetzner GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
GEX44	1x RTX 4000	20GB	14	64GB	$0.33	Source
GEX130	1x RTX 6000	48GB	24	128GB	$1.52	Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Hetzner and Netlify offer:

Service	Hetzner	Netlify
Block Storage		--
Content Delivery Network (CDN)	--
GPU-powered Servers		--
Load Balancer		--
Object Storage
Serverless Cron Jobs	--
Serverless Functions	--
Static Sites	--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)		--

Company details

	Hetzner	Netlify
Website	hetzner.com	netlify.com
Headquarters	Germany 🇩🇪	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	1997	2014
Data Center Locations	6	16
Example Customers	Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc	Twilio, Mattel, Google, Riot Games, Mailchimp

	Hetzner
Website	hetzner.com
Headquarters	Germany 🇩🇪
Founded	1997
Data Center Locations	6
Example Customers	Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc

	Netlify
Website	netlify.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2014
Data Center Locations	16
Example Customers	Twilio, Mattel, Google, Riot Games, Mailchimp