Hetzner
vs
Oracle Cloud
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
- 10 TB of free egress each month
- Same compute and storage prices in every region
- Flexible shapes with CPU and memory sized separately
- Oracle Database inside AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
- Always Free tier with Arm VMs and databases
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hetzner | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.70 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23) | $3.33 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex, 12.5% burstable) | 50% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Medium VM | $10.05 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33) | $44.64 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 77% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Large VM | $18.43 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43) | $89.28 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 79% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Block storage | $4.92 /mo 100 GB | $4.25 /mo 100 GB (Balanced) | 14% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Object storage | $7.25 /mo 1 TB | $26.49 /mo 1 TB | 73% cheaper on Hetzner |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $119.65 /mo 2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.E5.Flex) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $27.94 /mo 2 GB RAM (OCI Cache, Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | $8.37 /mo LB11 | Free Network Load Balancer | Free on Oracle Cloud |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $31.57 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 1-60 TB / mo per instance | 10 TB / mo | |
| Egress | $1.12 /TB €1 / TB | $8.50 /TB $0.0085 / GB (North America, Europe) | 87% 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 Oracle Cloud offers 15. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hetzner | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 1 config
|
$2.15 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 52% cheaper on Hetzner |
|
RTX 4000 SFF Ada
1 config
|
$0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hetzner only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $15.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
H100
1 config
|
-- | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $14.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
H200
1 config
|
-- | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
A100
2 configs
|
-- | $3.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | $16.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $6.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $8.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
Hetzner bills on-demand; Oracle Cloud bills on-demand. 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 | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Yes |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Card payments only | Yes |
| FedRAMP | -- | High, US Government Cloud |
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 | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Germany | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 45 |
| Example customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc | Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia |
| Website | hetzner.com | www.oracle.com |
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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Oracle Cloud on Oct. 7, 2026.