Hetzner
vs
OVH
Both sell VPS, object storage, load balancers and GPUs at near-identical prices. Hetzner sells auction dedicated servers with 20 TB of transfer, while OVHcloud adds managed databases, 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
- No egress or object storage request fees in most locations
- Bare metal, VPS and public cloud from one provider
- 40+ datacenters across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific
- European-based, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hetzner | OVH | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23) | $5.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (VPS-1) | 21% cheaper on OVH |
| Medium VM | $10.16 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33) | $10.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VPS-2) | Within 5% |
| Large VM | $18.63 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43) | $27.50 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (VPS-4) | 32% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Block storage | $4.97 /mo 100 GB | $9.50 /mo 100 GB (High Speed, 3,000 IOPS) | 48% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Object storage | $7.33 /mo 1 TB | $8.19 /mo 1 TB (Standard, 1-AZ) | 11% cheaper on Hetzner |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $63.36 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Discovery DB1-4) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $55.01 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Discovery DB1-4, Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | $8.46 /mo LB11 | $6.84 /mo 200 Mbps (Load Balancer S) · Node only. A floating IP adds $2.30 / mo. | 19% cheaper on OVH |
| Egress allowance | 1-60 TB / mo per instance | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $1.13 /TB €1 / TB | Free and unlimited Billed in Singapore and Sydney |
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 OVH offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hetzner | OVH | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$2.17 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hetzner only |
|
RTX 4000 SFF Ada
1 config
|
$0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hetzner only |
|
H100
3 configs
|
-- | $2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
H200
1 config
|
-- | $6.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
-- | $3.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
L40S
3 configs
|
-- | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
L4
3 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
V100
3 configs
|
-- | $0.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
A10
3 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
RTX 5000
3 configs
|
-- | $0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
Hetzner bills on-demand; OVH 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 | OVH |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | US data centers only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Card payments only | Level 1, Hosted Private Cloud 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 | OVH |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Germany | France |
| Locations | 6 | 19 |
| Example customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc | AnyDesk, Sopra Steria, Floatplane, German Federal Police |
| Website | hetzner.com | www.ovhcloud.com |
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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for OVH on Oct. 1, 2026.