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

Hetzner logo Render

  • Offers managed services from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
  • Managed PostgreSQL supports point-in-time recovery
  • Generous free tier

Price comparison

How do Hetzner's prices compare against Render?

Example configuration Hetzner Render
VM Small $4.91 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX22) $25.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service)
VM Medium $8.82 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX32) $175.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service)
VM Large $21.27 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX42) $450.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service)
Block Storage $5.66 / mo 100 GB $25.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage $5.45 / mo 1 TB --
Load Balancer $6.93 / mo LB11 Included in plan
Managed PostgreSQL -- $95.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage
Managed Redis®* -- $32.00 / mo 1 GB RAM
Free egress allowance 20-60 TB / mo per instance 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $1.09 €1 / TB $300.00 Billed $30 / 100 GB

Hetzner offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
GEX44 1x RTX4000 20GB 14 64GB $0.38
GEX130 1x A6000 48GB 24 128GB $1.74

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 of the managed services that Hetzner and Render offer:

Service Hetzner Render
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN) --
GPU-powered Servers --
Load Balancer --
Managed Containers --
Managed MySQL --
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®* --
Object Storage --
Serverless Cron Jobs --
Static Sites --
Virtual Private Server (VPS) --

Company details

Hetzner
Website hetzner.com
Headquarters Germany 🇩🇪
Founded 1997
Data Center Locations 6
Example Customers Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc
Render
Website render.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2018
Data Center Locations 4
Example Customers Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt

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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on Oct. 7, 2024, and for Render on Sept. 30, 2024.