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
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 |
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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 | Render | |
---|---|---|
Website | hetzner.com | render.com |
Headquarters | Germany 🇩🇪 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 1997 | 2018 |
Data Center Locations | 6 | 4 |
Example Customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc | Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt |
Hetzner | |
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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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More comparisonsOur data for Hetzner was last updated on Oct. 7, 2024, and for Render on Sept. 30, 2024.