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Hetzner vs Salad

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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

Salad logo Salad

  • 60,000+ daily active GPUs across 191 countries
  • Consumer GPU range from GTX 1050 Ti to RTX 5090
  • Rates well below datacenter GPU clouds
  • Fully managed container engine, Kubernetes-compatible deployments
  • Secure Cloud option for enterprise datacenter GPUs

Price comparison

How do Hetzner's prices compare against Salad?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Hetzner Hetzner
$7.01 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23)
Salad Salad
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Hetzner Hetzner
$10.52 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33)
Salad Salad
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VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Hetzner Hetzner
$19.29 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43)
Salad Salad
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Hetzner Hetzner
$5.15 / mo 100 GB
Salad Salad
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Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Hetzner Hetzner
$7.59 / mo 1 TB
Salad Salad
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Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Hetzner Hetzner
$8.76 / mo LB11
Salad Salad
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Free egress allowance

Hetzner Hetzner
1-60 TB / mo per instance
Salad Salad
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Hetzner Hetzner
$1.17 €1 / TB
Salad Salad
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Salad logo Salad Pricing Details

Salad bills per hour for resources actually consumed, with no commitments. Instances are priced by component, combining the GPU rate with per-vCPU and per-GB memory rates, plus a priority level that trades cost against scheduling preference. Volume discounts are available for large deployments.

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Vast.ai
Our sponsor
Per-second billing. Pay only for what you use.
50+ GPU models from RTX 3060 to B200, from $0.04/hr
No minimums, no long-term contracts.
SOC2 certified · PyTorch, CUDA & TensorFlow templates ready
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GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Hetzner Hetzner
On-Demand
Salad Salad
On-Demand

Available Models

Ranked by how many providers list each card. The number beside a GPU is how many instance configurations this provider sells it in, not how many are in stock.

Hetzner offers 2 GPU models, while Salad offers 33.

Hetzner Hetzner
RTX PRO 6000(1) RTX 4000 Ada(1)
Salad Salad
RTX 4090(1) RTX 5090(1) A5000(1) RTX 3090(1) RTX 3080 Ti(1) RTX 4080(1) RTX 3070(1) RTX 3060 Ti(1) RTX 3080(1) RTX 5080(1)
View all 33 GPUs →

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Hetzner and Salad offer:

Service Hetzner Salad
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Object Storage
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Hetzner Hetzner
hetzner.com
Salad Salad
salad.com
Headquarters
Hetzner Hetzner
Germany
Salad Salad
United States of America
Founded
Hetzner Hetzner
1997
Salad Salad
2018
Data Center Locations
Hetzner Hetzner
6
Salad Salad
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Example Customers
Hetzner Hetzner
Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc
Salad Salad
Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on July 27, 2026, and for Salad on Aug. 22, 2026.

Vast.ai Logo
Vast.ai
Our sponsor
Per-second billing. Pay only for what you use.
50+ GPU models from RTX 3060 to B200, from $0.04/hr
No minimums, no long-term contracts.
SOC2 certified · PyTorch, CUDA & TensorFlow templates ready
Learn more