Hetzner vs Supabase

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

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

Supabase

Full PostgreSQL access: direct access to the database, not an abstraction
Open Source: Avoids vendor lock-in and can be self-hosted
Combines database, authentication, storage, and serverless functions in one platform
Generous free tier: suitable for small projects

Price comparison

How do Hetzner's prices compare against Supabase?

Example configuration	Hetzner	Supabase
VM Small	$5.31 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX22)	--
VM Medium	$9.52 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX32)	--
VM Large	$22.97 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX42)	--
Block Storage	$6.11 / mo 100 GB	--
Object Storage	$5.88 / mo 1 TB	$21.00 / mo 1 TB + 250 GB reads/writes
Load Balancer	$7.48 / mo LB11	--
Managed PostgreSQL	--	$60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 8 GB Storage
Serverless 25M Executions	--	$50.00 / mo $2 per 1 Million (excl. free allowance)
Free egress allowance	1-60 TB / mo per instance	5-250 GB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$1.18 €1 / TB	$90.00 $0.09 / GB

Hetzner GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
GEX44	1x RTX 4000	20GB	14	64GB	$0.34	Source
GEX130	1x RTX 6000	48GB	24	128GB	$1.58	Source

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 managed services that Hetzner and Supabase offer:

Service	Hetzner	Supabase
Block Storage		--
Content Delivery Network (CDN)	--
GPU-powered Servers		--
Load Balancer		--
Managed PostgreSQL	--
Object Storage
Serverless Cron Jobs	--
Serverless Functions	--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)		--

Company details

	Hetzner	Supabase
Website	hetzner.com	supabase.com
Headquarters	Germany 🇩🇪	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	1997	2020
Data Center Locations	6	16
Example Customers	Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc	Mozilla, GitHub, 1Password, Pika, Humata

	Hetzner
Website	hetzner.com
Headquarters	Germany 🇩🇪
Founded	1997
Data Center Locations	6
Example Customers	Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc

	Supabase
Website	supabase.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2020
Data Center Locations	16
Example Customers	Mozilla, GitHub, 1Password, Pika, Humata