Hetzner vs Thunder Compute

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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

Thunder Compute

Offers affordable cloud GPUs, including A100 and H100 instances.
Simple, pay-as-you-go pricing model.
Focused on maximizing hardware utilization to provide lower costs.

Price comparison

How do Hetzner's prices compare against Thunder Compute?

Example configuration	Hetzner	Thunder Compute
VM Small	$5.15 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX22)	--
VM Medium	$9.23 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX32)	--
VM Large	$22.27 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX42)	--
Block Storage	$5.92 / mo 100 GB	$15.00 / mo $0.15 per GB/month 100 GB
Object Storage	$5.71 / mo 1 TB	--
Load Balancer	$7.26 / mo LB11	--
Free egress allowance	1-60 TB / mo per instance	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$1.14 €1 / TB	--

Hetzner GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
GEX44	1x RTX 4000	20GB	14	64GB	$0.33	Source
GEX130	1x RTX 6000	48GB	24	128GB	$1.53	Source

Thunder Compute GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
Tesla T4	1x T4	16GB	4	32GB	$0.27	Source
A100 (40GB)	1x A100	40GB	4	32GB	$0.57	Source
A100 (80GB)	1x A100	80GB	4	32GB	$0.78	Source
H100	1x H100	80GB	4	32GB	$1.47	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 Thunder Compute offer:

Service	Hetzner	Thunder Compute
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer		--
Object Storage		--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)		--

Company details

	Hetzner	Thunder Compute
Website	hetzner.com	thundercompute.com
Headquarters	Germany 🇩🇪	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	1997	2024
Data Center Locations	6	1
Example Customers	Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc	KronosAI, Abbvie

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