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 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
Website hetzner.com
Headquarters Germany πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ
Founded 1997
Data Center Locations 6
Example Customers Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc
Thunder Compute
Website thundercompute.com
Headquarters United States of America πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Founded 2024
Data Center Locations 1
Example Customers KronosAI, Abbvie

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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on Dec. 3, 2024, and for Thunder Compute on June 7, 2025.