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 |
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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 β¬1 / TB | -- |
Hetzner GPUs
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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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 | |
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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:
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GPU-powered Servers | ||
Load Balancer | -- | |
Object Storage | -- | |
Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
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Website | hetzner.com | thundercompute.com |
Headquarters | Germany π©πͺ | United States of America πΊπΈ |
Founded | 1997 | 2024 |
Data Center Locations | 6 | 1 |
Example Customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc | KronosAI, Abbvie |
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Website | hetzner.com |
Headquarters | Germany π©πͺ |
Founded | 1997 |
Data Center Locations | 6 |
Example Customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
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Website | thundercompute.com |
Headquarters | United States of America πΊπΈ |
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.