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 UpCloud

  • Wide range of managed services, from databases to Kubernetes to object storage
  • Offers 100% SLA with 50x compensation for service outages
  • Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance

Price comparison

How do Hetzner's prices compare against UpCloud?

Example configuration Hetzner UpCloud
VM Small $4.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX22) $7.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (General)
VM Medium $8.78 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX32) $56.43 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General)
VM Large $21.18 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX42) $173.62 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU)
Block Storage $5.63 / mo 100 GB $23.87 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage -- $21.70 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer $6.90 / mo LB11 $10.85 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL -- $65.11 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage
Managed Redis®* -- $54.26 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM
Free egress allowance 20-60 TB / mo per instance --
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $1.09 Free and unlimited

Hetzner offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs Total GPU Memory vCPUs RAM Price per hour
GEX44 1x RTX4000 20GB 14 64GB $0.38

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 of the managed services that Hetzner and UpCloud offer:

Service Hetzner UpCloud
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers --
Load Balancer
Managed Kubernetes --
Managed MySQL --
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®* --
Object Storage --
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Hetzner
Website hetzner.com
Headquarters Germany 🇩🇪
Founded 1997
Data Center Locations 5
Example Customers Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc
UpCloud
Website upcloud.com
Headquarters Finland 🇫🇮
Founded 2012
Data Center Locations 13
Example Customers Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk

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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on July 24, 2024, and for UpCloud on July 24, 2024.