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
UpCloud
- Wide range of VPS options at competitive prices
- Good selection of managed services, from databases to object storage to Kubernetes
- 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 | $4.93 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX22) | $3.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
| VM Medium | $8.85 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX32) | $56.88 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General) |
| VM Large | $21.35 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX42) | $175.01 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU) |
| Block Storage | $5.68 / mo 100 GB | $24.06 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | $5.47 / mo 1 TB | $21.88 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | $6.96 / mo LB11 | $10.94 / mo |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $65.63 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | $54.69 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM |
| Free egress allowance | 20-60 TB / mo per instance | -- |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $1.09 €1 / TB | Free and unlimited 1-24 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth |
Hetzner offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEX44 | 1x RTX4000 | 20GB | 14 | 64GB | $0.38 | |
| GEX130 | 1x A6000 | 48GB | 24 | 128GB | $1.75 | |
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
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | hetzner.com | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | Germany 🇩🇪 | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 1997 | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 6 | 13 |
| Example Customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
|
Hetzner
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | hetzner.com |
| Headquarters | Germany 🇩🇪 |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Data Center Locations | 6 |
| Example Customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 13 |
| Example Customers | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on Oct. 7, 2024, and for UpCloud on Sept. 28, 2024.