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 a 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 |
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VM Small | $4.69 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX22) | $3.12 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
VM Medium | $8.41 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX32) | $54.03 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General) |
VM Large | $20.28 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX42) | $166.24 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU) |
Block Storage | $5.39 / mo 100 GB | $22.86 / mo 100 GB |
Object Storage | $5.20 / mo 1 TB | $20.78 / mo 1 TB |
Load Balancer | $6.61 / mo LB11 | $10.39 / mo |
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $62.34 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
Managed Redis®* | -- | $51.95 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM |
Free egress allowance | 1-60 TB / mo per instance | -- |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $1.04 €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 | |
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GEX44 | 1x RTX 4000 | 20GB | 14 | 64GB | $0.30 | Source |
GEX130 | 1x RTX 6000 | 48GB | 24 | 128GB | $1.39 | 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 UpCloud offer:
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Block Storage | ||
GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
Load Balancer | ||
Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
Managed MySQL | -- | |
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
Managed Redis®* | -- | |
Object Storage | ||
Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
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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 |
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Website | hetzner.com |
Headquarters | Germany 🇩🇪 |
Founded | 1997 |
Data Center Locations | 6 |
Example Customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
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Website | upcloud.com |
Headquarters | Finland 🇫🇮 |
Founded | 2012 |
Data Center Locations | 13 |
Example Customers | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
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More comparisonsOur data for Hetzner was last updated on Dec. 3, 2024, and for UpCloud on Jan. 10, 2025.