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
Vercel
- Superb developer experience, from git push to deployed globally in seconds
- First class support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
- Great API to issue custom domains for SaaS projects
- Very active community and plenty of learning resources
Price comparison
How do Hetzner's prices compare against Vercel?
Example configuration |
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VM Small | $4.68 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX22) | -- |
VM Medium | $8.39 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX32) | -- |
VM Large | $20.26 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX42) | -- |
Block Storage | $5.39 / mo 100 GB | -- |
Object Storage | $5.19 / mo 1 TB | -- |
Load Balancer | $6.60 / mo LB11 | -- |
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $151.38 / mo 1440h compute, 50 GB storage, 10 GB read/mo 5 GB write/mo |
Managed Redis®* | -- | $90.72 / mo 10 req/s @ $0.35 per 100k reqs |
Serverless 25M Executions | -- | $108.75 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration |
Free egress allowance | 1-60 TB / mo per instance | 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $1.04 €1 / TB | $150.00 $0.15 / GB (Edge) |
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 Vercel offer:
Service |
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Block Storage | -- | |
Content Delivery Network (CDN) | -- | |
GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
Load Balancer | -- | |
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
Managed Redis®* | -- | |
Object Storage | ||
Serverless Cron Jobs | -- | |
Serverless Functions | -- | |
Static Sites | -- | |
Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
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Website | hetzner.com | vercel.com |
Headquarters | Germany 🇩🇪 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 1997 | 2015 |
Data Center Locations | 6 | 18 |
Example Customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc | Box, Runway, Sonos, eBay, The Washington Post |
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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 | vercel.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2015 |
Data Center Locations | 18 |
Example Customers | Box, Runway, Sonos, eBay, The Washington Post |
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More comparisonsOur data for Hetzner was last updated on Dec. 3, 2024, and for Vercel on Sept. 28, 2024.