Hetzner
vs
Vultr
Both sell VPS, object storage, load balancers and GPUs. Hetzner charges less for medium VMs, storage and egress, while Vultr adds managed databases, Kubernetes, datacenter GPUs and datacenters on six continents.
What's good about each
- 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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hetzner | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.72 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 26% cheaper on Vultr |
| Medium VM | $10.09 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 75% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Large VM | $18.51 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 88% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Block storage | $4.94 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 51% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Object storage | $7.29 /mo 1 TB | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 60% cheaper on Hetzner |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | $8.41 /mo LB11 | $10.00 /mo | 16% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Egress allowance | 1-60 TB / mo per instance | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $1.12 /TB €1 / TB | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | 89% cheaper on Hetzner |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Hetzner offers 2 GPU models, while Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hetzner | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$2.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hetzner only |
|
RTX 4000 SFF Ada
1 config
|
$0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hetzner only |
|
H100
1 config
|
-- | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
GH200
1 config
|
-- | $1.99 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
Hetzner bills on-demand; Vultr bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Hetzner | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Card payments only | Merchant |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Hetzner | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Germany | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 33 |
| Example customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | hetzner.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 2, 2026.