$1.81/mo▼ 0% vs 1 mo agoLowest seen: $1.81 · Highest: $1.81
Aug '26Aug '26
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Pros, cons & verdict
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About Hetzner
Hetzner is a German cloud and dedicated-server provider famous for the best price-to-performance in Europe. Where Contabo competes on raw resources, Hetzner competes on network quality, low latency and a polished API — ideal for developers running latency-sensitive workloads.
thumb_upPros
addExceptional price-to-performance — among the cheapest x86 VPS in the EU
add99.9% uptime advertised for Hetzner Cloud (provider claim)
addFull-featured API with Terraform provider and Kubernetes support
addARM servers (CAX) starting €3.29/mo — cheapest in Europe
addTransparent pricing — no hidden fees, no bandwidth surprises
addExcellent community — active forums, detailed docs
thumb_downCons
removeSupport is ticket-based only — no live chat or phone
removeUI/UX less polished than DigitalOcean or Vultr
removeNo managed databases (must self-manage)
removeLimited global footprint — no APAC or LATAM DCs
removeNo Windows server images available
removeSupport response can be slow on weekends
8.3/10
auto_awesomeDohoHub verdict
Hetzner is the best value VPS provider in Europe — unbeatable price-to-performance, a 99.9% uptime commitment of its own, and a developer-friendly API with Terraform and Kubernetes support. The trade-offs are limited support hours (ticket-only, no live chat) and no managed database services. For self-sufficient dev teams and startups who want maximum compute per euro, there is simply no better option on the market.
Computed from data we collected ourselves: live prices, renewal terms, facts documented from
Hetzner's own pages and our uptime monitor. Nobody types this number in, and nothing
a company pays us changes it.
Parts with data this time: 90% of the formula; a part without data is left out, not counted as zero. Updated Oct 1, 2026.
Price 30%6.6
Plans compared with other companies selling the same kind of plan at the same size
Long-term price 20%10.0
How far the regular price (renewal or month-to-month) is above the advertised one
What's included 25%8.4
What plans include and what the company guarantees, documented from its own pages
Reliability 15%9.3
Uptime and response time of the company's website, measured by our monitor
Users 10%not enough data
Approved user reviews (from 5) and community votes (from 20)
Product line
Plans
Price vs market
Long-term price
What's included
Dedicated
18
7.3 · 18 plans vs 25 other companies
10.0 · no increase
8.6 · 5 of 9 checks known
Cloud
25
4.3 · 14 plans vs 7 other companies
10.0 · no increase
8.1 · 7 of 9 checks known
GPU Hosting
2
6.5 · 2 plans vs 11 other companies
10.0 · no increase
too few documented facts (4 of 9)
Shared Hosting
4
9.5 · cheapest plan vs 28 other companies
10.0 · no increase
too few documented facts (2 of 11)
Storage
5
5.4 · 2 plans vs 3 other companies
10.0 · no increase
too few documented facts (2 of 6)
Colocation
1
no comparable market yet
10.0 · no increase
too few documented facts (3 of 9)
Documented facts · what Hetzner states on its own pages; we record the page and the date we checked it
Why are Hetzner prices so much lower than US cloud providers?expand_more
Hetzner owns its German and Finnish data centers end-to-end, builds its own hardware, and sells directly without sales teams or marketing overhead. The savings go straight into the price — while still advertising 99.9% uptime and holding ISO 27001 certification.
Is there a free trial or money-back guarantee?expand_more
New cloud customers get €20 in credit to try the platform, and all products carry a 14-day right of withdrawal (German BGB). Dedicated servers have no free trial, but hourly-billed cloud servers cost nothing once deleted.
Does the price change at renewal?expand_more
No. Hetzner has no intro pricing or renewal markup — what you pay in month one is what you pay in month twelve. DohoHub tracks all Hetzner prices daily so any change is visible immediately.
What is the difference between CX, CPX, CAX and CCX?expand_more
CX is the cost-optimized shared vCPU line (Intel/AMD), CAX the same on Ampere ARM chips, CPX is the regular-performance AMD line with newer hardware generations, and CCX gives you dedicated AMD EPYC vCPU cores for consistent performance. All include 20 TB of EU traffic.
Do cloud servers include an IPv4 address?expand_more
A primary IPv4 is available for €0.50/month (dedicated servers: €1.70/month) and every server includes a free /64 IPv6 subnet. DohoHub prices track the server itself; add ~€0.50 for a full public-facing setup.