Providers / Hetzner Cloud
Hetzner Cloud
European servers with huge bandwidth allowances.
www.hetzner.com · Prices checked 2026-08-01
- Type
- Virtual server (VPS)
- Starting cost
- ≈€43.49/mo
- Free tier
- No
- Ease of use
- 2/5
Hetzner is the price-performance reference for European hosting: its EU servers include 20 TB of outbound traffic, twenty times what US-based providers bundle. Our checked dataset covers the dedicated-CPU CCX line; Hetzner also sells cheaper shared-CPU plans we have not verified yet.
Good to know
- US locations include only 1–2 TB of traffic versus 20 TB in the EU — the famous value is a European value.
- A public IPv4 address costs €0.50/month extra; only IPv6 is free.
- Servers bill until deleted, even while powered off.
- Cheaper shared-CPU (CX) plans exist but are not yet in our checked dataset.
Virtual server (VPS)
Hetzner Cloud
- Best for
- European projects that need serious compute or move a lot of traffic.
- How deploys work
- You get root on a bare server: bring your own setup, or use one-click apps like Docker and WordPress.
- The tradeoff
- Self-managed like any VPS, and the bandwidth advantage mostly applies to EU locations.
Why pick it
- Unmatched price-performance: dedicated CPUs for the price of shared ones elsewhere.
- 20 TB of included traffic in the EU — twenty times the US-provider norm.
- Traffic overage at €1/TB, orders of magnitude cheaper than anyone here.
- Full root access on clean, fast hardware.
Why look elsewhere
- Entirely self-managed: no deploy pipeline, no managed database, no platform anything.
- The famous value is a European value — US locations include only 1–2 TB of traffic.
- IPv4 costs €0.50/month extra, and servers bill until deleted.
- Account verification for new customers can be strict and slow.
Our ratings
What developers say
First-person reports from the past three years, drawn from public discussions and independent write-ups. These are individual experiences, not our ratings; open the original source for its workload and full context. Critical reports include a follow-up check so you can see whether the problem was fixed, partly addressed, remains current, or has no public resolution.
What people like 10 sources
The author runs a blog, monitoring, VPN, and password manager on one inexpensive VM and recommends it for self-hosting value.
Hetzner Review 2026: My Honest ExperienceA month-long Postgres workload showed steady latency, zero CPU steal, and strong value for a small SaaS.
Hetzner Cloud CCX13 review: when shared cores are enoughThe author favors Hetzner after trying several clouds, citing affordable pricing, a simple developer experience, and European locations.
Kubernetes on Hetzner for personal useHands-on benchmarks support the author's view that Hetzner offers exceptional price/performance and reliable compute.
Hetzner Cloud & Storage Box: A Technical ReviewA customer says Hetzner delivers dramatically better value than cloud services used alongside it and recommends trying it.
Just a small recommendation if someone is doubting HetznerA nearly year-long user reports reliable infrastructure, good performance, and strong value.
Using Hetzner for almost a year — here's my experienceAfter testing alternatives, the poster returned because Hetzner's pricing, performance, and control panel worked better for the workload.
I came back to HetznerA migration from DigitalOcean is described as smooth, with materially lower cost and good production performance.
Great experience migrating from DigitalOceanUsers running both providers praise Hetzner's price/performance and report dependable production workloads.
Hetzner vs DigitalOcean in 2026: reliability and real-world experienceA customer locked out by a firewall mistake praises support for restoring access quickly and competently.
Can we talk about how awesome the Hetzner support is?Critical reports and follow-ups 10 sources
A large customer says abuse restrictions and a second disputed report received no meaningful review.
Forced to leave Hetzner because support won't review our case?A four-year customer describes intermittent mail failures affecting orders and almost two days without a substantive support reply.
Hetzner support silent for almost 48 hours while SMTP failures affect ordersA 2.5-year customer says a one-month payment extension was refused after job loss and the account was cancelled.
Payment extension refused and account cancelledA nine-year, high-spend customer says price changes and operational friction finally prompted a full migration away.
I've spent over $60k on Hetzner. Goodbye Hetzner.The customer says support requested payment before discussion, then declared termination final and the data permanently deleted.
Paid the invoice to discuss termination, then learned the data was deletedAn operator reports multiple Finland servers becoming unstable, including hardware errors and recurring disruptions.
Multiple servers unstableThe author argues recent product and pricing decisions expose missing elasticity and cloud-management capabilities.
Hetzner Cloud is not really a cloudA VM remained offline for hours with an unresolved ticket, making the customer question production use.
Support for CloudA customer hosting a family VPN received a termination notice without a useful explanation and felt discarded.
Account cancelledA prospective customer says the account was rejected immediately despite completing identity checks, with no useful appeal path.
First experience with HetznerVirtual server (VPS)
Hetzner Cloud
What you'd realistically pay
| Project stage | Estimate | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Just starting | ≈€43.49/mo | CCX13 (EU) — €42.99 + €0.50 IPv4. 2 dedicated vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe, 20 TB traffic. Shared-CPU plans cost far less but are unverified. |
| Steady traffic | ≈€43.49/mo | CCX13 (EU) — Dedicated CPUs mean this comfortably outruns same-price shared instances elsewhere. |
| Growing | ≈€86.49/mo | CCX23 (EU) — €85.99 + €0.50 IPv4. 4 dedicated vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe, 20 TB traffic. |
Published prices
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| CCX13 (EU) | €42.99/mo | 2 dedicated AMD vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe, 20 TB traffic. US: €43.49 with 1 TB traffic. |
| CCX23 (EU) | €85.99/mo | 4 dedicated AMD vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe, 20 TB traffic. US: €87.49 with 2 TB traffic. |
- Traffic overage costs €1/TB in the EU — most providers charge 10–100x that per GB.
- Billed hourly up to a monthly cap.
Deploy workflow
| Deploy from Git push Connect a repository and every push deploys automatically. | No No deploy pipeline — bring your own CI or scripts. |
|---|---|
| Preview deploys Each branch or pull request gets its own temporary URL. | No Nothing built in. |
| Official CLI A maintained command-line tool for deploys and management. | Yes hcloud CLI manages servers, networks, and snapshots. |
| Instant rollbacks Revert to a previous deploy without rebuilding. | Partial Snapshots and paid backups restore machines; no deploy-level rollback. |
Platform
| Custom domains + HTTPS Bring your own domain with TLS certificates handled. | Yes Point DNS at the server; TLS is yours via certbot or a proxy. |
|---|---|
| Built-in CDN / edge network Static assets served from locations near your visitors. | No No CDN product — put Cloudflare in front if needed. |
| Serverless functions Run backend code without managing a server process. | No Not a VPS feature. |
| Docker containers Deploy your own container image. | Yes Docker CE one-click app or install it yourself. |
| SSH / shell access Open a shell on the machine running your app. | Yes Full root SSH. |
| EU hosting region Run the app itself in a European data center. | Yes Germany and Finland are the home turf — this is where the value is. |
Runtime & operations
| Automatic scaling Capacity grows with traffic without manual resizing. | No Manual resizing or manual fleet management. |
|---|---|
| Scale to zero Costs stop (or pause) when nobody is using the app. | No Servers bill until deleted, even powered off. |
| Scheduled jobs Run code on a schedule without an external trigger. | Yes Classic cron on the box. |
| Managed database A database the provider runs, backs up, and updates. | No No managed database product — self-host or go external. |
| Logs & metrics built in See what the app is doing without wiring up third parties. | Partial Basic server graphs in the console; app-level monitoring is yours. |
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