Hetzner
Staff PickVerifiedEU-BasedEcoAPIDedicated & Cloud Hosting, Made in Germany
www.hetzner.comLast updated: April 2026
Hetzner is a European infrastructure provider offering cloud servers, dedicated hosting, storage, and web hosting with strong price-to-performance.
About
Hetzner is a European infrastructure provider offering cloud, dedicated servers, web hosting, storage, and colocation services from its own data center footprint.
It helps developers, IT teams, and hosting customers run workloads on dedicated hardware, virtual servers, and storage platforms with a strong focus on performance, predictable pricing, and operational control.
No bloated cloud stack. No enterprise pricing games. No unnecessary abstraction when you just need solid infrastructure.
Positioning
Hetzner sits between traditional hosting providers and large hyperscale cloud platforms.
It is built for developers, startups, and IT teams that want reliable infrastructure with direct access to compute resources without paying for an oversized enterprise platform.
Where hyperscalers charge per API call and per GB, Hetzner keeps pricing simple: fixed monthly rates with generous traffic included.
Hetzner owns and operates its own data centers in Germany and Finland, giving it full control over hardware, network, and energy efficiency.
What You Get
- Cloud Servers — Virtual machines from €3.29/mo with NVMe storage and 20 TB traffic included
- Dedicated Servers — Bare metal from €39/mo with Intel or AMD processors
- Managed Kubernetes — Fully managed k8s clusters with auto-scaling
- Object Storage — S3-compatible storage for backups and media
- Load Balancers — Layer 4 and 7 with health checks and SSL termination
- Firewalls and Private Networks — Floating IPs and firewall rules
- DNS Management — Free DNS hosting with API access
- Storage Boxes — Network storage via SFTP, SCP, SMB, rsync
Core Areas
Cloud Computing
Virtual servers with hourly or monthly billing, snapshots, backups, and a full API for automation.
Dedicated Hosting
Physical servers for workloads that need consistent performance like databases, game servers, and CI/CD runners.
Kubernetes
Managed clusters that integrate with Hetzner Cloud for node provisioning and persistent volumes.
Storage
Block storage, S3-compatible object storage, and Storage Boxes for file-level access.
Networking
Private networks between servers, floating IPs for failover, and load balancers for traffic distribution.
Who It's For
Why It Matters
In an industry where cloud bills regularly surprise teams with unexpected charges, Hetzner represents a fundamentally different approach: transparent pricing, included traffic, and no hidden fees.
For European companies, Hetzner offers a GDPR-compliant alternative to US-based hyperscalers, with data centers exclusively in the EU. The company runs on 100% renewable energy.
Hetzner does not have 200+ services like AWS. Instead, it focuses on doing infrastructure well: compute, storage, networking, and Kubernetes — the building blocks that most applications actually need. That focus makes it compelling for teams who value simplicity and cost predictability.
Reviews
2 reviewsHetzner offers excellent value for money. Their dedicated servers and cloud instances are fast, reliable, and significantly cheaper than most competitors. Setup is straightforward, but support is limited compared to premium providers, and the ecosystem is less feature-rich than hyperscalers. Great choice if you want high performance at a low cost and can manage things yourself.
— Anonymous
We have been running our entire production infrastructure on Hetzner for 3 years. The dedicated servers are incredibly reliable, support is responsive, and the price-to-performance is unmatched in the EU market. Hetzner Cloud is also excellent for Kubernetes clusters.
— Thomas M., DevOps Engineer
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