Hetzner Cloud
German cloud provider offering low-cost VPS, dedicated servers, load balancers and object storage.
HN commenters recommend it for low prices and good value,12345 a simple, no-frills alternative to big-cloud complexity,6789 and being an EU-based provider.101112 The most common complaint is recent price increases,131415 with further warnings about doing your own infrastructure work and an account shutdown over a billing dispute.161718
Why people recommend it
Price and value · 3
Commenters repeatedly call it affordable and good value compared with AWS, GCP and DigitalOcean.
“the cost savings alone are insane”
“You get what you pay for with Hetzner and it is good value.”
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“Its everything 99% of the people need, good pricing.”
Simplicity · 3
Users like the simple interface and not having to deal with big-cloud complexity.
“I moved to Hetzner and the simplicity of their interface was a breath of fresh air.”
“It is so freeing to not have to deal with big tech's VMs and their cumbersome and soul-sucking steps and documentation.”
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“Because others are overpriced or overengineered.”
EU-based · 3
Several pick it as a European option to reduce dependence on US providers.
“Hetzner, OVHcloud are decent European options.”
“I use Hetzner - reasonable prices, EU based”
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“I have been a happy customer of the following recommended services for many months or years”
Reliability · 3
Some describe it as reliable, with a good reputation and no problems so far.
“because it's cheap and reliable”
“Hetzner has a very good reputation and a long history”
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“Hetzner, OVHcloud are decent European options.”
Helpful support · 1
One user found support helpful when requesting more server quota.
“You get what you pay for with Hetzner and it is good value.”
Caveats and dissent
Price increases · 3
Commenters note recent price hikes, and one long-time user argues they go beyond memory-cost changes.
“It seems to be that Hetzer is trying to use the memory price issues, as a excuse.”
“also Hetzner but their recent price hike was unfortunate.”
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“You get what you pay for with Hetzner and it is good value.”
DIY operations · 3
You manage infrastructure yourself, and planned network maintenance can force downtime.
“the cost savings alone are insane”
“I use and love Hetzner as well. But you have to go into it eyes open.”
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“Hetzner has a very good reputation and a long history”
Account shutdowns · 2
One team had all its VMs shut off over a $36 billing dispute, and another user worries about machines being deleted.
“They just shut all all of our VMs over a $36 billing dispute.”
“i use hetzner too in the same way for a bit of redundancy”
Limited regions · 1
It has no data centers in Asia, Africa or Latin America.
“Hetzner is our core, but does not offer DCs in Asia, Africa or Latam.”
IPv6 support · 1
Servers get only a /64 by default, and virtual networks are IPv4-only.
“I love Hetzner. That said their IPv6 support is poor.”
Often compared with
1 moved from AWS to Hetzner Cloud
1 moved from DigitalOcean to Hetzner CloudGoogle Cloud3 comments mention both
2 moved from Google Cloud to Hetzner CloudOVH3 comments mention bothScaleway1 comment mention both
1 moved from Hetzner Cloud to Scaleway
Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“We also find bare metal to be a lot more performant in general. Compared to AWS we typically see service response times halve.”
Threads where it came up
- Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner: From $1,432 to $233 With Zero Downtime 5 mentions
- Ask HN: What do you use to host side projects? 2 mentions
- We're making Bunny DNS free: because a faster internet won't build itself 2 mentions
- Hetzner increased dedicated server prices 3-4x 2 mentions
- I Am Building a Cloud 2 mentions
- Ask HN: Which cloud provider do you like best and why? 2 mentions
Also written as Hetzner Cloud. Data: hetzner-cloud.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 24
“Hetzner, OVHcloud are decent European options.”
“We migrated most of our gcloud stuff to Hetzner beginning of the year.”
“also Hetzner but their recent price hike was unfortunate.”
“I use Hetzner - reasonable prices, EU based”
“I'm a big fan of Hetzner, which has great prices, a great managed environment”
“the cost savings alone are insane”
“I moved to Hetzner and the simplicity of their interface was a breath of fresh air.”
“Hetzner is our core, but does not offer DCs in Asia, Africa or Latam.”
“It seems to be that Hetzer is trying to use the memory price issues, as a excuse.”
“I have been a happy customer of the following recommended services for many months or years”
“i use hetzner too in the same way for a bit of redundancy”
“Its everything 99% of the people need, good pricing.”
“You get what you pay for with Hetzner and it is good value.”
“I use and love Hetzner as well. But you have to go into it eyes open.”
“It is so freeing to not have to deal with big tech's VMs and their cumbersome and soul-sucking steps and documentation.”
“They just shut all all of our VMs over a $36 billing dispute.”
“Hetzner was something I already used, so I just doubled down.”
“Hetzner has a very good reputation and a long history”
“Honestly I still recommend hetzner tho”
“because it's cheap and reliable”
“Because others are overpriced or overengineered.”
“I like BunnyCDN for CDN and Hetzner for VPS.”
“I love Hetzner. That said their IPv6 support is poor.”
“I host all my stuff on Hetzner. It’s easy, it’s affordable and I “move fast”.”