Hetzner alternatives
ServerDB compares the 67 Hetzner plans (Dedicated servers, VPS, and GPU servers) with the current plans of 28 other providers. The cheapest comparable plan costs ≈ $2.32 per month (PrepaidHoster, “Essential 1”).
Comparable means: the same product type, at least the same vCPU/cores, RAM and storage but at most twice the vCPU/cores and RAM, and for GPU plans the same GPU model. For 16 of the 28 providers the cheapest comparable plans cost less than the matching Hetzner plans (median).
- Alternative providers
- 28
- Comparable plans
- 1,255
- Hetzner plans compared
- 67
- Cheapest comparable (per month)
- ≈ $2.32
Prices in USD. Offers priced in other currencies are converted at the ECB rate of Oct 23, 2026 and rounded (≈).
Providers with plans comparable to Hetzner
| Provider | Comparable plans | Hetzner plans covered | Cheapest comparable plan | Price vs. Hetzner (median) | Locations | Hourly billing | In stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldstream Dedicated servers, VPS, GPU servers | 22 | 39 of 67 | Flexible VPS Standard x-Small ≈ $5.83 | 11% cheaper cheaper for 21 of 39 plans | Netherlands and Germany | no | 11 plans |
| Gcore Dedicated servers, VPS | 120 | 33 of 67 | KVM-SSD-1-ANX (Ashburn) $3.40 | 55% cheaper cheaper for 27 of 33 plans | United States, Israel, Netherlands and 26 more | no | not reported |
| Contabo Dedicated servers, VPS, GPU servers | 19 | 33 of 67 | Cloud VPS 4 ≈ $6.17 | 56% cheaper cheaper for 30 of 33 plans | Germany, United States, Australia and 4 more | no | not reported |
| DigitalOcean VPS | 122 | 31 of 67 | Basic 1GB $6.00 | 73% more expensive cheaper for 10 of 31 plans | Australia, Canada, Germany and 5 more | no | not reported |
| Linode (Akamai) VPS | 14 | 31 of 67 | Nanode 1GB $5.00 | 46% more expensive cheaper for 7 of 31 plans | Australia, Brazil, Canada and 12 more | no | not reported |
| Cherry Servers Dedicated servers, VPS | 18 | 28 of 67 | Cloud VPS 1 (Gen 2) ≈ $3.37 | 2% more expensive cheaper for 13 of 28 plans | United States, Lithuania, Netherlands and 2 more | 18 plans | 18 plans |
| Hivelocity Dedicated servers, VPS | 40 | 26 of 67 | Virtual Shared VPS pro.sm.amd, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM $10.00 | 14% cheaper cheaper for 19 of 26 plans | United States, Netherlands, Germany and 1 more | no | 40 plans |
| Netcup VPS | 17 | 25 of 67 | VPS 500 ARM G12.5 ≈ $8.40 | 53% cheaper cheaper for 25 of 25 plans | Austria, Germany, United States and 2 more | no | not reported |
| Melbicom Dedicated servers | 548 | 24 of 67 | Xeon E-2146G 3.50 GHz (64GB, Amsterdam) ≈ $174 | 57% more expensive cheaper for 7 of 24 plans | Netherlands, Germany, Singapore and 10 more | no | not reported |
| UpCloud VPS, GPU servers | 24 | 23 of 67 | Premium 1 GB 1CPU ≈ $5.61 | 33% more expensive cheaper for 9 of 23 plans | Australia, Denmark, Finland and 9 more | 24 plans | not reported |
| RackNerd Dedicated servers, VPS | 35 | 22 of 67 | KVM VPS 1 GB $17.99 | 33% more expensive cheaper for 9 of 22 plans | United States, Canada, United Kingdom and 3 more | no | not reported |
| Hostwinds VPS | 10 | 22 of 67 | Unmanaged Linux VPS SSD Cloud 1 $4.99 | 15% cheaper cheaper for 15 of 22 plans | Netherlands and United States | 10 plans | not reported |
| AWS Lightsail VPS | 26 | 19 of 67 | Lightsail General Purpose 1 GB $7.00 | 26% more expensive cheaper for 6 of 19 plans | Australia, Brazil, Canada and 14 more | 26 plans | not reported |
| Cloudzy VPS | 17 | 19 of 67 | High Frequency VPS 1 GB $6.95 | 27% more expensive cheaper for 8 of 19 plans | United States, Netherlands, Australia and 4 more | 17 plans | 17 plans |
| Atlantic.Net VPS | 7 | 19 of 67 | General Purpose G3.2GB, 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM $10.00 | 12% more expensive cheaper for 8 of 19 plans | Canada, Singapore, United Kingdom and 1 more | 7 plans | not reported |
| Server4You Dedicated servers, VPS | 17 | 16 of 67 | VPS BASIC 100 GB SSD (St. Louis) $3.99 | 64% cheaper cheaper for 14 of 16 plans | France and United States | no | not reported |
| OVHcloud Dedicated servers | 42 | 14 of 67 | KS-7 (Beauharnois) ≈ $69.79 | 37% more expensive cheaper for 5 of 14 plans | France, Germany, Poland and 5 more | no | 16 plans |
| BandwagonHost VPS | 34 | 14 of 67 | 20G KVM - PROMO $4.17 | 19% cheaper cheaper for 9 of 14 plans | Japan, United States, Canada and 4 more | no | 34 plans |
| Leaseweb Dedicated servers | 80 | 12 of 67 | Supermicro 826BA-R920LPB-X10DRHCT 2x Intel Xeon E5-2670V3 ≈ $102 | 46% cheaper cheaper for 9 of 12 plans | Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom and 6 more | no | 80 plans |
| Hostinger VPS | 4 | 10 of 67 | KVM 1 $11.99 | 42% cheaper cheaper for 10 of 10 plans | Brazil, India, Indonesia and 3 more | no | not reported |
| PrepaidHoster VPS | 6 | 8 of 67 | Essential 1 ≈ $2.32 | 72% cheaper cheaper for 8 of 8 plans | Germany | no | 6 plans |
| Civo VPS | 4 | 8 of 67 | Standard xSmall $5.43 | 20% more expensive cheaper for 2 of 8 plans | Germany, India, United Kingdom and 1 more | 4 plans | not reported |
| Sharktech Dedicated servers, VPS | 5 | 6 of 67 | SmartVPS XS, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM $7.95 | 41% cheaper cheaper for 5 of 6 plans | United States and Netherlands | no | 4 plans |
| IONOS Dedicated servers | 5 | 5 of 67 | IX6-64 NVMe (Berlin) $215 | 40% more expensive cheaper for 1 of 5 plans | France, Germany, Spain and 2 more | no | not reported |
| RunPod GPU servers | 4 | 5 of 67 | 1x RTX PRO 6000 MaxQ (Community Cloud) $1,197 | 49% cheaper cheaper for 4 of 5 plans | Czech Republic, Iceland, Romania and 3 more | 4 plans | not reported |
| Exoscale GPU servers | 4 | 5 of 67 | GPU RTX 6000 Pro Small (Vienna) ≈ $1,764 | 25% cheaper cheaper for 3 of 5 plans | Austria, Bulgaria, Germany and 1 more | 4 plans | not reported |
| Verda GPU servers | 4 | 5 of 67 | 1x RTX PRO 6000 96GB (1RTXPRO6000.30V) $1,819 | 23% cheaper cheaper for 3 of 5 plans | Finland | 4 plans | not reported |
| Ikoula Dedicated servers | 7 | 3 of 67 | Agile L2 ≈ $52.53 | 21% cheaper cheaper for 2 of 3 plans | France | no | not reported |
Dedicated servers: Hetzner plans and their cheapest alternative
| Hetzner plan | Cheapest comparable plan | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| AX41 (64GB) 6 cores · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB ≈ $66.22 | Ikoula: Agile L2 8 cores · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB ≈ $52.53 | 21% cheaper |
| EX44 (64GB) 14 cores · 64 GB RAM · 1 TB ≈ $66.22 | OVHcloud: KS-7 (Beauharnois) 24 cores · 128 GB RAM · 8 TB ≈ $69.79 | 5% more expensive |
| SX65 (64GB) 8 cores · 64 GB RAM · 2 TB ≈ $94.28 | Server4You: E5-2630v4 (64 GB, 2 x 1TB SSD, Strasbourg) 10 cores · 64 GB RAM · 2 TB $69.99 | 26% cheaper |
| AX42 (64GB) 8 cores · 64 GB RAM · 3.9 TB ≈ $111 | Server4You: E5-2630v4 (64 GB, 2 x 2TB SSD, Strasbourg) 10 cores · 64 GB RAM · 4.1 TB $79.99 | 28% cheaper |
| EX63 (64GB) 20 cores · 64 GB RAM · 17.8 TB ≈ $167 | Melbicom: 2xXeon E5-2660 v3 2.60 GHz (64GB, Amsterdam) 20 cores · 64 GB RAM · 34.7 TB ≈ $386 | 131% more expensive |
VPS: Hetzner plans and their cheapest alternative
| Hetzner plan | Cheapest comparable plan | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| CPX02 1 core · 1 GB RAM · 20 GB ≈ $7.28 | PrepaidHoster: Essential 1 1 core · 1 GB RAM · 25 GB ≈ $2.32 | 68% cheaper |
| CPX12 1 core · 2 GB RAM · 40 GB ≈ $13.46 | PrepaidHoster: Essential 2 2 cores · 2 GB RAM · 50 GB ≈ $3.29 | 76% cheaper |
| CPX11 (US) 2 cores · 2 GB RAM · 40 GB ≈ $20.19 | PrepaidHoster: Essential 2 2 cores · 2 GB RAM · 50 GB ≈ $3.29 | 84% cheaper |
| CPX22 2 cores · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB ≈ $22.44 | Server4You: VPS STANDARD 200 GB SSD (St. Louis) 2 cores · 8 GB RAM · 200 GB $5.15 | 77% cheaper |
| CPX21 (US) 3 cores · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB ≈ $36.47 | Contabo: Cloud VPS 4 4 cores · 8 GB RAM · 100 GB ≈ $6.17 | 83% cheaper |
GPU servers: Hetzner plans and their cheapest alternative
| Hetzner plan | Cheapest comparable plan | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| GEX63 (128GB) 20 cores · 128 GB RAM · 3.9 TB ≈ $1,121 | Contabo: GPU VPS 18 cores · 96 GB RAM · 900 GB ≈ $1,121 | same price |
How the comparison works
- Plans are compared per product type (VPS, dedicated, GPU). Each provider plan counts once, with its cheapest location.
- A plan is comparable when it has at least the same vCPU/cores, RAM and storage, at most twice the vCPU/cores and RAM. SSD or NVMe plans are not replaced by HDD-only plans, and dedicated vCPUs stay dedicated.
- GPU plans are comparable when they use the same GPU model and, if both plans state it, the same number of GPUs.
- Only plans that are available now count. Refurbished Hetzner auction servers are left out because they are single machines.
- Prices are compared per month in US dollars at the ECB rate; cores and vCPUs are counted as the providers state them.
- Providers are listed by how many of the original plans they can replace, then by number of comparable plans and price difference.
Frequently asked questions
Which providers are comparable to Hetzner?
ServerDB finds 28 providers with plans comparable to Hetzner. Most Hetzner plans are covered by (plans covered / compared): Worldstream (39/67), Gcore (33/67), Contabo (33/67), DigitalOcean (31/67), and Linode (Akamai) (31/67).
Which Hetzner alternative is the cheapest?
Among the providers that cover at least 3 Hetzner plans, PrepaidHoster has the lowest median price difference: its cheapest comparable plans are 72% cheaper than the matching Hetzner plans (median over 8 plans). The cheapest single comparable plan is “Essential 1” from PrepaidHoster at ≈ $2.32 per month.
Which Hetzner alternatives offer hourly billing?
These providers have comparable plans that can be billed per hour: AWS Lightsail, UpCloud, Cherry Servers, Cloudzy, Hostwinds, and Atlantic.Net.
Where are the alternatives located?
Comparable plans are offered in 46 countries. Most providers have them in United States, Germany, Netherlands, Singapore, and United Kingdom.
What counts as a comparable plan?
A comparable plan is the same product type with at least the same vCPU/cores, RAM and storage (at most twice the vCPU/cores and RAM). GPU plans need the same GPU model. The prices are compared per month.