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Can anyone compare their service to Linode or DigitalOcean? I'm currently using Linode but the Hetzner prices seem way lower:

For 35€ a month I get 32GB RAM, 8 vCPUs, 240GB SSD + 20TB Traffic. The comparable 40$ plan for Linode offers 8GB RAM 4 CPU Cores 48GB SSD and 3 TB Transfer (See: https://www.linode.com/pricing)

Am I missing something or is Hetzner just way more competetive?

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Hetzner is easily 30% off OVH and half the price of other hosting providers (VPS and bare metal). So nothing surprising here. They have a cheap cost base (data centres in rural areas and wholesale electricity prices aren't that high in Germany) which probably explains most of that.

OVH had basically the same price but their heavy investments in new DCs have made them more expensive. Since Hetzner doesn't invest a lot (at least in new buildings) they don't need to raise prices for that.

Worth mentioning SoYouStart, OVH's low-end brand. I believe the way it works is that OVH is current-gen hardware, and SoYouStart is the hand-me-downs (which I think is a great model)

hetzner has a similar 'serverbidding' for older servers which can be quite a bargain, depending on the day https://www.hetzner.com/sb . i know that SYS is good as well

What really bothers me with SYS is the lack of ECC ram. Very few servers have it (and sometimes without support by the CPU). Wouldn't set up anything processing data without ECC.

Also worth mentioning that SoYouStart servers have slower network speeds (250Mbps compared to OVH's 500Mbps-1Gbps)

That's their mid-level brand. The low-end is Kimsufi :)

→ Hetzner: CX21, 2 cores, 4GB RAM - 5.83€

→ OVH VPS Cloud 2, 2 cores 4GB RAM: 23.79€

→ OVH VPS SSD 2, 1 core, 4GB RAM: 9.51€

→ OVH VPS SSD 3, 2 cores, 8GB RAM: 17.84€

For me, OVH's unlimited traffic does not explain the price difference. I will highly consider switching to Hetzner.

EDIT: correct meaning

EDIT: Misunderstood OP's comment.

I think this is an example of a rather common mistake ESL speakers make regarding the meaning of "hardly".

Yes, I meant "highly". Thanks :)

Good catch. Another universal ESL mistake is to use "funny" when one means "fun."

Meanwhile, in Spanish I would mix up cebolla vs cepillo vs cabello vs caballo.

Approaching a woman in a bar: "I like your onion."

I’ve been maintaining the price comparison at git.io/vps for a while now, and the answer is:

No, you’re missing nothing. Yes, DO and especially AWS and GCP are about an order of magnitude more expensive than Hetzner, OVH, and similar providers. Much more for traffic.

It’s always been like this, the cloud providers simply have much larger profit margins.

I have multiple Barebone servers with Hetzner, never had any problems. The only thing I don't like is their control panel.

Edit: Their Cloudhosting control panel is top notch.

Hi! :)

The whole architecture has been redeveloped from scratch. We have also designed and developed an entirely new control panel called the Hetzner Cloud Console. It is and will be actively worked on to make it as easy to use as possible for our users. Feedback is highly appreciated :) Also the new cloud servers are billed hourly instead of monthly, as the old VPS were.

Full disclosure: I work for Hetzner Cloud as UX Designer.

You guys did a great job, the new control panel looks clean and is super fast!

Thank you so much! :)

You dedicated servers page doesn't work anymore: https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver?country=us

No matter what filter settings (including default) I see 0 results.

Are you still experiencing issues with this? --Katie, Marketing, Hetzner Online

Yes.

After all the positive sentiment in this thread I signed up with the cloud service for a side project.

I have to say the UX is beautiful and easy to use. Also, the setup was easier, and performance better than any other provider I was testing. I'm sticking with hetzner.

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