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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

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 https://www.linode.com/pricing) Am I missing something or is Hetzner just way more competetive? https://www.linode.com/pricing https://www.linode.com/pricing

MulliMulli 9y ago
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.
- chris-ux_hcloud 9y ago
  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.
  - MulliMulli 9y ago
    You guys did a great job, the new control panel looks clean and is super fast!
    - chris-ux_hcloud 9y ago
      Thank you so much! :)
  - eip 9y ago
    You dedicated servers page doesn't work anymore: https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver?country=us https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver?country=us No matter what filter settings (including default) I see 0 results.
    - Hetzner_OL 9y ago
      Are you still experiencing issues with this? --Katie, Marketing, Hetzner Online
      - eip 9y ago
        Yes.
  - imcoconut 9y ago
    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.
dx034 9y ago
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.
- latch 9y ago
  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)
  - zerostar07 9y ago
    hetzner has a similar 'serverbidding' for older servers which can be quite a bargain, depending on the day https://www.hetzner.com/sb https://www.hetzner.com/sb . i know that SYS is good as well
  - dx034 9y ago
    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.
  - melkhior 9y ago
    Also worth mentioning that SoYouStart servers have slower network speeds (250Mbps compared to OVH's 500Mbps-1Gbps)
  - icebraining 9y ago
    That's their mid-level brand. The low-end is Kimsufi :)
- darekkay 9y ago
  → 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
kuschku 9y ago
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.
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MulliMulli 9y ago

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.

chris-ux_hcloud 9y ago
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.
- MulliMulli 9y ago
  You guys did a great job, the new control panel looks clean and is super fast!
  - chris-ux_hcloud 9y ago
    Thank you so much! :)
- eip 9y ago
  You dedicated servers page doesn't work anymore: https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver?country=us https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver?country=us No matter what filter settings (including default) I see 0 results.
  - Hetzner_OL 9y ago
    Are you still experiencing issues with this? --Katie, Marketing, Hetzner Online
    - eip 9y ago
      Yes.
- imcoconut 9y ago
  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.

dx034 9y ago

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.

latch 9y ago
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)
- zerostar07 9y ago
  hetzner has a similar 'serverbidding' for older servers which can be quite a bargain, depending on the day https://www.hetzner.com/sb https://www.hetzner.com/sb . i know that SYS is good as well
- dx034 9y ago
  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.
- melkhior 9y ago
  Also worth mentioning that SoYouStart servers have slower network speeds (250Mbps compared to OVH's 500Mbps-1Gbps)
- icebraining 9y ago
  That's their mid-level brand. The low-end is Kimsufi :)
darekkay 9y ago
→ 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

kuschku 9y ago

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.

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