Head-to-head
Hetzner Cloud vs Hetzner Dedicated
Two hosts, side by side. Pricing, features, and the trade-offs that actually matter.
Hetzner Cloud from $4.5/mo
European VPS with the best price/performance ratio, period.
HQ DE · founded 1997
Hetzner Dedicated from $41.09/mo
European bare metal at European prices — twice the performance of cloud at half the cost.
HQ DE · founded 1997
Quick verdict
Cheapest: Hetzner Cloud wins on entry price ($4.5/mo vs $41.09/mo).
More features: Hetzner Cloud ships more first-party platform features out of the box.
Region: Hetzner Cloud is HQ'd in DE; Hetzner Dedicated in DE.
Cheapest plans, side by side
| Hetzner Cloud | Hetzner Dedicated | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | CX22 | AX41 |
| Price | $4.5/mo | $41.09/mo |
| CPU | 2 vCPU (Intel) | AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6c/12t |
| RAM | 4 GB | 64 GB |
| Disk | 40 GB | 1024 GB |
| Bandwidth | 20 TB | unmetered |
Feature parity
| Hetzner Cloud | Hetzner Dedicated | |
|---|---|---|
| Managed Postgres | × | × |
| Managed Redis | × | × |
| Object storage | ✓ | ✓ |
| One-click apps | ✓ | × |
| Private network | ✓ | ✓ |
| IPv6 | ✓ | ✓ |
| DDoS protection | ✓ | ✓ |
| Snapshots | ✓ | × |
| Public API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Terraform | ✓ | × |
Hetzner Cloud pros
- +Cheapest credible VPS in the market — €4.51/mo for 2 vCPU + 4 GB RAM
- +AMD EPYC and Intel Sapphire Rapids in newer generations
- +20 TB of bandwidth included on entry-level plans
Hetzner Cloud cons
- −Account verification can take days for non-EU signups
- −No managed Postgres or Redis — you run them yourself
- −No US-east region (closest is Hillsboro, OR or Ashburn, VA)
Hetzner Dedicated pros
- +Genuinely cheap bare metal — 8-core AMD Ryzen with 64 GB DDR5 and dual NVMe under €45/mo
- +Server Auction sub-product (ex-rental hardware) routinely 30–50% below standard list prices
- +Free 1 Gbit/s unmetered traffic on every plan — no bandwidth surprises
Hetzner Dedicated cons
- −One-time setup fee on most standard SKUs (typically equivalent to one month) — waived on auction servers
- −Provisioning takes hours, occasionally a day, not seconds
- −No managed services at all — Postgres, Redis, backups, monitoring are entirely on you